Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12353, John Bush, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Bush, John
S. 12353
CONTENTS
cardeed

Albany Nov 30. 12
Mr. Bush 30/21
of Madison in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hildick of the Regt commanded by Col. Larned in the New Jersey line for 14 months pri-
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 44 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Augt 1835 and sent to A. V. Prenger. Morristville, N.Y.
ears to the 4th of March 1835 $186.64 wants. allowance ending 4 Sept " 23.33
$209.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Issued by M. L. G. B. Clerk, Book E-2 Vol. 4 Page 5
Dead
Letter to Horace Graham 630 Auditor 19. Febr. 1841.
J. H. Ken Z Pratt. Decm 12. 1843 " " " " " Decm 22 " " " " " " March 24 '44

John Bush Pension papers
Send return to Otis P. Granger of Morrisville Madison County N.Y.
32277
John Bush
Admitted Private 14 mo $46.66
O. P. Granger Morrisville N.Y.

State of New York Madison County ss. On this 7 th day of October 1834 personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Madison now sitting, John Bush a resident of Smithfield in said County & State aged Seventy three years on the 16 th day of December 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 follow- ing named Officers & served as herein stated -
In the month of December 1775 at South Hadley Massachusetts, he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company commanded by Capt Hildrick & marched to Cambridge near Boston & remained there on duty in keeping guard two months & was then wholly discharged by Capt Hildrick & returned to South Hadley - Does not recollect the Col, In the Spring of the year 1776 at South Hadley aforesaid, applicant & seven others were enlisted for one years service by Lieut Joseph Lane to serve in Capt Isaac Bolster's Company in which said Lane was Lieut - We were mustered at South Hadley & from there marched by land to New London (Conn.) & there joined Capt Isaac Bolster's Company - We then took sloop & sailed to New York & there joined the Regiment commanded by Col Sarnum, Lieut Col Shepard & Maj Prescott & the Brigade under the command of Gen Glover - We remained at New York on duty until the fall of the year 1776, when the British took possession of the City & we retreated into New Jersey - We went on our retreat first to Powder Hook, from there to Morristown & then to the English Neighborhood & from there to Trenton & then back to Morristown where we went into Winter quarters & remained there

until the spring of 1777 when he was virtually discharged by Capt Bolster having served out the term of his enlistment of one year. He has no documentary evidence of his service & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby claims every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the ag- ency of any State. To the First Interrogatory presented by the War Department & propounded by the court "When & in what year were you born?" He answered that he was born in the town of Malberry County of Worcester (Mass) on the 16 th day of December 1760. To the second Interrogatory "Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it?" He answered that he has no record of his age except what may be found in the town of Malberry, of service when he was born.
To the third Interrogatory, "when were you living when called into the service. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live?" He answered that he lived at South- Hadley during the Revolutionary war & when he was called into the service & since the Revolutionary war he has lived at Fort Edward N.Y., Warren Herkimer County & Southfield Ulster Co County N.Y. & he now lives in Southfield afore- said. To the fourth Interrogatory "How was you called into the service?" He answered that he volunteered when he served in Capt Hildreth's Company & enlisted when he served in Capt Isaac Bolster's Company.
To the fifth Interrogatory, "State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the General Circumstances of your service." He answered that in addition to the officers above mentioned he recollects Col Patterson & his Regiment which belonged to the same Brigade. Applicant's service was all performed as a private.

To the said H. Interrogatory "did you ever receive a discharge from the Service? If so by whom was it given & what has become of it?" He answers that he never received any written discharge from the Service - To the seventh Interrogatory "State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify in your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution." He answers by stating the names of Nathaniel Huntington & John M. McSpangler.
No clergyman lives in the immediate vicinity of applicant who is acquainted with him - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - John Brough  Asst. Com. Clk.
We Nathaniel Huntington & John M. McSpangler of Smithfield Medusa county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Brough who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is a man of truth & veracity & is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - Neh. Huntington  Asst. Com. Clk.  John M. McSpangler
And the said Comt do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department

& John M. Wipinger who have signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of the town of Southfield in said County of Madison & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Andrew S. Sloan. Clerk of the court of Common pleas of said County of Madison in said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Bush for a Pension.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 7 th day of October 1834. ASloan Clk

I Hezekiah Bush of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty seven years testify and say that my father's family lived in Granby in said County in 1775 and that my Brother, John Bush, in the fall of that year enlisted for two months, and marched to Boston and was absent from home at that time two months or more - And that afterwards in the Spring of the year 1776 he enlisted for one year either in said Granby, or South Hadley the adjoining town in said County - and he left home at that time, and was absent from home one year or more, and I have no doubt that he served in the Army of the United States at that time one full year, and also that he served the two months in the vicinity of Boston, as we had frequent conversations respecting his said services and the occurrences that took place at those times. Hezekiah Bush
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss. July 11 th 1835.
Then the above named Hezekiah Bush personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me. Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Hezekiah Bush the Deponent above named, that he is a man of truth & veracity and that full credit is to be given to his testimony.
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace.

John Bush
add. evi.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct r 9 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the roll of Capt. Hildrick's Company from December 1775, as described by John Bush, on which he claims for services, is not found in this Office.
John Bush claims for services under Capt. Isaac Bolster, in Col. Larned's Regt. in 1776, - but the roll is not found in this Office. The roll of Capt. Isaac Bolster's Company, in Col. Larned's Regt. from April 27 th 1775 for three months and twelve days, is found in this Office, but the name of John Bush is not found thereon.
Edward D. Dangs. Secy

June 5 } Monistville } May 29
See
W.M.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Morrisville (Madison Co) NY. May 30. 1
Dr Sir.
I some time since forwarded to the Pension Department, proof of the service of John Bush an applicant for a Pension, & requested that his case might be taken up & decided as soon as conveniently could.
May I again make a request that his case may be decided?
Respectfully yours Otis P. Grange
J. L. Edwards Esq

John Bass Free Edwards Esq. Comm of Pensions Washington D.C. Moore 1845 J. L. Free

Morrisville (Madison Co) N.Y. Aug 1. (1835)
Sir
Agrable to your request, contained in your letter of July 15 ult. I send you a Supplemental afft of John Bush & I also enclose you her in an affidavit of Deborah Bush proving the services of John Bush -
I hope the enclosed, together with the proof what you already have, will ensure John Bush a Pension without any further delay -
Respectfully yours
Otis P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions Washington

Morrisville July 1 st .
Sir
Doc t . Bump Mr. Lucas
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Morrisville (Madison Co) N.Y. July 1. 1835
Sir
Enclosed I send you an affidavit of the service of John Bush an applicant for a Pension.
I regret extremely that my communication of April last, enclosing proof of his service should have miscarried - Perhaps that communication is mislaid -
Respectfully yours
Otis P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir -
Enclosed are the papers affecting old Mrs. Bush's claim to her Husband's pension. Her certificate is enclosed, sworn to before Judge Fenn. If any more evidence is required as to her marriage it cannot be procured - for, on thorough search no record of her marriage can be found. (She was married by a Justice of Peace in Hinderhook) who is dead many years - And herself and family appear to have been a very benighted family in point of reading and writing - So far as I can learn they kept no Bible in those days -
Respy
A.W. Leg
February 13 th /44

Hall of Reps Decm 18 th 1843
With the Commissioner at the Pension office I came the favour to inform if the widow of John Bush is entitled to a pension & what testimony is necessary to satisfy the Commissioner
I have the honour to be yours truly G Pratt
Cal
J L - Edwards I have known John Bush & Widow 25 years

Addendum Apr. 13.
John Bush
Mrs. Bush 7 Apple St
Rev
J. L. Church Esq
Commissary of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Morrisville (Madison Co) N.Y. April 7. 1835
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you proof of the service of John Bush an applicant for a pension. May I ask a speedy decision in this case, as is compatible with the engagements of the Pension Department; for the reason, that the applicant is very poor & a little money now will do him much good —
Respectfully yours Otis P. Granger
J. Edwards Esq

Ziba Bush's
Deposition
I certify I have been acquainted with the within named Ziba Bush for ten years and he is a man of unblemished truth and veracity Harts Ville June 18th 1835. Mary Edwards {Post Master
S. P. Granger Merriam Station Co. N.Y. A.T.

I Ziba Bush of Tyringham in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bloomer, depose and say that in the year 1775 John Bush then of Granby in the State of Massachusetts, did volunteer in the month of December of said year to serve in the Militia and actually performed two months service at Cambridge, Mass, he enlisted at South Hadley the Captain's name I do not recollect. I further say that in April 1776 the said John Bush enlisted for the term of one year at said South Hadley that he marched to New York and remained there until Sept. following and retreated with the American Army to New Jersey where he remained till the expiration of his year the last year service was in Col. Larned's Regt the Captain's name I do not recollect.
New Marlborough June 18 th 1835
Ziba Bush
Berkshire ss. June 18 th 1835 Personally appeared Ziba Bush signer of the above disposition and made oath that the statement therein contained is true before me
Levi L. Smith } Justice of Peace }
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mr Ziba Bush the signer of the above disposition and consider him to be a man of undoubted truth and veracity
Levi L. Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I William S. Tucker Clerk pro tem. of the Judicial courts for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Levi L. Smith Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified, & that I believe the signatures purporting to be his are are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas this 18 th day of June A.D. 1835. - Wm S. Tucker Clerk pro. tem

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Nelson Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of July A. D. 183 4
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

32277
John Bushy
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.
35
Admiral 19 Oct 83
Dec 22 '34 MS. Original

Morrisville (Madison County NY) Oct 17. 1834
Yrs
Enclosed I send you the Papers of John Bush, an applicant for a Pension -
You will see from Mr Bangs Certificate that he does not find the rolls in his office, of the company in which he served, during the term that he alleges he served - I do not know, but what his year's service was on the Continental establishment: if so I suppose that his name will be found on the rolls in your Office -
If his name is on the rolls in your Office & he served the one year on the Continental establishment, can he not, withdraw his present paper, & claim under the act of 1818? He is a poor man, & I should like to get for him what he is entitled to - Any information on this subject consistent with your regulations, & the mode of procedure under the old act will be gratefully received -
Respectfully yours Otho P. Granger
J. L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Nelson Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Second day of April A. D. 183 5
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

In the matter of John Bush an applicant for a pension -
Deposition
Otis P. Granger of Morrisville (Madison Co.) N.Y. agent

I Hezekiah Bush of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Sixty seven years, testify and say that my Brother John Bush lived in Granby, in said County in the year 1775 and that in the fall of that year he enlisted for two months, and that he was in the Army and was absent from home at that time two Months or more, and that afterwards in the Spring of the year 1776 he enlisted at said Granby, or in the adjoining town of South Hadley for one year, and left home at that time to join the Army and was then absent from home (our Parents being then living in said Granby) one full year, and I have no doubt but that he served in the Army of the United States at that time one year according to the terms of his enlistment and further the Deponent saith not.
Hezekiah Bush
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. March 30 th 1835 Then the above named Hezekiah Bush personally appeared and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Hezekiah Bush, the Deponent, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full credit is to be given to his testimony.
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

32277 New York
John Bush Suspended
W. O. P. Granger 27 Nov r 1834
Ret to C. P. Granger 5 June 1835 " " " " " 15 July - "

Perham
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John Bush _____ Priv. Rev. mm _____
Act: June 7 th 1852. _____
Index:—Vol. A , Page 5-1 _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mass

State of New York Madison County ss John Bush of the town of Smithfield in said county, an applicant for a Pension being duly sworn deposes & says, that in the spring of the year 1776 he resided in the town of Granby in the State of Massachusetts: that in the month of April in that year, Lieut Joseph Lane had order to enlist a certain number of men to fill up Capt Isaac Bolsters company, & this applicant, John Lane, John Lane Jr. Samuel Lane, John White, & Saml. White were enlisted the same day, in the month of April aforesaid, by the said Lieut Joseph Lane, & we were mustered at South Hadley by Col Woodbridge & in two days afterwards we marched to Norwich Connecticut, & from that place to New London, & then we joined Capt Isaac Bolsters company. & then took a Sloop & sailed to Fresh Pond about four miles from New York & next morning marched into the City. We joined the Regiment at New York commanded by Col Larned. Lieut Col Shepard & Maj Sprout & he thinks the Regiment belonged to Glover's Brigade. We remained in the houses in the City about one fortnight & then went above the City on the North River & then pitched our tents & were engaged in building a small fort & building fire rafts & remained there until we were driven off by the British - we then crossed the River to the Jersey side, went to Powles Hook & then to Newark & Morris town & then to Trenton & then to the English Neighborhood & then went back to Morris town & then went into winter quarters. While in the City of New York this applicant saw Genl Washingtons life guard Drummers being for laying a Powder Plot to blow up the General - Two other persons were engaged in the Plot; & what became of them he does not recollect. This applicant recollects that in a skirm- ish on the Jersey side after we left NYork, that Col Shepard & Maj Sprout were slightly wounded - Shepard was wounded slightly in the fore part of the

He st & Sprout in the little finger - Deponent recoll- cts that Sprout was May, from the fact that he was a very tall man & a very smart active man & about 25 years of age. This deponent further says, that the reason why he did not apply for a Pension under the law of 1818, was that he did not know that he was entitled to a Pension under that act; Neither does he now know whether the Regiment to which he belonged, was on the Continental establishment or in the State Troops. And this deponent further says, that by reason of old age & the loss of memory he does not recollect any other circumstances in relation to his service, which will be useful in the investigation of his application & further says that I was subscribed before me the 21 day of July 1835. J. Block Justice
J. M. Bergh
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Bergh. That he is a man who susta- -ins a fair reputation in this community & is a credi- -ble person & his statement above is entitled to full credit. Dated July 21. 1835
J. M. McBrine J. Block Justice
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office, Sps: I. Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said Coun- -ty. Do hereby certify that Isaac Van Vleck, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the above Certificate, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit & Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand & seal of Office this 1 st day of August 1835. AS Sloan Clerk.