Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,307, George Boulton, New York

SERVICE
New York
Boulton, George or Bouton
NUMBER
S. 45,307
CONTENTS

Notes sent to J Miller Esq. 12 Feb 1821. Cobleskill New York
13,236 New York 4
George Boulton
of Schoharie Co in the state of NYork who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois — of the NYork line, for the term of War 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Newyork at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of July 1819. and sent to Hon Thomas Lawler Cobelskill, Schoharie Co NY
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 mos \frac{21}{30} \cdot \frac{4}{31} 86.63
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48 —
$ 134.63
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

By The Anderson Papers of George Boutwell
By Thos. Sawyer Correct, 2nd New York Reg Col. Dubois, War on Roll Bolton

Declaration
State of New York, Schoharie County. ss.
Pursuant to an act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th. 1818. to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, I George Baulton of the town of Carlisle, in the county of Schoharie and state of New York aforesaid, declare, Do hereby make the following solemn Declaration under oath before the Hon. Jesse Shepard, Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schoharie and state aforesaid, in the terms following to-wit, I do, solemnly and sincerely swear and declare that I am a resident citizen of the said United States, to-wit, in the town county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I served in the War of the Revolution, against the common enemy, in the capacity of a private soldier, and that I served in the said war until the end thereof. That I was first entitled by Captain Rosecrants, whose Christian name is not remembered in the Regiment then commanded by Colonel Lewis Dulevoire in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven (the particular day and month is not remembered) that at the end of the year I belonged to Captain Henry Vanderburgh's Company, in Colonel Philip Schuyler's or Van Courtlandt's Regiment, it being the second Regiment, in the New York line, and that I served faithfully through the year for which time I enlisted, and was discharged at a place called Snakes-hill, near Newburgh, in the now county of Orange, and state of New York and there received my discharge, which bore date the fourth of June, in the year one

Thousand seven hundred and eighty three; and that I hope the said service by reason of the termination of the War—
And the said George Patton doth further solemnly upon oath declare, that being under very necessitous circumstances, that he at least the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty seven, as he believes at least once in the county of Albany, for the consideration of five pounds currency of the state of New York, by him in hand received of Isaac Bogert then of the city and county of Albany, and state aforesaid, did sell assign, transfer and convey, all his right, title, interest, claim and de- mand of in and to a certain lot of land to him the said George Patton granted by the Legislature of the state of New York, in consideration of his services rendered in the said war; and at the same time delivered to the said Isaac Bogert as an evidence of his having parted with his title to said lot of land, his discharge which discharge has not since been seen by him the said George Patton, nor does he any knowledge either where it is, or whether it has been destroyed or not—
And I do further in like manner declare, that in addition to my former declaration, and pursuant to the restrictions of the aforesaid Act, I do hereby freely relinquish every claim I have to any and every pension which might or has been allowed me by the said United States—
In Witness, whereof— I have subscribed this Declaration, in presence of the Judge above mentioned, at Coleskill, in the county of Schoharie & state of New York, the Tenth — day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen—
George his X Patton— mark
Judge's Certificate—
State of New York, Schoharie County, ss—
I, Jona Shepard, Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schoharie and state of New York, (the said Court being a Court of Record within the said state), do

York, (the said Court being a Court of Record within the said State), do
hereby certify, to the Honorable the Secretary of War of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress of the said United States, passed March 10th. 1810. entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, that the said George Banton named in the foregoing Declaration, personally appeared before me the said Judge on the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and in my presence subscribed the same declaration, and at the same time in due form of law, took an oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said declaration was true, and I having examined the said George Banton touching the matters in the said declaration contained and having also taken the deposition of the said Henry House which accompanies this Certificate, and the said declaration, and being satisfied that the facts stated therein are true, and the only evidence in the power of the said George Banton to produce, I do further certify that it appears to my entire satisfaction that the said George Banton did actually serve in the Revolutionary War aforesaid, against the common enemy, in the manner and for the time by him stated in his declaration, and the accompanying deposition, and that the said declaration is in other respects true. All which said proceedings had before me and the testimony produced in the case, I do certify and transmit to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the directions of the act of Congress aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, at the town of Cobleskill, in the county of Schoharie and state of New York, the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Jesse Shepard
State of New York, Schoharie County, ss.
Henry House of the town of Middleburgh, in the county of Schoharie and state of New York, being duly sworn saith, that he knew the above named George Banton from the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven until the end of the war, in the year one

Thousand seven hundred and eighty three, and that during that time he the said George served faithfully as a soldier, and that he this deponent at the termination of the war belonged to the same Regiment with the said George, and that he was then honorably discharged, and that he this deponent has since been acquainted with the said George to this time; and that the said George Banton has often before stated the manner in which he disposed of his discharge as by him in his affidavit herunto attached set forth, that the said George Banton is a man of truth and fair moral character, and that he this deponent verily believes every matter not known to him set forth in the said George Banton's declaration, before said - and further this deponent saith not —
Henry Hough
Sworn and subscribed the Tenth day of April, in the year 1818 — before me, Jesse Shepard one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Schoharie
State of New York Schoharie County, ss
I, the said Jesse Shepard, Esquire, herein before named, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Schoharie and state of New York aforesaid, the said Court being a court of record, Do hereby further certify, that I am personally well acquainted with George Banton, in the preceding de- claration named, and have been so for several years past, and that he is actually in reduced circumstances, and very much needs the as- sistance of his country for support, according to the true meaning and intent of the act of Congress, and his declaration, herein before men- tioned and set forth. All which is respectfully submitted to the Hon — The Secretary of the war department —
In Witness whereof - I have hereunto set my hand, at the town of Catskill in the county and state aforesaid, the Tenth — day of December, in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & eighteen —
Jesse Shepard

State of New York Schoharie County ss - 3
To the Hon. The secretary of the war department of the United States and all whom it may concern I William W. Enders, Esquire Clerk of the county of Schoharie Do hereby respectfully certify That the Hon. Jesse Shepard was on the tenth day of April last and still is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Schoharie and that the said several proceedings subscriptions of the said judges names to the several preceding papers herunto annexed are in his own proper hand writing -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, the sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
W. W. Enders Clerk

Geo. Becton, pensioner.
Papers. —
Pensioner lives in Carisle, county Schoharie, N.Y.
1828 1836 1849
Box
13.236
Apr 1849

State of New York Schoharie County, ss.
On the third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared, in the court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie, said court being a court of record, George Banton aged sixty two years, the twenty fifth day of December last, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit, that he entered about the month of July, in the year 1777. but on what particular day he cannot say, into company commanded by Captain Rosecrants, and soon thereafter by Vandenburg, in a Regiment commanded by Colo. Lewis Dubois, afterwards commanded by Colonel Philip Van Gaulttundt, in General James Clinton's Brigade, in the New York line, that he faithfully served upon the continental establishment exceeding nine months, that is to say from the above mentioned time of enlistment, until the expiration of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Snickers hill, in the county of Orange and state aforesaid, the services performed, battles fought and wounds received are more particularly set forth in an original declaration by him made, and which has been as he believes transmitted to the War department of the United States, at Washington, bearing date April 10th. 1810- to which he begs leave to refer, that he has been placed upon the pension list, and received a pension, and that the number of his certificate is 13,236 -
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 10th. day of March, 1810, 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 so 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 10th. day of March, 1810; and that I have not nor has any person 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 or inventory herunto annexed, and by me subscribed - a true and perfect inventory of the real and personal estate of George Bouton (necessary clothing and bedding excepted). The said George Bouton hath no real estate, what so ever, nor any interest therein -
This personal estate is as follows, to wit, 5 large pigs, 1 two pail kettle, 1 one pail kettle, 1 small pot, all of iron, 1 small cake kettle, 1 & 2 quart kettle, 1 frying pan, 1 old tin pail, 2 water pails, 1 old tin pail old chest, 5 earthen plates, 2 earthen platters, 5 tea saucers & 4 cups, 1 old tea pot, 3 tea spoons, 1 tea canister, 1 old quart mug, 1 old salt mortar, 3 small stone pots, 1 milk cup, 1 sugar bowl, 1 pitcher, 1 pint glass, 1 half pint do. 1 quart do. 1 old shovel and tongs, 1 small barrel, 3 shovels and forks, 3 table spoons, 1 old churn, 1 small meat tub, 1 old dresser, 4 old chairs, 1 common cased bible, and a few small old unbound and broken books or pamphlets, conceived to be of no real value, 1 old wool wheel, 1 old flax wheel, 1 old reel, 2 old axes, 2 old haep, one grass scythe, 2 snaths or handles, pair of old iron wedges, 2 old rakes, 1 pitch fork, 2 old hays, 1 old ladder, 1 common stand, 1 old iron candle stick, 1 old half bushel, 1 old iron shovel, 1 old dung fork, 1 old peark tub, 1 iron tea kettle, cracked; the above mentioned articles, excepting earthen, crockery and glass wares, have been generally in use upwards of thirty five years.
(Signed) George Bouton mark
I the said George Bouton do further in manner aforesaid, swear and declare, that I never learned a trade and am but a common laborer, and incapable of supporting myself by it, in consequence of lameness in my back and hips, occasioned by rheumatism, and also of the ache occasioned by a break thereof formerly - Elizabeth Bouton my wife who and myself constitute my whole family was sixty one years old some time in April last, as I am informed, and peril believe who from her having two years since had her shoulder put

who from her having several years since, had her shoulder put out of joint and which was never rightly put in its place, though habitually very industrious, is thereby made a confirmed cripple, and together with a general debility is unable the greater part of her time to help herself Sworn to and declared in open Court this 3 d  (Signed) day of October, 1820 his  before me George Bouton Mark John Smart, Clerk
The amount of the value of the property of George Bouton above named appears to the Court not to exceed the sum of thirty Dollars.
I John Smart, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie, in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule or inventory thereunto annexed, 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 or inventory does not exceed thirty Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, this third day of October 1820.
John Smart, Clerk
I John Smart, Clerk as aforesaid, do certify that in the Certificate attached to the Copy of the Oath and schedule or inventory of the above named George Bouton, and transmitted to the Hon: the Secretary at War, there was a mistake as to the value of the property, it being therein certified at three hundred and twenty four Dollars; And further that the mistake was made by copying the Certificate from the papers of another pensioner,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 6 th day of November December, 1820.
John Smart, Clerk

1 Dear From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 45307, it appears that George Boulton or Bouton was born December 25, 1757, place not stated.
He enlisted in July 1777 and served as a private in Captains Rosekrans' and Henry Vanderburgh's Companies, Colonel Louis Dubois' and Philip Van Cortland's New York Regiments. He was discharged June 4, 1783 at Snakes Hill, Orange County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Carlisle, Schoharie County, New York.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, Elizabeth, who was born in April 1759. There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours,
D. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Letter addressed to Hon. Chester C. Bolton recd. 28-1930 also part of letter 2 in David Bolton- N 1705-

45 307 Reery  INVALID.
File No. 45-307
George Boulton Prin Rep War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
930 - mch 25 - wish to Hon Chester D. Bolton - copy
July 1. 1819. wrote to Hon Thomas Lawton George Boulton's Certificate to be put in a few days - James Smith & won judgment his case Rejected

Thurs 19 Dec
Three-
MSK - 150. Rec 26 Dec 1820
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Pension Office, City Washington -

Colebrook, Co. Schoharie N.Y. Decr. 16th. 1880
Sir, It is a subject of regret that any mistake should have happened in completing the papers which I had the honor to transmit, occasioning either trouble to the War department or delay to the pensioners application -
From the question endorsed, it appears at once discovered that there had been a mistake made by the clerk, and occasioned by his having his eye or ideas upon the amount of some other pensioner's certificate.
The clerk was absent when the papers were at first returned, and it was deemed desirable that the maker should account for the mistake. He has in consequence detached the latter half sheet, and supplied another, which with his own exact certificate and seal, accounting for the former mistake, will, I hope, be fully satisfactory to the department to which it shall be submitted.
I hope to be pardoned for requesting that as soon as a determination shall have been made, in the cases of Lucia Langdon, Elizabeth Clark and this of George Button, the subscribers may be made acquainted with it in their be-

behalf - In making the request, I do but echo their repeated wishes - prompted by their necessities -
The means of living are abundant, but they cannot earn them, nor are they possessed of them, and they having nothing on hand but what is essential for them to retain; and until their claims to the funds of the Gen. Government shall have been settled, their credit is too low to provide them with supplies -
Their applications would have been prepared last June, but they knew not the manner, nor the particular necessity. Should they be unsuccessful as soldiers of the Proclamation, their immediate & prompt appeal as paupers, must be made to their respective town authorities for relief -
I am very respectfully
your old humble servt.
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secy. of War -
J. Miller -

CONGRESSIONAL.
No. _____
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
P. O. { _____ _____
NAME OF SOLDIER:
_____ only George Bolton, _____ Co. _____, Reg't _____
I desire to be advised as to whether you have any record of the above named Revolutionary War soldier and his service.
CHESLEY BOLTON , M. C.
March 25, 1930.
These slips are exclusively for the use of Representatives in Congress, and when used by any other person will not receive consideration.
Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer, if they will fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.
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