Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,936, for Peabody Pratt, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Pratt, Peabody Sarah
NUMBER
W. 26,936
CONTENTS

1087.
New-York - Albany
Sarah Pratt,
widow of Peabody Pratt,
who was a Private
in the Conn't line
for 2 years.
Rev July 24
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July, 1843. and sent to
Hitzhugh & Wilson Mount Morris N. York.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 111.

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that Joseph H. Hovey  was  was a Notary Public of this State, duly commissioned, and recorded in this Office as such on the 24 th of June 1838 and that he has the power by the Laws of this State to administer an oath, take depositions, to take acknowledgment of deeds, &c. and with his seal of office and signature may certify any official act to which due credit is to be given in Court and country.
In testimony of which I have hereto affixed the public Seal of this State, and signed the same at the Office of the Secretary of said State, in Hartford, 30 th day of June
A. D. 1840
By whose signatures are hereto affixed & genuine —
Royal R. Hinman
Secretary

I Obadiah Spencer of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut do hereby and say, That I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of said Saybrook, and have the custody of the Records of said Town - That I have carefully and faithfully examined the said Records to find the record of the marriage of Peabody Pratt to Sarah Buckingham - That I have not been able to find said marriage record - and that I verily believe there is no record of said marriage, nor of the marriage of said Pratt or said Buckingham to any person among the records of said Town and further I say not
Obadiah Spencer Town Clerk of Saybrook
State of Connecticut } Middlesex County ss } Saybrook June 24 th 1839
Sworn before me - and I certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Obadiah Spencer and that he is a credible witness
Joseph H. Hayden Notary Public

I Aaron Hovey of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut do hereby certify and say, that I am Pastor of the second Congregational Church in said Saybrook, That I am ex-officio Clerk of said Church, and have the custody of its records - That I have carefully and faithfully examined the said Church records to find the record of the marriage of Peabody Pratt to Sarah Buckingham - That I have not been able to find said marriage, and that I verily believe there is no record of said marriage, nor of the marriage of said Pratt, or Buckingham to any person among the records of said Church. And further I say not. Aaron Hovey.
State of Connecticut Middlesex County ss 3 Saybrook June 25 th 1839
Sworn before me - and I certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Rev d . Aaron Hovey, and that he is a credible witness.
Joseph H. Hayden Notary Public

State of New York } ss Onondaga County } Benjamin V. Buck- ingham of Tully, in said county being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is 71 years of age. That in the year 1783 he resided with his father, in the town of Saybrook, Parish of Putty Pog, in the state of Connecticut, that he had a Sister by the name of Sarah Buckingham who was married sometime in the month of November 1783 to a man by the name of Peabody Pratt. That he this deponent was present, and saw them married. That they were married at the house of his father in Saybrook aforesaid, by the Reverend Benjamin Munn of Saybrook, aforesaid That his sister, the above named Sarah, is now the widow of the above named Pea- -body Pratt, (as he verily believes,) as he has no knowledge of her ever being married since the death of her husband the said Peabody Pratt. That her husband the said Peabody Pratt died, about the year 1830, according to the best of his recollection that his widow the said Sarah Pratt now lives in the town of Mount Morris in the county of Livingston and state of New York. That he this deponent knew the said Peabody Pratt, for several years previous to his marriage to his said sister; and during the time of the Revolutionary War. That he frequently saw him at the house of his, this deponent's father, during the said War. That, he recollects hearing him say that during his visits at the house of his father. That he had been in the service of the United States, and

and that he was then at home on a furlough. That he served as this deponent believes as a Private Soldier, but cannot state the names of his officers, or at what place, or places he served, and further this deponent saith not. Subscribed and sworn before me this 8 th day of May 1840. and I certify that I have known the said Benjamin Buckingham for more than twenty years last past, and that he is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Henry Buckingham
Johnson Hall Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas
State of New York } Onondaga County } I Elijah Rhoades clerk of said County do hereby certify that Johnson Hall before whom the foregoing deposition was made was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signature above to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 8 th day of May 1840. E. Rhoades Clerk

Comptroller's Office
Hartford July 2 nd 1840
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Peabody Pratt I have examined the records of settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a settlement with the 6 th Connecticut Regiment Return J t M c Gregor Esq r Col o before Jan y 1780 where he is entered as a private Ap r 1777 Time of settlement Jan y 1780 - having served Two Years Nine months Again same Regiment continued service Jan y 1780 Time of settlement Ap r 1780 having served Three Months one day — 3 Years —
Henry Rootborn Compt r

State of New York Livingston County ss
George Pratt and Asa Woodford being by me a Judge of Livingston County Courts severally duly sworn according to law depose and say - The said George Pratt that he is the son of Peabody Pratt & Sarah Pratt and that he is aged fifty five years and upwards - that his father the said Peabody Pratt died on the seventh day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty four and that his mother the said Sarah Pratt has not been married since the decease of the said Peabody Pratt but has remained the widow of the said Peabody Pratt until the present time and is now his widow & further saith not - And the said Asa Woodford upon his oath says aforesaid says that he is aged fifty one years and upwards - that he is the son in law of the said Peabody Pratt & Sarah Pratt having married a daughter of theirs - And that facts stated above by the said George Pratt relative to the time of the death of the said Peabody Pratt and of the widowhood of the said Sarah Pratt are true and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed this second day of June 1840. Before me - Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Courts
George Pratt Asa Woodford
I certify that I have been acquainted with the above named George Pratt & Asa Woodford for more than twenty five years and that they are men of unimpeachable character for truth & integrity and that their statement is entitled to credit Given under my hand June 2 nd 1840.
Leman Gibbs a Judge of Live County Courts

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Livingston County Clerk's Office.
I, WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Clerk of the County of Livingston, do hereby certify, That
Seman Gibbs Esquire
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Judge of County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the Second day of June 1840
Wm H Stanley
Clerk.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Livingston County Clerk's Office. }
I, WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Clerk of the County of Livingston, do hereby certify, That
Leman Gibbs Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Judge of County Courts in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the Second day of June 1840
Wm H Stanley Clerk.

State of New York Livingston County ss
On this second day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of County Courts in and for the County of Livingston aforesaid Sarah Pratt, a resident of the town of Mount Morris in said County aged seventy seven years and upwards, 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 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Peabody Pratt who was a private in the army of the Revolution that he served in the regiment commanded by Colo Miffs for the term of three years as an enlisted soldier don't recollect the name of the Captain under which he served and that he also served for the term of one year sub- sequently to the above named term of service and near the close of the war (don't recollect the year) in a Company commanded by Capt Ely for the term of one year and during this term of service was engaged as she understood at the time in assisting the French Army in forwarding their baggage &c. on their march to the south - that she knows of no documentary evidence of his service - That at the time the said Peabody Pratt entered the service at both of the terms above named he was a resident of the town of Saybrook second society (Putty Pog) in the County of Middle Hampshire and State of Connecticut - That she cannot tell the day month or year in which the said Peabody Pratt enlisted or entered the service aforesaid or the time he left the same

but well recollects that at the time it was understood that he enlisted for and served the length of time on the respective terms of service above named.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peabody Pratt on the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three that her husband, the aforesaid Peabody Pratt died on the seventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty four. That she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above named (i.e.) one thousand seven hundred and eighty three.
Sworn to and sub d The words "June" and "Mid" scribled on the day dless d placed upon an and year above } was in before signing - written before me
Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court. Sarah X Pratt mark
I hereby Certify that by reason of the infirmities of old age the said Sarah Pratt who makes the above declaration is rendered unable to attend and make such declaration in open Court. And I further Certify that the said Sarah is to me personally known and that her statement is entitled to Credit. Witness my hand this 2 d June 1840. Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court
Mr. Freeman Smith
ATP
Sarah Pratt 7/88 NY
Peabody Pratt
Am 3 Oct 1824

I, Ethan Bushnell, of Saybrook, County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged seventy eight years, depose and say, that I was acquainted with Peabody Pratt in the time of the Revolutionary War, whose name is on the Roll of Captain Martin of Lirtland's Company in Col. Meigs's Regiment, and also with his widow, Sarah Pratt, who now resides in the County of Livingston and State of New York; that said Peabody Pratt was married to Sarah Buckingham (now Sarah Pratt) soon after said Peabody Pratt left the service at the close of the war, and moved with his wife from these parts not long after, the exact time I do not recollect. I further depose and say that I was born in this town (Saybrook) and have always resided here until the present time, and that I never knew or heard of any other man by the name of Peabody Pratt except the one above mentioned, or any other Sarah Buckingham except the one who was married to said Peabody Pratt, as above stated.
In testimony of the truth of the above deposition I have subscribed the same this twenty-third day of July 1840, and made oath to the same before William Storer a Notary Public of the State of Connecticut.
Ethan Russell
I reside within about a mile of Prudhoe Port within named, She is a respectable old lady and entitled to full credit -
I also reside within and have resided within thirty rods of Mr. Ethan Brinkell above named more than twenty years now past, and many since - He is a man of little actively engaged in his business pursuits, and one of the most respectable and worthy men in the Town - His word is entitled to the most entire credit and belief - Saybrook July 23. 1840 - Samuel Hildreth -

State of Connecticut /
Middlesex County, ss Be it known, that before the undersigned Notary Public in and for the State of Connecticut, on the twenty-third day of July, 1840, personally appeared Ethan Bushnell, a man of undoubted truth and veracity, signer of the within deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature and seal.
William Storrs, Notary Public,
State of Connecticut ss, Office of the Secretary of State July 28 th 1840.
I hereby certify that William Storrs is a duly commissioned Notary Public in this State, and has been, since the 10 th day of June last, and is so recorded in this office, and within the same by the seal of this State my signature Royal A. Linsley Secretary of State
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State of Connecticut Middlesex County
Be it known, that before the undersigned Notary Public, in and for the State of Connecticut, and in presence of the subscribing witnesses, on the twenty-third day of July A.D. 1840, personally appeared Priscilla Pratt, a resident of the town of Saybrook in said County, a person of undoubted veracity, signer of the within deposition, and subscribed the same by making her mark with a trembling hand, and made oath to the truth thereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal and signature.
William Storer. Notary Public.

I, Priscilla Pratt, of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, aged eighty two years in August next before and say that I was well acquainted with Peabody Pratt, who was a Soldier in Capt. Martin Kirtland's Company of Continental troops in Col. R. Helleig's Regiment; that the said Peabody Pratt was my own cousin, his father and mine having been brothers; that I was also acquainted with Sarah Buckingham who was married to the said Peabody Pratt in November 1753, and I well remember that my father and mother, both went to their wedding, which took place at the house of Mr. Henkiah Buckingham the father of said Sarah; and that they were married by the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Dunning, then minister of the Congregational Church in the parish of Petty Pung, town of Saybrook. I further depose and say that the said Peabody Pratt and his wife Sarah moved from these parts soon after their marriage, which was about the close of the Revolutionary War, and soon after said Peabody Pratt returned home from the service; and that I verily believe that the said Peabody Pratt has been dead several years, and that the said Sarah Pratt remains his widow and now resides in the western part of the State of New York. I further depose and say that I have never known or heard of any other person by the name of Peabody Pratt than the one above mentioned, and that I believe there never was another by that name in these parts.
In testimony of the truth of the above, I have subscribed the same and made oath hereto before William Storrs, a Notary Public for the State of Connecticut. In presence of E. G. Storrs Harriet S. Parker
Priscilla Pratt mark

Harold Pratt, New York widow of Peabody —
Act 1838
Let to Hon Truman Smith 7 July 1840. — Wm. Storrs 6 Augt 1840.

Albany 5,820
Sarah Pratt widow of Peabody Pratt
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7 th Oct. 1824 of Livingston Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Kirtland of the regt. commanded by Col. Meigs in the Cont. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept. 1840 and sent to Wm. Storer New Haven Conn.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $ 400.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 98

7188
Sarah Pratt
Ad. July 7. 1838
Marr d 5 Nov 1783
Husband d d 7 Oct. 1824
Col M c g g } Com d line Capt Kirtland }
Est. 1 st ap d 1777
Died 1 st ap d 1780
Admitted
Private 2 years $80-
William Storrs Esq q New Haven Conn

Key
WIDOW, &c.
26936
File No. 
Sarah Pratt
Wid of
Reboda Pratt
Phila Conn. line
Act: March 3 d 1843
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Comptroller's Office Hartford Aug 10 1840
Sir Mr Stowe having in possession an old Certificate called on me to give him a new one, or alter the old, I compared the same with the record in this office and found it correct and altered the date from July 1 1837 to July 25 1840
Yours Very Respectfully Henry Chapman Compt
H
Dear J. L. Edwards
Committee of Pension
Washington

I, Sarah Pratt, of Mount Morris, County of Livingston, State of New York, aged seventy-eight years, having heretofore made application for a Pension on account of the services of my late husband Peabody Pratt in the war of the American Revolution, and being now required to give a reason why my said husband did not apply for a pension himself while living, under the act of March 18. 1818, do depose and say, that my husband, the said Peabody Pratt has once, during his life time, and while living in the county of Albany, applied for a pension, but was told he could not obtain it unless he would take an oath that he was not worth one hundred dollars; that he considered himself worth more than that sum, and therefore said he would do nothing more about it; that we afterwards removed to the County of Livingston (where I now reside) being about three hundred miles from Connecticut, where he had performed his service in the Revolution, and where he would have to obtain the evidence of such service; and that he was in such circumstances as not to need a pension, and therefore did not give himself the trouble to apply under the Act of March 18. 1818.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1 st day of September 1840
Sarah Pratt Mark
Reuben P. Warner Commissioner of Pensions of Livingston

STATE OF NEW YORK,
Livingston County Clerk's Office,
ss. I, WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Clerk of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Reuben P. Wisner Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, A COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. AND FURTHER, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this Second day of September A. D. 18 40
W. H. Stanley
CLERK.

I George Pratt, of Livonia, County of Livingston, State of New York, aged fifty six years do depose and say, that I am a son the late Peabody Pratt, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and of his wife Sarah Pratt, now his widow, who resides at Mount Morris, in said County of Livingston; that my father, the said Peabody Pratt had lived with me for several years, after he removed from the County of Albany, and was living with me at the time of his death; that in conversation I have heard him say that he was entitled to a pension, and that he intended to apply for it; and I spoke to him, urging him to do it; but as he would have to send to Connecticut, (a distance of about three hundred miles) for proof of his service, it was neglected from time to time, until his death, which took place very suddenly in the year 1824, according to the best of my recollection and belief; I further depose and say, that I have repeatedly heard my father, the said Peabody Pratt tell of having served in the Revolution as a soldier in Col. Muggs' Regiment; and that he had a brother Jasper Pratt in the same  regiment service, whose widow now draws a pension and resides in Cornwall, Connecticut.
George Pratt
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 2 nd day of Sept r . 1840 Richard Pierce Com d of Qtrs in Genl Livingston County
The words, same regiment, was erased before signing Richard Pierce Com d of Qtrs in Genl Livingston Co

STATE OF NEW YORK, Livingston County Clerk's Office,
ss. I, WILLIAM H. STANLEY, Clerk of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Shepard Pearce Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, A COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. AND FURTHER, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this day of September A. D. 18 40
W. H. Stanley
CLERK.
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March 20, 1862
FREE
Secretary of War Washington
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Mount-Morris Ny. July 11. 43
Fitzhugh & Wiener Asks information respecting the pension case of Mrs Sarah Pratt.
p. 83.
17 July 1843 Pension Office
Resp d
Sarah Pratt,
no 968,
2 d Neap le

MP Morris July 11 1843
Dear Sir
about the first day of May last we wrote you upon the subject of, Widow Sarah Pratt Pension under the act of Congress of last session, Mrs. Pratt's new Pension under the act of 1837. We enclose the proper paper as we supposed to enable her to procure her certificate. We have heard nothing as yet from our commu- nication, and not being very familiar with matter of the kind, we do not know but our communication is addressed to the wrong office. Your attention is politely called to this subject, & be kind enough to write us by return if any thing is wanting to procure the certificate. We directed our paper to the War department. You will much oblige us if you will let us hear from you
Yours Respectfully
Githugh T. Wisner
Sarah Pratt
Mar 3 d 43
No 968.
noted 1843

Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

New Haven, Sept. 14. 1840.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir
I had the honor to receive a letter from you, dated the 6 th of last month relating to the claim of Mrs. Sarah Pratt for a pension, requiring that a reason should be assigned for the omission on the part of Peabody Pratt to apply for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818; and I now enclose the affidavits of Mrs. Pratt and her son Mr. Geo. Pratt, taken in the County of Livingston, State of New York, stating their reasons for the omission of said Peabody Pratt to apply under said act. I also enclose a note from Mr. Kilbourn, in explanation of the alteration in the date of his certificate. The certificate had been obtained in the first place for the purpose of showing the widow how much service of her husband could be proved, before she made her declaration; the date was afterwards altered by the Comptroller, in preference to making a new certificate. Should these reasons and explanations prove satisfactory, will you have the goodness to forward to me Mrs. Pratt's certificate as soon as convenient.
For the character of Mrs. Sarah Pratt and Mr. George Pratt, for truth and veracity, I beg leave to refer you to the certificate of Judge Gibbs, which accompanied Mrs. Pratt's declaration, and before whom said declaration was made.
Respectfully your obedient servant William Storer.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

New Haven, July 29 th 1840.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Sir
I transmitted a few weeks ago to the care of the Hon. Truman Smith, Representative in Congress from this State, the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Pratt, widow of Peabody Pratt, and such testimony as had then been procured in support of her claim for a pension, which papers I requested Mr. Smith to present at your office. Your letter to Mr. S. dated 9 th July was forwarded by him to me, in which it is doubted whether the husband of the claimant is the same person whose name is found on the rolls of the Connecticut line, because he had never applied for a pension under the act of March 1818. To meet this point, I have procured the testimony of two persons who were well acquainted with the said Peabody Pratt, at the time he was engaged in the service, and who were born, brought up, and lived at that time, in the same neighborhood with him and with Sarah Buckingham, whom he married immediately after the close of the war, and who is now his widow, and claims a pension on account of his services; and I have also obtained the certificate of the Hon. Samuel Ingham, (formerly member of Congress from this District) as to the entire credibility and veracity of these witnesses. Mr. Ingham being personally known to the Department at Washington, and also being personally acquainted with, and near neighbor of, both these witnesses, gives me reason to hope that the testimony herewith forwarded will satisfy the Commissioners of Pensions that Mrs. Sarah Pratt, who now claims a pension, is the widow of the same Peabody Pratt who served three years in Col. Meigs Regiment in the Revolutionary war, and that her pension will be granted.
Should the pension be granted it is the wish of Mrs. Pratt that the certificate be forwarded to me, as I shall have an opportunity to send to her in a short time by a son who is going to that part of the country where she resides.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
William Storer

968 13. May 1843 Mt. Mansfield 1843 N.Y. Sarah Pratt $80 per an
Fitzhugh & Hissner Mount Morris N.Y. Pension office Washington
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State of New York County of Livingston ss
On this Thirteenth day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and Forty Three perso- nally appeared before me Samuel H. Fitzhugh, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Livingston aforesaid, Sarah Pratt a resident of Mount Morris in the County of Livingston aged Eighty years on the 28 th day of July last past, who being 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 on the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolution- ary war. That she is the widow of Peabody Pratt who was a private and served in the Regular Army of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col. Meigs And that she received a Pension to the amount of Eighty Dollars per annum under the Act of July 7 th 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow-
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me to me personally known as Sarah Pratt. Sam H Fitzhugh
her Sarah H Pratt Mark
A Judge of Livingston County Common Pleas Counselor Sup Court.
State of New York Livingston County Clerk's Office ss. I Samuel H. Allen Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel H. Fitzhugh Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken and subscribed, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of County Courts in and for said County, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to act as such. and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature subscribed to the above affidavit is genuine

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Linnico in said County this first day of May 1843.
Samuel P Allen clerk
By Wm H Whiting Deputy clk

Mount Morris May 8 1843.
Dear Sir We send Sarah Pratt, Aft er as required by act of congress of last session. Will you forward to us a certificate, & the proper blank that she may draw her pension under said act. If any mistake, please let us know by return mail wherein
Yours Respectfully Fitzhugh Miller A. J. P. & Co.