Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17,459, for Joseph Platt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Platt, Joseph Lydia
W 17,459
CONTENTS

Connecticut Lydia Platt widow of Joseph Platt dec d
of 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1840 to 4 th March 1841 As noted May 3 rd 1842
who died on the 19 February 1792 of Fairfield in the State of Ct who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sanford of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradley in the Conn t line for 7 months & 7 days Comp.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn t at the rate of 24 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of April 1837 and sent Benjn Isaac Norwalk Ct
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1837 $144.60 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept r , 12.05
$156.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by N.H. Addison Clerk, book 17 Vol. 1 Page 86

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss.
On this 31 st day of
January 1837, personally appeared before the board of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, the same being a board of record and held at Danbury in the said District, Lydia Platt, a resident of Danbury in the said County, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of Joseph Platt who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution. That in the summer of the year 1777, and she believes in the latter part of the month of June, or in the month of July, her said husband, the said Joseph Platt enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Sanford's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip B. Bradley, for the term of six months, and served as a Private soldier in said Company, the full period of six months, and was discharged in the month of January following -
She further declared that she was married to the said Joseph Platt on the 7 th day of January - in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy four, that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Platt died on the 19 th day of February - one thousand eight hundred and
ninety two, and that she has remained a widow ever since that time, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - She further saith that she was married by the Rev. Jonathan H. Smith a Presbyterian Clergyman in Ridgefield in said Fairfield County. Her said husband kept a record of the said marriage and the births of his children in an family bible, which she preserved after his death, and until the year 1797, when a whirlwind or hurricane carried off the roof of her house, and injured & destroyed the contents - the said Bible was blown in pieces, and destroyed - sworn and subscribed in her board the day and year first above mentioned -
Lydia Platt

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. C.P.
The said Court of
Probate do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter, that Lydia Platt the above named applicant, is the widow of Joseph Platt, that the said Joseph Platt died on the 19 th day of February 1792, that said Joseph Platt was a New Jersey soldier, and deceased in the State, and that she was married to said Platt January 7 th 1774.
Ira R. Wildman Clerk of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Lydia Platt for a Dower.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of said Court of Probate this 31 st day of January 1837
Ira R. Wildman Clerk
I Nathaniel H. Wildman of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Danbury in the said County and State, do hereby certify that Ira R. Wildman Esq. who hath signed the foregoing certificate is Clerk of said Court of Probate and was Clerk thereof at the time the same purports to have been signed by him duly appointed and sworn and that the foregoing signature purporting to be the signature of the said Ira R. Wildman is in his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15 th day of February 1837.
N. H. Wildman

Thomas Wilson of Ridgfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy nine years, being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am the brother of Lydia Watt of Danbury in the said County who is the widow of Joseph Watt formerly of said Danbury now deceased. The said Joseph and Lydia whose maiden name was Lydia Wilson were married before the Revolutionary War and from the time of their marriage lived together as husband and wife until the death of said Joseph which happened forty five years ago - and the said Lydia has never been married since that period but she has ever since its death remained a widow, and is still a widow - This Deponent was present when said Joseph and Lydia were married - said Joseph was a Carpenter, and Deponent served an Apprenticeship to said trade with said Joseph, and lived in his family at such Apprenticeship after his marriage to said Lydia a period of more than three years; and during that time, they had two children born -
This Deponent further saith that in June or July 1777, the said Joseph Watt enlisted for the term of six months, in the Continental Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip B. Bradley and in the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Sanford, as a Private soldier - This Deponent was present and saw him enlist. He did not serve in the same Company with him, but saw him enter the service, frequently heard from him during his term of enlistment by his fellow soldiers, and has no doubt he served the said term - At the expiration of his term of service and in January following, having been regularly discharged, he returned home.
Thos Wilson
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
On this 30th day of December 1836 before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, personally appeared Thomas Wilson above named Deponent and subscribed the foregoing deposition, and being sworn, made solemn oath that said deposition is true - I further certify that the deponent is well known to me, & is a person of good character for truth, and a credible witness -
Sworn and subscribed before me
Reuben S. Booth Justice of Peace

1266
Hyde's Shale
wisn of Joseph
Conn.
on with Bradley
Heads of Dept
for H. Williams
Headings etc
about
Time for New
23.33
24.10
Original - no detection
Penmanship
General
State of Connecticut Fairfield County
I Thomas Bobbome Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Reuben Booth Esquire whose own proper signature known to me to be genuine, is annexed to the Certificate on the other side hereof, is now for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths and take Depositions &c Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 7 th day of February A.D. 1837. Thomas Bobbome Clerk

1266
Lydia Pratt - widow of Joseph Bonn.
on rolls. Bradley.
Please address Ira R. Wildman Hartford Ct
adm'd Jno. T. Pr
23.33
77
2410
original - no deduction
Benjamin Isaac of Norwalk
Present

In reply to your request, for a statement of the military history of Joseph Platt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Mid. 7. 17,459
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June or July 1777 6 mos. Pri. Ezekiel Sanford Philip B. Bradley Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Jan. 31, 1837 Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Danbury, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 83 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier married at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co. Conn., Jan. 7, 1774, Lydia Wilson; he died Feb. 19, 1792. Children, no names stated.

854

Meridian, Cayuga Co. N. Y.
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send copy of the Pension certif- icate granted the Widow of Joseph Platt Jan 31-1837- Joseph Platt enlisted as a private in the 5 th Regt. Conn. Continental.

line June 2 - 1777 under the command of Lt. Philip Bradley in the Company of Col. Egekiel Sanford & was discharged Jan 9 th 1778. As his lineal descendant I wish to join society of the D. A. R. & find it necessary for an applicant to obtain Pension papers.
Very truly,
Nov. 8. '65 - (Mrs) Ruth B. Gross.

April 5, 1904.
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the military history of Isaac Platt and Joseph Platt, Revolutionary pen- sioners, the first pensioned in 1818, the other, in 1832.
Respectfully Yours,
Mrs. Geo. O. Platt
No. 5 Isaacs Place, Norwalk,
Fairfield Co., Conn.

FEB 4 1921 DIVISION

Southport Feb. 3 1921
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs, Will you please give me such information as you can concerning the services in The Revolutionary War of Joseph Platt who enlisted, probably in Danbury, Conn. 2nd Nathan Banks who enlisted probably in Fairfield Conn.
Thanking you for your kind- ness in looking these men up I am
Sincerely yours
Clara B. Sherwood
Mrs. Herbert B. Sherwood
Box 228 P.O. Ennis Rd. Southport Conn

Tw Pa.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17459
Lydia Platt Widow of Joseph Platt Mrs Rev Mrs
Act: July 4 th 86
Index:—Vol. M , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1894 Oct 31 Hist.
Fredk. Wood, Phila,
Apl. 13, 1904. His to Mrs. Geo. O. Platt Newark Conn
Nov. 30, 1908. History to Mrs. Ruth B. Grosso, Mendham, N.J. F.W.
1921 Mich. Hist. To Mrs. Herbert B. Sherwood.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 5 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Lydia Platt — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Twenty four Dollars and ten Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840. to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } S.S.
I Nathan Smith Town Clerk of the Town of Ridgefield in the said County & State do hereby certify, that I have examined the Records of Marriages for said Town, and the Marriage of Joseph Platt to Lydia Wilson is not to be found in said Records,
Given under my hand at said Ridgefield this 5 th day of January. 1837 Nathan Smith Town Clerk
Reuben Boote of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged forty two years, being duly sworn, do hereby depose and say that Nathan Smith who hath made the foregoing certificate is Town Clerk of said Town of Ridgefield, and was Town Clerk of said Town at the time when said Certificate was made, and that the same is well acquainted with the handwriting of said Nathan Smith, and that the above certificate is made and subscribed by said Nathan Smith.
Reuben Boote.
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } S.S. on this 31 st day of January 1837 before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State, personally appeared Reuben Boote, well known to the Court to be a credible witness, and acknowledged the foregoing deposition, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same. - Ira R. Wilderman Clerk