Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,264, for Noah Pratt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pratt, Noah
S. 44,264
CONTENTS

(657) New York
Noah Pratt Capt Howard Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner, care of Joshua Norman Esq. Judge, & Onondaga New York
Arrearages to 4 Sep. 1818 - $34.13 4 Mo. 8 dys $34.13
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818,}
2 years
Spout Continued Pompeys, Onondaga Co.
Died Jany. 21, 1835 Agency book -
Notification sent Nov. 17 th 1820 to Onondaga to Roy Pompeys Esq. N.Y.

Work Bratt -
Massachusetts
Correct JH
Admitted
L. V. G.

State of New-York, } ss :— Onondaga County, }
On this twenty fourth day of April 1810, before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Onondaga, personally appears Noah Pratt — aged seventy three — years, resident in the town of Bonney — in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Noah Pratt — enlisted in November 1779 for during the war — at Albany — in the state of New York — in the company commanded by Captain Abner Howland in Col. John Bailey's Regiment — of the Massachusetts Line — ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the  June 1783 — when he was discharged from service in West Point in the — state of New York — that he was in the battles of Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island & the Battle at Kings bridge in 1780 — that shortly after his enlistment Col. Brant commanded the Regiment — that after the year 1780, he was detailed into the forage Master's service & continued in his employ to the end of the war — his name was H. T. Luther as he thinks — that he received his pay at various times to belong to Brant's Regiment all the time — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Forman
Noah Pratt
I, Joshua Forman — First Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Noah Pratt — did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Done at Onondaga this twenty seventh day of April in the year 1810
Joshua Forman

Genesee Com. Pleas .. September Term 1820
Present Hon. John H Jones
Isaac Wilson
Richard Smith
Moses Haydu
(Ralph Parker, Judges
Genesee County, ss
On this Seventh day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, Noah Pratt aged sixty five years resident in Covington in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, in the second Regiment of the Massachusetts line of Infantry commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sprout and in the Company of Grenadiers commanded by Captain Alden as by a reference to the Original declaration of the said Noah Pratt now on file in the Office of the Department of War will more fully appear, which declaration bears date the twenty fourth day of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and upon which declaration a pension certificate was granted, Number Six hundred & fifty seven
" And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to pro-

citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner dis- posed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to pro- vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War Passed on the eighteenth day of March. Eighteen hun- dred and Eighteen, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto an- nected and by me subscribed.
that is to say 1. bow — 1 dinner pot 1 Dish Kettle 1 Tea Kettle
no clothing except what I wear at a time only one spare shirt. no real Estate of any description
And futher that I am a farmer by profession that I am not able to labor but a very little in consequence of the Rheumatism with which I am much afflicted I have a wife aged sixtythree years, who is scarcely able to do anything at all. We live with my son Noah U. Pratt aged twentyfour years who owns no land and depends on his daily labor for support
Sworn etc on this 7 th day of September 1820
Before me in open court
Noah Pratt
S. Cummings clk
I certify that it is the opinion of the Judges of the said Court, the Property contained in the said Schedule is worth fourteen Dollars & fifty cents. S. Cummings CLK

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J. Simson Cummings, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify that the within Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is fourteen Dollars and fifty cents. — —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and subscribed my name this 9 th day of September A.D. 1820.
J. Cummings Clk of the Court for Genesee County

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Noah Pratt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 44,264
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. (1778) LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 1779 ✓ ✓ Was in Sullivan's Exped. to Rhode Is.   discharged June 1783 Abner Hayward John Bailey Mass.   at West Pt. Alden Ebenezer Sprout        
Battles engaged in, Burgoyne's Bridge 1781.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Albany, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 27, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Pompey, Onondaga Co., New York.
Age at date of application, sixty-three years; died Jan'y. 21, 1835. (Barnes)
Remarks: in 1820 he referred to his wife aged sixty-three years  (name not stated) and his son Noah W. Pratt aged 24 years  with whom they lived, at Covington, Seneca Co., New York.
Respectfully,
(Forage Master's name illegible) could not identify it.
Commissioner.

Rev. Sec Agm
Brockport, N.Y.
May 24. 1919.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly inform me whether or not any record of Revolutionary War Service rendered by one Noah Webster Pratt, born at Sharon, Mass., can be found among

the Rev. War. records preserved at your office.
This Noah Webster Pratt married a Cole I believe, and died about 1835.
Thanking you for any information which you may send me, I am,
Very respectfully, Mrs F. B. Miller 42 Chappel St, Brockport, N.Y.

1919 June 7. Hist. to Mrs. J. B. Miller. P
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File No. 44264
Noah Pratt
Rev. Rev. David
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]