Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11161, for Azariah Orton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Orton, Azariah
S. 11161
CONTENTS
Carded

14677 Orson
Letter to Isaac Lawrence 19 July 1833.
of Williamstown in the State of N. Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Cont. Troops line for
9 Mo: 4 days -
Date of death not on AB
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y. H. at the rate of 30. Dollars 44. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of June 1833. and sent to Jas. Southworth, Camden, Oneida Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 60. 88 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 15. 22 $ 76. 10.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. Franciosi Clerk, Book Ee. Vol. 4. Page 27.
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Azariah Orton Pension Papers
— Application — before a Judge
N.Y.
23921
James Southworth Camden Albany Co N.Y.

State of New York } Onida County } ss.
Darius Orton of Williamstown in the County Onego aged 72 years the 18 day of May last past late a soldier in Captain Nathaniel Goodwin Company in Colonel Sheldon's Connecticut Regiment in the Revolutionary War being sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Azariah Orton now of Florence Onida County and at that time residing in Litchfield South Farms in the State of Connecticut, during the Revolutionary War and that he recollects that the said Azariah Orton was a private in Captain Tuttle Company and that he enlisted in January 1776 into Captain Tuttle Company Colo Webb's Regiment State of Connecticut - and that he enlisted afterwards in June 1776 in Captain Hunt's Company in Colonel Silliman's Regiment of Connecticut, at Litchfield in said State and marched for New York, and this deponent also marched with his Regiment to New York and at that place this deponent saw the said Azariah Orton while in the service and that he knows that he the said Azariah was in the City when the British landed above us and that this deponent very believes that the said Azariah served in that campaign six months , and that this deponent recollects at the time Danbury was burnt all the Militia at Litchfield was called out to go at that place but this deponent was not at Litchfield at that time but was at Pockskill on duty and on returning home all this deponent's neighbors were returning home from Danbury as they said and Azariah Orton among the rest and that he has no doubt that he served at that place as he states and further this deponent well recollects that in 1777 the said Azariah Orton enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Stoddard in Colo Adams Regiment of Connecticut and marched from Litchfield Connecticut to Fishkill and according to the best of this deponent's recollection was in that service six weeks and that he well recollects that

The said Azariah Orton was in the service of the United States afterwards conveying stores for the Army, to Fort Hill but cannot say how long he was in this kind of service; that he has been acquainted with the said Azariah from his youth, and thro' the Revolutionary War, and at this time resides in the town adjoining the same town where the said Azariah now resides and is so well acquainted with the facts related by him in his declaration that he has not a doubt as to the accuracy of his said statement - and further says not -
Sworn & subscribed before me the 6th day of September 1832
Davis Orton
J. Woodard Judge Onida Comptroller
Onida County ss: The above named Davis Orton personally appeared before me being to me well known as a man of credibility truth and veracity who being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the above affidavit -
J. Woodard Judge Onida Comptroller

State of New York Onondaga County } p.
On this sixth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Israel St- oddard one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga and State of New York Azariah Orton a resident of the County of Onondaga aforesaid aged seventy four years on the 25 day of September last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That he was born in the Town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Sept. 25. 1757 and that there is a record of his age which was made by his father -
That he enlisted in January 1776 into Captain Tuttle's Company Col. Webb's Regiment State of Connec- -ticut for the term of twelve months, but his parents being opposed to his going on account of his health he hired one George Barnard as a substitute who served for the said twelve months - and in June 1776 he enlisted again in Nathan Hinds Company who was Captain in Colonel Silliman's Regiment of Connecticut that he enlisted the first time above mentioned in the Town of Litchfield County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and the second time above mentioned he enlisted in the

town of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and joined the army at New York in the Month of June 1776 and there saw George Barnard my substitute above mentioned, he went to Long Island and was repulsed and driven back to New York, was driven from New York in September 1776, was in the service at this time six months and returned home sick by being overheated
Was called out with the Connecticut militia when Danbury was burned in 1777 followed the British to a place called Compo Hill where there was a battle fought. Afterwards went to New Haven Connecticut where at Compo Hill he was under Capt Bryant Stoddard and led on by Colo Huntington.
The time spent in these last places was two weeks. In the same year (1777) went under Captain Bryant Stoddard in Colo. Andrew Adams Regiment Connecticut to Fishkill in the State of New York that we marched from Litchfield to Peekskill or to Fishkill where we staid one month and a half and was then discharged and went off home Colo. Adams and all of us, Colonel Adams belonged in Litchfield
Was employed in the United States Service by Colo Wadsworth (or Wardsworth) of Hartford Connecticut commission to carry stores to Fishkill N York for the army and was in said service five weeks that he has never received any written discharge at any time in the Revolutionary War that since the war he has lived in Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and that he continued to live there until the year 1798 or 1799 when he moved into the State of New York town of Glandon Oneida County and that he now resides in the Town of Florence and has resided there for the last thirty years and that he is so out of health that he can not attend an open court without endangering his health being very much afflicted with a pain and lameness in his right side & hip which has been so for many years so that he is a great cripple

and that he is well known to almost all the inhabitants of the Town of Camden and Florence adjoining the town of Camden, being one of the first and oldest settlers in the said towns and that he is particularly known to Eliakim Stoddard a Clergyman residing in the said town of Camden and that he was acquainted with him more than thirty years since having always and near him and that he is also acquainted with James Southworth of Camden aforesaid, both of them can testify to my character for truth and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution —
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 of any agency of any state — that when called into service he was living in Utica aforesaid — Sworn and subscribed before me Azariah  over the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Macdonald Judge
Camden Co. N.Y.
We Eliakim Stoddard a Clergyman residing in Camden Onida county and James Southworth of the same place, do certify that we are well acquainted with Azariah Orton who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy four years as he states, that he is reputed

and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that this belief is general and has never been in any manner doubted and that I Eliakim Stoddard have been for many years acquainted with him and have heard him give the same relations of his services as above stated in his declaration and that I James Southworth have also been for nine years past acquainted with the said Ezra Orson and about eight years ago last spring I heard him the said Orson give a statement of his Revolutionary services and that it corresponds with the above relation contained in his declaration And that we do both of us concur in the said opinion —
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year last aforesaid J. Stoddard Judge Concord, Vermont
Eliakim Stoddard James Southworth
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 that I also am acquainted with the said Applicant and and have no doubt nor has there ever to my knowledge been any doubt that he performed the services herein stated And that I am also acquainted with Eliakim Stoddard a clergyman residing in Concord and also

With James Southworth residing in the same town and that their statement is entitled to credit and that I do further certify that the said Azariah Orton is unable to appear in open court by reason of his health and a lameness in one hip which nearly depriving him of the use of his limb and that this has been of long stand- -ing wholly unfitting him to go from home —
9 Isaac Stoddard Concurred Comptroller
State of New York Clerk's Office Oneida County ss: I George Brown Clerk of the said County hereby certify that Isaac Stoddard Esq was on the day above mentioned and is now a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County which a Commissions Court of Records - and that I am well acquainted with his hand wri- ting and verily believe the signatures "I Stoddard" above and annexed subscribed to be genuine. And further that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Azariah Orton for a Pension. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 6 th day of February 1833 G. Brown Clerk Isaac B. Read Dep's Clerk

October 28, 1936
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BA-J/EEL
Azariah Orton-S.11161
Miss Nellie Orton 108 Broadway Apartments Superior, Wisconsin
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Azariah Orton, a Revolutionary War soldier who served with the Connecticut Troops, and resided in Oneida County, New York.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11161, based upon the military service of Azariah Orton in that war.
Azariah Orton was born September 25, 1757, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Litchfield, Azariah Orton enlisted in June, 1776, served in Captain Nathan Hurd's Company, Colonel Silliman's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island and in the retreat from New York City, and served six months; when Danbury was burned in 1777, he enlisted and served two weeks in Captain Bryant Stoddard's Company, under Colonel Huntington in the Connecticut Troops and was in the engagement at Compo Hill; in same year, he again enlisted and served six weeks in Captain Bryant Stoddard's Company, Colonel Andrew Adams' Connecticut Regiment; later, dates not given, he served five weeks under Colonel Wadsworth and was engaged in carrying stores for the army to Fishkill.
After the Revolution, he lived in Litchfield, Connecticut, until in 1798 or 1799, when he moved to Camden, Oneida County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while residing in Florence, Oneida County, New York.

Azariah Orton stated that he was one of the early settlers of Oneida County, New York.
There is no reference to wife or children.
In 1832, one Darius Orton was residing in Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, and stated that he was born May 18, 1760, and resided in Litchfield, Connecticut, during the Revolutionary War and had been acquainted with Azariah Orton since his youth but he did not give any relationship.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Azariah Orton(S.11161), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Azariah Orton, Certificate No.14677, issued June 8, 1833, rate $30.44 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York(Utica) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Azariah Orton New York N o . 23921
admitted.
9 mo 4 days Private.
Lt. Southworth Engr. Camden, Oneida Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
189
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Azariah Orton
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1776 enlisted 6 Pri. Col. Silliman 74 years   1777 2 weeks 14 " Litchfield conn. Traditional   " 1 15 " Col. A. Adams Witness - proves the service.   was employed 5 weeks by Col. Underwood to carry stores   9 4  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 enquiry 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 _____. For _____ 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 [j] 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.

1923 May 5 hist. to Jas. H. Adams - Em 1936 Mar 13 - hist. to Miss Leta Harris - Ex 1936 Oct 28 - hist. to Miss Willie Eaton - Ex
to el, l y mo, Jordan
Rev. Wm
11.161  INVALID.
File No. 11.161  Asariah Orton  Pr. Rev. War.  Act: Jane 7th 32  Index: Vol. A , Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1892 Apr 25 Res H. G. Orton Santa Cruz Co P.D.
1917 May 22, hist to D. F. Robertson - P
May 14 '96 Deed pced to Henry Cadle, Bethany, I.W.B.  Mch. ut - 98, Mrs. H. C. Burlington, Iowa. (see I. B 285)  Oct 9 '99 F Steenburg Farmington Ills. Aug - 18 - 1902 - Mr. W. B. Orton Farmington Ills.

Bureau of Pensions.
Stated that he was called out when But burned Danbury and followed the Army to a place called Compo Hills where there was a battle fought, This upon his die.
Onondaga Co NY
Sept 6 1832
Born Litch, Conn
Sept 25 1757

infel that he was given a pen for 9 mo & 4 days actual ser- dun that was forfeited from Litchfield Comm June 1776 is finally with hand of 1777
Officers Capt Tuttle Col Webb Capt Hind Col Silliman? Capt Poyant Studdard Col Huntington Col Adams " Woodworth

Rev Sec
United States Post Office
Third Class
Waitsburg, Washington
March 25, 1923.
Department of The Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sirs:
Will you kindly look up in I.S.C., S. File 11,161, Revolutionary War Records Section, and send me the military history of Azariah Orton, and I thank you for same. Mrs. Adams is a direct descendant of the person in question, and wishes the information for entrance into the Daughters of The American Revolution.
Sincerely yours,
Postmaster.

Address Mrs. Frank Steenburg, Farmington, Ills.
Farmington Ills., Sept., 9 th , '99.
Mr. Henry Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir
Will you kindly look up and send me the record of the revolutionary service of Agariah Arton of Litchfield Conn. see Congressional list of pensioners of 1834-5 Vol. II page 365 also the record of Joseph Hungerford of Farmington Conn. who also served in the Conn. troops. Both died about the year 1836 in Onondaga Co. N. Y. I wrote to you, but received no reply. Mrs. Frank Steenburg, Farmington Ills.

Nov. 13-1899.
Henry Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Will you kindly send me statements of the Revolutionary service of Agariah Orton and Joseph Hungerford. Both served with the Conn. troops. Agariah Orton enlisted at Litchfield Conn. and died in Oneida Co. N. Y. about 1836.
Joseph Hungerford enlisted at Farmington Conn. and died in Oneida Co. N. Y. 1835.

If this is not all that is necessary to get the paper statements please let me know. I will enclose a stamp. I have two children and I know they are eligible to belong to the "Daughters of the Revolution" if I have the papers.
And oblige, Mrs. Hilber B. Orton. Farmington, Fulton Co. Ill.

Azariah Orton made an application for pension on September 6th, 1832, at which time he was residing at Williamstown, N. Y., and 72 years of age, and his pension was allowed for nine months and four days' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin and Col. Shelden. He enlisted at Litchfield, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Henry Cadle, Bethany, Mo.

MS. May 5-1923
United States Post Office
Third Class
Wattsburg, Washington
April 30, 1923.
Department Of The Interior, Washington, D. C. Bureau of Pension.
My dear Sirs:
Several weeks ago I requested some data relative to Azariah Orton and his record during the Revolutionary War. This was requested for the purpose of filing with application for membership in the D.A.R. My wife and daughter are both direct descendants and eligible, and have applications all filled out waiting for the record mentioned above. Up to the present time I have received no response.
In my request I gave you the files number etc., that you might get the information direct, without extra labor, as I have a certified copy of what I wish before me at this time and will repeat the directions. I cannot send in the copy that I have as it belongs to another.
The copy I have was requested May 11, 1917, request received May 14, 1917 and replied to May 22, 1917. Very prompt indeed.
Data:
I. S. C. S. File 11,161. Rev. War.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. Revolutionary War Records Section.
Military History of Azariah Orton.
I shall be pleased to have two copies of the record as my daughter will join one Chapter and my wife another. If there is any expense attached, kindly advise.
Sincerely yours,
James H. Adams

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 13285. I. 11161.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 14, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Joseph Hungerford made an application for pension on September 10, 1832, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing in Oneida County, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Mattock and Col. Chandler. He enlisted at New Cambridge, Conn.
Azariah Orton made an application for pension on September 6, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Williamstown, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months and four days' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Goodwin and Col. Shelden. He enlisted at Litchfield, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. H. Clay Jordan,
Burlington, Iowa.
910 North Sixth St.

Superior Wis. September 29th, 1936
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am writing you to see if you will furnish me copies regarding Azariah Orton's pension in Oneida County, New York (Vol. 11, page 365). year 1835.
Azariah Orton, was born September 25th, 1757. He served in the Revolutionary War with the Connecticut War with the Connecticut Continental Troops, and received a pension from the Government for such service. He is duly named in the Congressional List of Pensions for 1834-5,
I find the above information in the Orton Genealogy "descendants of Thomas Orton, born 1613 in Windsor, Ct. on page 136.
I am a straight descendant of Thomas Orton, in the 9th generation, daughter of Hoy D. Orton, and I am anxious to join the "Daughters of the Revolution", and I was requested to get the pension record of Azariah Orton of Oneida County, New York,
Hoping you can oblige me by furnishing this information
I am
Very respectfully yours,
Miss
Nellie Orton
Miss Nellie Orton 108 Broadway Apartments, Superior Wis.

Bartlett, Iowa February 23, 1935
U. S. Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of Revolutionary Pensioners, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the application for pension for Rev. War Service for Azariah Orton, who lived at that time in Oneida County, New York, either in the town of Florence or Camden. The villages of Florence and Camden were both called Camden until after 1807.
His widow, Phoebe Brunson Harris Orton, also received a pension as she outlived him. She was his second or perhaps third wife. I would like a copy of her application for pension also.
If yours is not the proper Bureau to give out this information, will you kindly refer this request to the proper channels?
I find Azariah Orton's name on the list of pensioners for 1834-35 in the Cong. List of Pensioners.
Yours very truly,
Leta Harris (Miss) Leta Harris,
Bartlett, Iowa. FEB 27 1935 RECEIVED U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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Goldsby & Orton, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Santa Cruz, Cal. Jan. 30 th 1892  How Corn, Pensions, Washington, Dear Sir,
My Great Grandfather Azariah Orton was a soldier in the Revolution war. I do not know in what Regt. but he lived at the time in Litchfield Co. Connecticut. About 1802, he removed to Onondaga Co., New York, where he lived until death. I suppose he was a pensioner, but of this I am not certain. I will thank you for such information as you can give me of his service. He also had a brother in the same service.
Yours. H. G. Orton

Albany Mo. May 11-1917
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
I would like to have the military record of Azariah Orton, a Revolutionary soldier. He is named in the lists of pensioners in 1835 & 1836 Vol. 2, page 365.*
*Conn. service, Nipuk residence - Yours truly,
D. F. Robertson.
Albany Mo.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Azariah Orton 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. S. 11/16/1
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 1 mo. Private Hurt   When Brantree was burnt 1777 2 mos. Nathan Hale Silliman Conn   1777 1 1/2 mos. Bryant Stoddard Huntington   5 wks. Commissary Bryant Stoddard Andrew Adams   Nasewauke  
Battles engaged in, (burning of Danbury - En)  In retreat from Long Island - New York (Pa) at Residence of soldier at enlistment, Litchfield, Litchfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 6 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Glens Falls, Oneida Co. New York. Age at date of application, born Sept. 25 1757 at Litchfield, Conn.
Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

March 13, 1935
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Azariah Orton-S.11161
Miss Leta Harris Bartlett Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Azariah Orton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who lived in Oneida County, New York, at the time of his application for pension; you ask, also, for the pension record of his widow, Phoebe Brunson Harris Orton.
A very careful examination has been made of the papers on file in pension claim, S.11161, based upon the military service of Azariah Orton in the Revolutionary War and his history is furnished herein, as found in said papers.
Azariah Orton was born September 25, 1757, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Litchfield, Azariah Orton enlisted in June, 1776, served in Captain Nathan Hurd's Company, Colonel Silliman's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Long Island and retreat from New York City and served six months; when Danbury was burned in 1777, he enlisted and served two weeks in Captain Bryant Stoddard's Company under Colonel Huntington in the Connecticut Troops and was in the engagement at Compo Hill; in same year, he again enlisted and served six weeks in Captain Bryant Stoddard's Company, Colonel Andrew Adams' Connecticut Regiment; later, dates not given, he served for five weeks under Colonel Wadsworth and was engaged in carrying stores for the army to Fishkill.
After the Revolution, he lived in Litchfield, Connecticut, until in 1798 or 1799, when he moved to Camden, Oneida County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, while residing in Florence, Oneida County, New York.
Sol not found in Cass book found Capt Nathan Hurd in Silliman's Regt no Wadsworth as an old form Identified other officers as of Conn.

where, he stated, he had resided for thirty years and was one of the earliest settlers.
There is no reference to wife or children and no claim for pension on file made by any person as the widow of Azariah Orton.
In 1832, one Darius Orton was residing in Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, and stated that he was born May 18, 1760, and resided in Litchfield, Connecticut, during the Revolutionary War, and that he had been acquainted with Azariah Orton since his youth but did not state the relationship.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Azariah Orton(S.11161), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Azariah Orton, Certificate No. 14677, issued June 8, 1833, rate $30.44 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York(Utica) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.