Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,844, for Benjamin Pettingill, Massachusetts

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Pettigill, Benjamin
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S 43,844
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11,217 New York.
Benjamin Settingill
of Genesee Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jackson of the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of two years . from Feb. 1781 to April 1783 . served afterwards to 23 d Dec. 1783 .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th day of May 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d of June 1819 to Roswell Dabitt, Esq. Rochester N. York .
Continued the Roll on 7 th day of February 1829 and notification sent to Hon. P. L. Tracy at House of Representatives . Pension commencing on the 20 th of January 1829
Amount due on 4th of } $ 12.12 March 1829 }
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820.

Benj m Pittingill Application
Benjamin Pittingill pro Colonel Jackson's Regt. May 1781 to 1783
8 May 18107-
Carried by a Committee of the House of Representatives May 1781 to 1783
Admitted

State of New York Greene County
On this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before me the below be one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Greene in the State of New-York personally appears Benjamin Pitts-gill aged fifty six years resident in the county of Greene in the State of New-York, 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 en- gaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That the said Benjamin Pit- ts-gill enlisted on the eighth day of February in the year 1781 in the District of Maine in the State of Massachusetts in the company com- manded by Captain Amos Baggs - will in the eighth Massachusetts Regiment under command of Colonel Michael Sarkeron, which said Regiment was afterwards reduced to the Third Massa- chusetts Regiment, of the Massachusetts line - That he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the Uni- ted States until the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord 1783 when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New-York - That he was in the battle of Kingsbridge, and that he is in named circumstances and stands in

and of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services —
Benjamin Pettengill
Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid
Ralph Parker Judge
I Ralph Parker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Genesee in the State of New York as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Pettengill did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the proceedings declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had be- fore me to the Secretary for the War department pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Ralph Parker Judge
And I do hereby further state that from the oath of Theodore Goodwin I am satisfied that the said Benjamin Pettengill is in reduced circumstances and absolutely needs the assistance of the country for his support.
Ralph Parker Judge
Genesee County N.Y.
I hereby certify that the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County is a Court of Record in the State of New York and that Ralph Parker Esquire was

on the 8 th day of May in the year 1818 one of the Judges of the said Court and that the official signatures to the declaration and certificates herunto affixed are his signatures
In testimony whereof I have herunto affixed the seal of the said Court the 8 th day of
June A.D. 1818 S. Cummings Clerk

Schedule
Declaration in order to be continued on the pension list under the act of May 1 st 1820
State of New York
County of Orleans ss: On this Twentieth day of January 1829 personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the village of Albion in and for the County of Orleans being a Record held before the judges thereof in open Court - Benjamin Pettigill of the town of Clarendon in said County of Orleans and resident in said County aged Sixty Seven years on the 10 th day of December 1828 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820 That he the said Benjamin Pettigill enlisted for the term of three years on the eighth day of February 1781 in the state now called Maine but then Massachusetts in the Company Common- -ended by Captain Amos Cogswell in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the regular Continental Establishment That he continued to serve in said Corps until the 23 rd day of December 1783 when he was regular- -ly discharged from the service at West Point in the state of New York That he hereby relinquished every claim whatever to pension, except the present: that his name has been placed on the pension list: and that the - number of his pension Certificate is 11.277. That in May 1826 he exhibited a schedule of all his property to the war department with a view of obtaining the benefit of the act of May 1 st 1820: but that the same was returned from the war Department on account of some informality That the reason he never before exhibit- -ed a schedule of his property was because he never had been able to ascertain what was necessary for him to do in order to comply with the provisions of said act: and that he has not been able to employ an agent and pay him for doing what might be necessary for him

Charges to procure the continuation of her said pension on account of her poverty.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, 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 provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed
That since the 18 th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property, as contained in the following schedule
Description of Property
I have sold to David Beebe of the town of Wheatland in the County of Monroe and state of New York, a Certain Lot of Land (for which in the Month of March 1818 I held a bond for a deed & of which I afterwards obtained a deed) Lying in the town of Ogden in said County being the same Land described and set forth in the Copy of the deed executed by me & my wife on the sale of the same & to which for greater Certainty this deponent begs leave to refer & which is hereto annexed
The purchaser of the said Lot of Land was David Beebe
The time of sale as set forth in said Deed May the 3 rd 1820
The Consideration money paid & received by me from said Beebe eight hundred dollars as expressed in said deed. That at the time of said sale I was much embarrassed and in debt.
That at the October term of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in the village of Batavia in

and for the County of Genesee an indictment was found by the Grand Jury of said County against one Amariah Pettengill the son of this deponent for Grand Larceny. That at the earnest entreaty of the said Amariah who solemnly protested that he was innocent: and this deponent feeling the natural affection & interest of a parent for a son; on about the Month of July 1824, went before Ethan B Allen Esquire a Commissioner authorised by law to do the duties of a Supreme Court judge at Chambers in the County of Genesee and entered into a written recognisance in the sum of five hundred dollars in all together with Benjamin G Pettengill two hundred and fifty each, Conditioned That the said Amariah should appear and answer to traverse and stand trial and not depart the Court without the leave of the same in case an Indictment should be found against him on the charge on which he then stood committed. That an Indictment was found as before set forth at the October term following and the said Amariah having in the mean time fled out of the Country without the knowledge or consent of this deponent or the other bail; did not appear to traverse the said Indictment agreeable to the condition of the aforesaid recognisance in consequence of which Levi Rumsey Esquire the district Attorney for the said County of Genesee moved the Court that the same be forfeited. The Court granted this motion, but on the application of one on hearing of counsel on the part of this deponent suspended all further proceeding from the October term 1824 to February term 1825 in order to give this deponent an opportunity of arresting and surrendering the said Amariah Pettengill in exoneration of this deponent and the said Benjamin G. That this deponent after the most diligent search was not able to discover the place to which the said Amariah had fled or to arrest him

in consequence of which this deponent and the said Benjamin G who had become surety at the special instance & request of this deponent were prosecuted in two separate suits on the aforesaid recognisance, one in the Court of Common Pleas the other in the Supreme Court, and a recovery against them for the sum of five hundred dollars together with the costs in both of said suits amounting in the whole exclusive of sheriffs fees to the sum of $540 - 23 / 100 That the sheriffs fees on the executions issued in said suits amounted to about the sum of nineteen dollars and thirty four cents making in all the sum of five hundred & fifty nine dollars and thirty seven cents paid out by this deponent in exoneration of himself and Benjamin G Pettigill who became surety with this deponent at this special instance & request and whom this deponent had agreed to indemnify and save harmless. That he also was obliged to expend money to a considerable amount over and above the aforesaid sums in his unavoidable and necessary expenses by him laid out in in journeys in endeavoring to find the said Amariah in order to surrender him as aforesaid and in attending several Courts in the said County of Genesee being a distance of thirty miles from the place where this deponent then resided. That in addition to the above he paid to Messrs Tracy & Lay the sum of Ten dollars for their services as Counsel in relation to the aforesaid Indictment and the suits on the aforesaid recognisance. That for greater certainty in relation to the matters herein above set forth this deponent refers to the affidavits of Levi Burnsey Esquire District Attorney of Genesee County George W Lay Esquire one of the firm of Tracy & Lay and also treasurer of Genesee County & Benjamin G Pettigill herunto annexed. I have also in March 1818 one yoke of Cattle two Cows and twelve Sheep & one old mare

That in the year 1818 this deponent sold to Mr Adams of the town of Ogden in the County of Monroe the aforesaid yoke of Cattle for sixty bushels of wheat which wheat this deponent Carried to the village of Rochester in said County of Monroe & sold for about one dollar per bushel and that he paid the money received for the same to Aretas Gilmore now a resident of the State of Ohio to answer one debt of one hundred and eighty dollars which was due on notes given by this deponent for the rent use and occupation of a farm which this deponent hired in the town of Ogden in Monroe County at the rate of sixty dollars a year for three years by this deponent for the rent use and occupation of a certain farm in the town of Ogden aforesaid which this deponent hired for three years at the annual rent of sixty dollars a year and occupied by this deponent.
That one of the said Cows this deponent also turned out for the sum of eleven dollars to apply on the said debt due to the said Aretas Gilmore in January 1828
That the said sheep were kept by this deponent until the summer of 1828 when they got out of the pasture and strayed away; since which time he has not been able to learn any thing about about them and has not as yet found them. That the mare above mentioned as owned by this deponent was very old & infirm rising of twenty three years of age; had been severely wounded by a hoof from a cow so that she had become wholly useless and worthless and had become a burden & expense without any profit so this deponent in consequence of which he gave her to one Plumer French of the town of Parma in said County and received no other consideration from the said French of any kind whatever or description

That the deponent on the 18 th day of March had no other property of any kind or description excepting the articles of household furniture contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by this deponent subscribed & which still continue in his possession.
That in addition to paying the amount above specified and set forth as collected on the aforesaid recognisance & the sums paid for the expenses incident thereto this deponent has since also paid the balance due on the aforesaid notes of one hundred and eighty dollars and that he has not one cent of the aforesaid sum of eight hundred dollars now remaining and has not had for a long space of time any money or any means of obtaining his living & support except by his daily work.
That all he had has long since been expended in sickness and for his families support.
That this deponent is now old & infirm and has a wife about fifty eight years of age who is weak and infirm who has been almost wholly helpless for about ten years unable to do any work to contribute to the support of this deponent or herself and wholly dependent upon the feeble exertions of this deponent for her daily bread; and this deponents daughter aged about twenty five who lives with this deponent to nurse and take care of her mother.
That this deponent is a farmer by profession and has no other occupation or business and has no child nor any other person except his daughter and wife in his family to aid and assist him in obtaining a livelihood is miserably poor & wholly unable to pay the expenses attending this application and that the person who draws

up these papers did it on the application of this deponent as a deed of Charity this deponent not having the means of paying him any thing for his services
Sworn to and declared and subscribed by the said Benjamin Pettingill in the twentieth day of January 1829 before me in open Court
Abraham Cantin judge
Benjamin Pettingill

Inventory of the Property now in the possession of and belonging to Benjamin Pettingill
Real Estate
I have none either in possession remainder reversion or expectancy of any description whatever belonging to me
Personal Property
I have one Cow worth twelve dollars Seven old kitchen Chairs worth not more than one dollar and seventy five Cents, one old Cherry table worth about one dollar, One pair of old shovels and tongs: but no Andirons worth seventy Cents six Cups and saucers worth about thirty seven Cents: six small plates & two large plates worth about fifty Cents: six old Knives and forks worth perhaps fifty Cents & one old iron table spoons & six iron tea spoons worth in the whole thirty seven Cents: One iron five pail kettle cracked worth perhaps ten shillings. One small iron kettle worth one dollar One iron dishkettle worth fifty Cents One old broken tea kettle worth twenty five Cents. One small iron spider worth about fifty Cents one tea pot worth twenty five Cents one bowl worth six Cents. five tin milk pans worth one dollar two small milk pails worth about fifty Cents. one old wash tub worth perhaps twenty five Cents. two old water pails worth not more than twenty five Cents Three old Chests worth one dollar and twelve and a half cents One old meat barrel worth fifty worth four shillings Three old salt barrels worth Three shillings Two pieces of old iron Chain worth about one dollar two old pitchforks worth about seventy five Cents one staple and ring for an ox yoke worth about twenty five Cents one old broken Plough worth

about fifty Cents. That other than the above this deponent has no personal property of any descrip- tion whatever except three old beds and bedding for the same and necessary wearing apparel for himself and wife Benjamin Pettingill Subscribed and sworn this 20 th day of January 1829 before me Orson Nicholson
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Orleans County in open Court

This Indenture made the third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six between Benjamin Pettibone and Deborah his wife of the town of Ogden County of Monroe and State of New York of the first part and David Dube of the town of Wheatland County and State aforesaid of the second part witnesseth That the said party of the first part for and in Consideration of the sum of eight hundred dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby Confirmed and acknowledged hath granted bargained sold remised released aliened and Confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell remise release alien and Confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever all that Certain tract of Land Situated in the town of Ogden and County of Monroe in the State of New York and bounded as follows viz Beginning at the north east Corner of Lot number fifty two in said town running southerly to the south east Corner of said Lot then westerly on the south line of said Lot so far that a line parallel with the east line of said Lot shall make fifty acres of Land said Land lying and being on the east part of said Lot number fifty two according to the survey of Stephen Rogers Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversionary remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and also all the estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part either in law or equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the said hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said premises above described to the said party of the second part his heirs and

assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever And the said Benjamin Pettingill and Phebe his wife for their heirs executors and administrators do covenant and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns that the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof they will forever warrant and defend
In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written
Signed sealed and Delivered in presence of William B Brown Benjamin Pettingill (L.S) Phebe Pettingill (L.S)
Monroe County State of New York (s) Be it remembered that on the third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six Came before me William B Brown one of the Commissioners of the County of Monroe the within named Benjamin Pettingill and Phebe his wife known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the within deed and acknowledged that they severally signed sealed and delivered the said Deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Phebe being by me privately examined apart from her said husband acknowledged that she executed the said Deed freely without any fear or compulsion of her said husband All which I do accordingly certify according to the statute in such case made and provided William B Brown — Commissioner

Certify this to be a true copy of the Original Deed Given Dec r 24 th 1828 William B Brown
State of New York
Genesee County ss
Levi Rumsey being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the years 1824 - 1825 up to the present time he has been & is now the district Attorney in and for the County of Genesee. That he has heard the deposition made and hereunto prefixed by Benjamin Pettibone in relation to his having together with Benjamin J. Pettibone become bail for & entering into a recognisance for one Amariah Pettibone read over. That the facts therein stated and set forth are in all respects true according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief & that this deponent was called by and on execution issued on judgements obtained on said recognisance the sum of five hundred and forty dollars and three cents five hundred dollars of which was paid over to George W Lay the treasurer of Genesee and the over plus being retained for this deponent's costs in prosecuting the aforesaid suits and further this deponent saith not
Levi Rumsey
Subscribed and sworn
This 20 th day of January 1829 before me
Timothy Fitch justice of the Peace Genesee County

State of New York Genesee County ss
George W Lay being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has seen the deposition of Benjamin Pettengill herunto annexed That the said Benjamin did pay to this deponents partner Mr Tracy the sum of ten dollars as is in said deposition set forth And further that as treasurer of Genesee he did receive from the said Levi Dunsay Esquire the district Attorney of Genesee the sum of five hundred dollars collected by him on the forfeited recognisance of the said Benjamin Pettengill & Benjamin J Pettengill And further this deponent saith not George W Lay Subscribed and sworn This 20 th day of January 1829 before me James Taggart Judge of Genesee Com Pleas —
State of New York Genesee County ss
Benjamin J Pettengill being duly sworn doth depose and say that the said Benjamin Pettengill is the uncle of this deponent and that at his request on his agreeing to indemnify this deponent for so doing he did enter into the recognisance mentioned in the deposition made and signed by the said Benjamin and herunto annexed that in pursuance of

Said said agreement the said Benjamin and indemnify and save harmless this deponent for becoming the bail with him for the said Amariah as aforesaid. That this deponent has heard the deposition & statement herunto annexed & made & subscribed by the said Benjamin Pettigill read over. That he has been intimately acquainted with all the affairs of the said Benjamin since the year 1818 and has no hesitation in saying that all the facts by him in that deposition set forth are true both as it relates to the property which he in March in 1818 had in possession and as to the value of the same & to whom & in what manner & for what purposes he disposed of the same. His present situation and circumstances as therein detailed are in all respects just and true. That the said Benjamin Pettigill is an industrious man regular habits & perfectly temperate. That the facts in his said deposition set forth as to the helpless situation of his family are also true. And that the inventory of his property is also correct according to the best of this deponent's knowledge information & belief. Subscribed and sworn Benjamin J. Pettigill This twentieth day of January 1829
Before me
James Taggart Judge of Genesee Court Pleas

Orson Nicholson Clerk of the County of Orleans and the Court of Common Pleas of Orleans County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court of Common Pleas now in session that the said Benjamin Dilling did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment I do certify that foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 the Property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty six dollars and fifty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twentieth day of January AD 1829
Orson Nicholson --
Clerk of the County of Orleans and Court of Common Pleas

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. 43844.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 20th, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Benjamin Pettingill, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on May 8th, 1818, at which time he was 56 years of age and residing in Genesee County, New York, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Cogswell and Col. Jackson. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Charles C. Donnell,
Newburyport, Mass.

C. Donnell, as, C. Donnell To Mr. W. Amesbury mass
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43 844
Rev INVALID.
File No. 43 844
Benjamin Pettengill Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 3, Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept. 20/97 Charles Newburyport, Ma Oct. 2/97 Peter Jan. 13/98. Hist John H. Pettengill (err. Ino. 18.16 B)
June 7/99 E.J. Pettengill cannot turn copies.

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
This Army Certifies that Benjamin Pittingill Soldier in the Third Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the twenty third Day of
December 1783.
By the General's Command,
H. Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John B. Stafford Adj t

POSTAL CARD - ONE CENT.
United States of America.
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.

Newburyport, Mass. Sept. 3 d 1897.
I should be pleased to receive from your Department a copy of the listing on file there which contain the War Record of Benjamin Pettengill of Newbury, Mass. who was a soldier of the Revolution and was receiving a pension at the time of his death which took place at Newbury as above in 1837.
Yours Respectfully Chas. C. Donnell. Chas. C. Donnell. 25 Marlboro St Newburyport, Mass.

March 22/92
Request to be in- formed of the Co. and Regt. in which David Pettengill and Benjamin Pettengill served in the service of the Revolutionary War
David Pettengill, my great grandfather, died in the service near Saratoga N.Y. as I have been informed.
Benjamin Pettengill my grandfather, served three years and was honor- ably discharged, and re- ceived a Pension from 1818 to 1844 when he died. They both enlisted in Maine - then a province of Mass. The information is not to base a claim but for family record. J. E. G. Pettengill

943844
Re C
Newburyport Sept. 25th 1897.
Sir:
Yours of the 20th inst. con- cerning Benjamin Pettengell a soldier of the Revolutionary war is at hand and it appears by it that two men of that name were enga- ged in it. My grand father Benj. Pettengell of Newbury Mass. marched from that place with the minute men on April 19th 1775 to Cambridge Mass. He enlisted in the army in the latter part of that month and from time to time re-enlisted up to January 1st 1777. on which date he with others agreed

to serve 6 weeks from Dec 31 st , 1876. If the date of his discharge from the army appears in his application for a pension I should be much pleased to hear from you in regard to it.
Yours Respectfully Chas. C. Dornell
H. Clay Evans. Commissioner Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.

FEB 24 1899
FILES.
E. T. PETTENGILL, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR OF CLAIMS, No. 1713 New York Ave. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Feb. 20. 1899.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
For the purpose of completing my family record I have the honor to request that I be furnished with a copy of the applications and Discharge Certificate of Benjamin Pettengill a private in Capt. Amos Cogswell's company of the 8th afterwards the 3rd Mass. reg't, Revolutionary war, Col. Michael Jackson and was discharged Dec. 25, 1783. Pensionsed by Cert. 11,277. File No. 43,844.
Augustus Sturges a private in Capt. Ezekiel Sanford's company, of the 5th Conn. reg't Col. Philip B. Bradley, Revolutionary war, and was discharged in March 1780. Pensionsed by Cert. 14,289.
✓ His widow, Mercy was pensionsed by Cert. 5,369. File No. 17,884. X ✓
Kindly send also a copy of the testimony filed in the latter case relative to her marriage to the soldier.
Respectfully,
E. T. Pettengill

L. W. B. W. 17884, I. 43844.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 7th, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that owing to the fact that there is no appropriation by Congress for carrying on the Revolutionary work and to the time and labor which would be involved it has been found necessary to decline to comply with requests for copies of the papers on file in the claims for pension of Revolutionary soldiers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. E. T. Pettengill,
1713 New York Avenue,
Washington, D. C.

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.
inv. 43,844
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
October 2, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for further information concerning Benjamin Pottingell, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he was discharged December 23, 1783.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Charles C. Donnell,
Newburyport, Mass.