Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,468, for David Pelton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pelton, David
S. 33,468
CONTENTS

No 59
David Petton
1885
July 1818
W Hampton
Coa
July 1818
And I do hereby certify that I was a resident citizen of the United States at the time of signing this certificate, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or any other means, transferred or attempted to transfer the property or interest therein to any person who is not a citizen of the United States. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 18th day of July, 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in my name, any contract or debt, due to me, nor have I any income or the following assets to my unsecured creditors.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, David Patten aged sixty seven years, resident in Northampton in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows :
viz I enlisted into Colo Patten Regt in the autumn of 1775 & served to January 1776 I then enlisted into Colo Patten's Regiment and served two years & four months and was discharged on account of ill health I have received Pension Certificate N o 1885 dated 28 th July 1818 I applied for the Pension on the 20 th day of April 1818
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 so 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 18th 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 following schedule by me subscribed.
  One yearling heifer 5.00 One Shout 3.50 One old Waggan 10.00 One Cow 15.00 $ 40.00   One Lythe & Snaths 1.25 One hoe & handle 1.75 One old Plow 5.00 One axe & handle 1.25 19.75   One Iron pot 50 One Tea kettle 30 One Spade 30 One old Water Pail 17 4.80   Three old Chain 50 Two Cherts 50 One Set Yokes & fork 50 1.24   Two old Earthen Patten 25 Four Pewter Plates 50 One Pewter Can 20 1.50   Three Pewter Spoons 24 One Kettle 1.50 One fire shovel & tongs 1.00 .95   One small Pear 10.00 One old Waggan 1.49 2.74   11.49   $ 85.50 
I am a husbandman by occupation I am sixty seven years of age I have been unable to perform any kind of labour for three years being afflicted with the Rheumatism my wife is aged sixty seven and is very helpless & palsied. my Son Merchant Patten aged thirty four years lives with me his wife & two small children. without my pension I cannot support myself & wife
David Patten
Sworn to, and declared, on the sixth day of July , 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
Isaac Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Eighty five dollars, and fifty cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

33 468 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 33-468
David Pelton
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 320
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts (1885)
David Pelton
Capt Shumway
Private
Connecticut line - 1777. 2 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of
Massachusetts
at the rate of
8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the
20 of
April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the
28 of July 1818
and
sent to Pensioner
Northampton - Mass
Arrears to 4th of
Sept 1818
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
4 mos 15/30
$30.-
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Application sent July 28th 1826 Sarah D. Dyer, Northampton, Mass Letter to Genl. Saker April 9: 1850

Then certify David Pettontale of Groton now In New London County, now residing in Eastha- mpton Hampshire County State of Massachusetts Inlisted under me the subscriber late Lieut. 1 st Connecticut Regt late Continental army March 1777 for the terme of three years and served with the party for as my observation extended until Discharged by reason of Disability - given at Groton the 20th of April A D 1793. Thos. Arny late Lieut. 1 st Connecticut Regt.

David Pillsbury application for a pension.
Sept 28 1842
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secretary for the War Department Washington

Honble J. C. Calhoun Secretary for the War Department Washington
David Pillsbury application for a pension.
Letter of inquiry

State of Massachusetts - Hampshire County /s -
I David Pelton — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Northampton in the County of Hampshire in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on Month of March
1777
I entered and was engaged in the military service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the twentieth of June 1779
as a private Soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Capt Shumway in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Root in the Connecticut line upon the Continental establishment aforesaid - and that I left the service on the said twentieth of June 1779 being honorably discharged therefrom - and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Sixty four years - And I further testify that soon after the war I delivered my discharge to one D o ct. Mead then a Member of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut for the purpose of obtaining some compensation from said State for my services. That I have never been able to find the same since, & that I obtained no compensation from said State
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
David Pelton
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Samuel Hinckley, Judge of the Court of Probate of Wells St. being a Court of Record, in and for the County of Hampshire aforesaid,
the abovenamed David Pelton and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true, and I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court - Samuel Hinckley

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss April 20. 1810 I hereby Certify that Reuben Pelton brother of the within named David Pelton came before me & made oath that he was knowing to said David Pelton enlist- ing & serving in the Revolutionary war as within stated and that he lost his health in the war & has never been a found man since -
Att. Samuel Winchell Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills H. in S. County

Buffalo NY April 3 d 1850
S r L t Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir — David Pelton a Massachusetts Soldier and a Revolutionary Pensioner and died at Northampton about 24 years past, leaving a Widow who also died without a pension or making application, as her Son, living in this county, believes —
Will you have the good ness to inform me if the Widow Hannah Pelton ever applied for or rec d : a pension —
Respectfully Yours Samuel Lake