Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14704, for Isaiah Tilden, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tilden, Isaiah
S 14704
buried
CONTENTS

See letter to Hon. A. Pickens June 11. 1833.
Beaufort S.C. June 1834 W. L. P. 20
Inscribed on the Bell of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars — cents per annum

Isaiah Tilden
adm d
5.16
P-225
Gen. N. Pitcher

BRIEF in the case of Isaiah Tilden of Albany in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 ( Volunt ry ) 6 As a Gen. Capt n Noble   1776 2 Col s Patterson   Major D. Ropiter   Col s Simonds   Aug t 1777 ( Volunt ry ) about Six Weeks Col s Ropiter & Rowley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bemington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Richmond Mass ts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached according to the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W m Gordon Examining Clerk.

Isaac Tilden Isaac Tilden Application for Pension
By consent of Hon Mr Hogan
adm 2
9 mo. pri
30 pp
The Court further concludes that it appears to them that the law relating to the use of geographical names and sources as to names, and the use of geographical information as regards the names of the rivers and the use of geographical names in the publication of the

State of New York
Franklin County ss: On the 16th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Malone in the County of Franklin, Isaiah Silden, a resident of the Town of Moria in said County, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, as to the facts, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, as herein stated.
That he was born at Colchester in the State of Connecticut in the year 1751 and has no record of his age - That he resided at Richmond in the State of Massachusetts in the Spring of 1775 & on the alarm of the British troops going to Concord in April of that year he & others, who were then called Minute Men set out to repel the enemy. That on his way towards the scene of action, he heard of the Battle of Lexington & he proceeded immediately to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, where he immediately entered the Regiment of Col. Patterson as a volunteer for six months. His company was commanded by Captain Noble. He remained at Cambridge & in its vicinity until the expiration of his term of six months when he was discharged he does not recollect receiving a written discharge - While in this service he was employed in watching the movements of the enemy in Boston - He was in no action. The battle of Bunker Hill was fought during this time but Patterson's Regiment to which he belonged was not in the action, being stationed to guard a fort in Cambridge - He witnessed the battle, saw the burning of Charlestown, & was during the

day find on by the floating batteries of the enemy. - That he first entered the service at Pish-mond as a aid in the fall of the year 1776 for the term of two months in the regiment of Col. Simonds of which D'Rossiter was Major. The name of the regiment was Woodbridge. He does not recollect the names of the officers of his company. That he proceeded from Pish-mond with his regiment to Fairfield in Connecticut & thence through Connecticut to Kingsbridge near New York. The American army had just before retreated from that city. That he then proceeded to White Plains & was there when the Americans were attacked by the British. He remained in this vicinity till his term expired when he was discharged & went home. He has no written discharge. He remained this whole time in Symonds Regiment. That in August 1777 he volunteered with Col. Rossiter & Col. Rowley & others to go from Pish-mond as a aid to proceed to the North against the Tories. Soon after leaving home his party heard the enemy were approaching Bennington in Vermont and they went to that place. That he was in the action which took place there, having joined Col. Symonds Regiment before the commencement of the action. He then went home but was soon ordered to Saratoga. When he went there twice and remained about a fortnight each time. After the surrender of Burgoyne he was no more called on. During this period from August to October he was in actual service only about five or six weeks. That he was at all times ready & liable to be called into service. He received no written discharge at this time. That in the foregoing estimate of time he does not include the time of going from home to the places of rendez-

was a of returning from the place of discharge to his home. Including the time of travelling his first service would amount to seven months and his second to three months. That he knew Gen. Putnam While at Cambridge & that Gen. Stark & Col. Warner were at Bennington.
That he has no documentary evidence of his service and says he knows only one, whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his services. That at the close of the war of the Revolution he resided at Richmond in Massachusetts. That after a num- ber of years he removed thence to Weybridge in the State of Vermont, where he resided twelve or fourteen years. & thence he removed to the town of Morris in Franklin County, New York where he has resided twenty seven years & now resides. He refers to Orin Lawrence & Saml. D. Stoddard
He hereby also makes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll after giving of any state Subscribed & sworn to in open Court Oct 16th 1832. Isaiah Tilden John H. Russell Defr. Clerk
Franklin County ss: We, Orin Lawrence of Morris aforesaid Sheriff of said County of Franklin and Samuel D. Stoddard of the same place ——— do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaiah Tilden, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be about eighty years of age. That he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol-

air of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion - We also certify that he is a man, whose character for veracity is good -
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court Oct 16th 1832.
Aaron Lawrence S.D. Haddard
John B Russell Def Clerk
David Wilson

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 the above named Isaiah Tilden was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Francis Lawrence Hazard D. Standane, who have signed the preceding certificate under his said Rowan of Ohio that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Sam d Hoard } Judges Nasun Pratt } H. B. Tuttle }
I. SAMUEL S. CLARK, CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaiah Tilden — for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of — office, this 17 th . day of October A. D. 1832.
Sam d S. Clark Clerk By John H. Russell Def. Clerk

I hereby certify that the within papers are genuine. Mar. 6. 1883
William Hogan
THE STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD IN THE MATTER OF THE DISBANDMENT OF THE FIRST VERMONT INFANTRY REGIMENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE WITHIN PAPERS ARE GENUINE AND THAT THE CONTENTS ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
April 29, 1924
John W. Linzee 848 Beacon St. Boston, Mass.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14704 , it appears that Isaiah Tilden was born in 1751 (month and day not stated) at Colchester, Connecticut.
While a resident of Richmond, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served six months as private in Captain Noble's Company, Colonel Patterson's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served two months in Colonel Symond's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in August 1777 and served at various times, five or six weeks in all, in Colonel Symond's Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of Bennington.
Some years after the Revolution he moved to Weybridge, Vermont, where he resided twelve or fourteen years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, while a resident of Moira, Franklin County, New York.

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There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only Isaiah Tilden found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

Rehman
14.704 INVALID.
1924 Apr 29 Hish & Jn. W. Linger Ties
File No. 14.704 Isaiah Tilden Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 386
[Arrangement of 1870.]

848 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
March 28th. 1924.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Washington Gardner Esq., Commissioner.
Dear Sir:
May I ask the following help from your wonderful collection of Revolutionary Records. It appears that Isaiah Tilden served in the Revolution from Richmond, Mass. I find that an Elizabeth Tilden wife of an Isaiah Tilden, died in Weybridge, Vt. in 1808 aged 52 y. I again find that an Isaiah Tilden resided in New York State about 1830-33, this last information came from Denver, Colorado in 1900, not to me, but to another whose papers came to me. I am completely puzzled as to whether I am dealing with the same Isaiah Tilden in each case, I think I am. Isaiah was b. by my records 9 July 1751, Hebron, Conn.
I would be infinitely obliged to you for the Revolutionary Records of one or more Isaiah Tildens. Thanking you, believe me,
Most Respectfully,
John W. Linzee