Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10889, for George Hunt, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Hunt, George
S. 10889
CONTENTS
cardinal

Hon H Bennett Feb 21/88
20619 New York George Hunt of Cheungo in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. H. commanded by Captain Mason of the Regt. commanded by Col. Moore in the Va. & Md. line for B.M. 1861
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 12 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr. 1831 — and Susanna S. Hunt New Berlin
Arrears to the 4th of Apr'33 $ 109 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1831  21 $ 130
Revolutionary Claim, Age June 7, 1832. G. A. Hunt Clerk.
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 1. Page 91.
Died Feb 21, 1833

No 14576
Geo. Hunt Chenango Co N. York
Affidavit missing if ever enclosed.
Admitted
Private 12 mo & 18 days 13 379
May 8 193
198
88 21 119
Same to Randall Ago New Berlin Post Office Chenango Co N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Geo Hane  of Chenango Co  in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  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.     Volun d In 1776 8 Private Gen. Col Chas Brown Capt. Hap d   drafted 1777 Jan 1 Major Aaron Arnold Lieut   " March 1 Sgt. Def d 1777   " May 1   drafted in 1778 1 18  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Gloucester Providence Co. Rhode Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Geo B. Whiting  Examining Clerk.

George Hunt's
Plusian Papers
14516

State of New York Chenango County ss 3
be a Ward of Pittfield in the County of Steubenville State of New York
Being first duly sworn according to Law deponent and saith that in the year 1876 he enlisted into the service of United States under the following named officers that is Col's Chad Brown in the company of Capt Stephen Hinsar and that he this deponent was acquainted during three months of that time with George Hunt he served in the same Regiment and company during that time and further deponent saith not
Eliza Wood
Sworn and subscribed June 10th 1883 Before me
Charles Medbery } Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been along time well acquainted with the above named Eliza Wood and that in my opinion he is entitled to full credit Charles Medbery } Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Chenango County ss
I James H. Pike
Clerk of the said County certify that Charles Medbery before me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit and that the matter therein stated is true to the best of my knowledge for the said County and that I am acquainted with the handwriting and know the person whose name is subscribed to the said affidavit and the foregoing certificate of credibility to be his genuine handwriting and signature in witness my hand and seal of office this 11th day of June 1883 P.D. Matthews Clerk

State of New York } Chenango County } SS
82
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of of 7 th June 1832
On this 9 th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Hon- Court of Common Pleas for the County of Chenango aforesaid George Hunt a resident of Norwich in the said County of Chenango and State of New York aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he volunteered into the Army of the United States in April first for eight months and served till the first of December following in the Regiment commanded by Colo Chas. Brown in the company commanded by Stephen Winnes Aaron Arnold was Lieutenant Isaac Root Ensign Said Ser- vice was done in the year 1776 and the time spent at Providence and Bristol and that in January February 1777 he was drafted for one month and served the time at Providence in Rhode Island under the same Colonel Captain and other officers in March following he served one month at Providence under the same officers as before in May follow- ing he served one month at Providence under the same officers that in the course of the summer and fall following he was drafted three times and served sixteen days each time in the same reg- iment under some one of the same commissioned officers That in 1778 the Company of Militia to which he belonged were closed eight men to a class that his class held one of their class for three years or during the war he can't recollect which by the name of David Phelps That a Regiment from Johnston and another from Smithfield were with the regiment he belonged to part of the time that Colo Elisha Morse commanded the Smithfield regiment that he has no docu- mentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure except the affidavit of Elisha Wood whose affidavit will accompany this respecting the first eight months service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll or any agency of any State Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid George Hunt J. H. Pikes Clerk

We Joseph H. Chamberlin a Clergyman residing in NewBedford and Augustus Clutch residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Hunt 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 neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Joseph H. Chamberlin J. H. Pikes Clk Augustus Clutch
interrogatories
1 where and in what year were you born Answer in the town of Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island on the 24 day of June 1756
2 have you any record of your age and if so where is it He has no record of his age he had his age set in a Bible but it is lost
3 where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live He lived in Gloucester County of Providence and State of Rhode Island when he did the above Service he removed into Pomfret Windham County State of Connecticut after the war and lived there a few years and has since resided in the County of Chautauqua and now resides in the Town of Norwich in said County of Chautauqua
4 How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom He volunteered for the first eight months the other Service he was drafted
5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service
There were no continental troops that lay with theirs and only a regiment from Johnston and one from Smith field Colonel Elisha Mory commanded the regiment from Smith field the other officers he don't recollect

6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it he never has received any written discharge
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 their belief of your services as a Soldier of the revolution
Charles York a Judge Colo John Randal Mark Stee Joseph Richmand and Jonathan Thornton
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 Joseph H Chamberlin who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of New Berlin and that Augustus C Welch who has also signed the same is a resident in the Said town of New Berlin and is a credible person and that this Statement is entitled to credit
M c Tracy } Ezra Bigelow } Judges of Nathan Taylor } Chicago Miles York } County Court W m Read }
I Francis H Pike Clerk of the Court at Camman place in and for said County of Chicago do hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the said court on the matter of George Hunt for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 9 th Day of October 1832
F r H. Pike Atty.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section NEL
February 7, 1930
Gorey J. Aldrich 53 Mitchell Street Norwich, New York
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.10839, it appears that George Hunt was born June 24, 1756, in Gloucester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
While residing in Gloucester, Rhode Island, he enlisted in April, 1776, and served eight months in Captain Stephen Winsor's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment.
During the year 1777, he served six tours, three of one month each, and three of six weeks each, in the same company and regiment, above named.
After the Revolution, he moved to Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, where he resided for a few years, then moved to Chenango County, New York.
Pension was allowed on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norwich, Chenango County, New York.
He died February 21, 1833.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Office of Bennett 1886
Cole
Am L. P. Waldo m r of Revs Washington

War Department Pension Bureau —
Will you kindly tell me if you have any record of one George Hunt , whom I have reason to believe was a Revolutionary Soldier. I find his grave in Holmesville - Chenango Co. New York - He died on Feb 21 - 1833 - age 76 yr. , so he must have been born about 1757 and would have been about 20 at the time of the war.
Thanks for any information you could give.

Sincerely Lauren J. Alonzo
23 Mitchell St Cambridge, Mass.

Rehman
10889 INVALID.
1930- Feb 7 - Dist. To Congress J Aldrich ECH
File No. 10,889
George Hunt First Peewee War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 185-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sir.
George Hunt a Revolutionary Soldier - who has been dead for over 20 years, I think, drew a pension of $84 once - or rather his heirs after his death drew it.
Of course his case is on file - I believe wish to ascertain whether anything is due to them - or whether they can draw, back pay or the pension bounty land.
Will you inform me
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Yours &c
Conns. 17 Feb 55.
A. Bennett

No. 14570
Geo. Hunt Chenango 6° N York
Same S. Randall ago New Berlin Post Office Chenango 6° N York

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

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No X  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No X Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
X The affidavit of Blisha Wood not found in the declaration.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.