Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,269, Elizur Bostwick, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Bostwick, Elizur or Eliezer
S. 4, 269
carded
CONTENTS

State of Ohio } on this Twenty eighth day of August 1832 County of Portage } personally appeared before the Hon. Supreme Court of the State of Ohio at sitting the same Hily a court of Record & having by Law a Clerk & Seal Oscar Bostwick a resident of Edinburg Portage County and State of Ohio, aged Twenty five years who first being sworn sworn according to Law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he enlisted into the Army of the United States in the year 1770 in July at New Milford Conn. and marched to Boston and served five months under Capt. Isaac Bostwick - Lieutenant Abel Nimball - Peter Mills & Samuel Brinsmade Ensign - Col. Charles Webb Connecticut Line Genl not recollected was dismissed on Boston Common & left all our Arms for a new Company which had been formed in New Hampshire without any
In the year 1770 Enlisted under command of Genl. Wadsworth in Capt. Wadsworth Company 1 st Lieutenant Isaac Dufresne 2 nd Lieut Lazarus Ruggles Ensign Jeremiah Canfield went to New York thence to Long Island to Flat Bush & retreated to New York from New York returned to Harlem Heights or Kingsbridge - thence to White Plains where we had a small engagement with the British in which Lieutenant Lazarus Ruggles was wounded In the year 1776 was in service six months
In the year 1778 was called out under Capt. Noble Hine Lieutenant Oliver Bostwick Ensign John Alamin in Col. Increase Mory Regiment at Peapack Hill through Fishkill where remained one month and was dismissed afterwards served one month at Peapack Conn
In the year 1778 was again called out under the same officers to Norwalk thence to Stamford in Connecticut where remained one month at enemy line was dismissed without a discharge

Question when and in what you can you born
Answer I was born in the year 1757 in Danbury in Connecticut
Question Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer I have a record in my Bible that is also a record in the church office of the town of Danbury Conn
Question when were you living when called into service when have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now live?
Answer I was living in New Milford at the time I entered the service when I had until the 1818 when moved to Fair Haven towards Edinburg Portage County Ohio where I now reside
Question How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer I was enlisted according to my declaration which I have made
Question State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops when you served such Continental and Militia Troops when you served Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer I have given as correct account as I am all of all officers and circumstances
Question did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I never received any discharge but was merely dismissed at the expiration of my enlistment
Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and the length of your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer my Brother Doctor and Ebenezer are both acquainted with my circumstances and my service as a soldier in the Revolution
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any state
Elizer Bostwick Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above said
Before me John H. Stevenson Dep. Clerk
The State of Ohio to all to whom these presents shall come, We Ebenezer Bostwick and Doctor Bostwick Portage County ss 3 residing in the County of Portage aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizer Bostwick

Question Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I never received any discharge but was merely dismissed at the expiration of my enlistment
Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and the length of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer My Brothers Isaac and Ebenezer are well acquainted with my circumstances and my services as a soldier of the Revolution
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity whatever except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any state
Elizer Bostwick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me John N. Skinner Dept. Clerk.
The State of Ohio ) We Ebenezer Bostwick and Doctor Bostwick Portage County, ss ) residing in the County of Portage aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elizer Bostwick
Who has subsisted and sworn to the United Declaration and have been since the Revolutionary war - Doctor Bostwick knew of his uniting of Elizer as he has in his declaration stated and of his services as then in state of Ohio Ebenezer Bostwick knows only of the belief of the neighborhood except a knowledge of his services in the campaign of all Ohio months and a knowledge of his services from the family information. We believe him to be seventy five years of age and he has always been respected and beloved in the neighborhood when he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion His character for veracity is unquestionable Ravenna August 28 1852
Ebenezer Bostwick Doctor Bostwick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me John N. Skinner Dept. Clerk.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ebenezer Bostwick who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Township of Rootstown in the county of Portage aforesaid and that Doctor Bostwick who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Ravenna in said county of Portage that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George Kirkum clerk of the Supreme court of the State of Ohio for the county of Portage do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Eliza Bostwick for a pension.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of august A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Geo. Kirkum Clerk

10.305 = 7.785,
Eliza Bostwick
Ohio Pittsburgh
Adm for B. Mo from 1775.
H. A. Brewster
Ravenna.
Portage County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of County of Portage
Eliezer Bostwick of the in the State of Ohio. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy five  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Ent d Service in July. In 1775. ~ 5 ~ As a Gen. Col. Cha s Webb (Connecticut line)   Enlisted 1776 ~ 6 ~ Capt. Isaac Bostwick Lieut. Abel Kimball   1778 ~ 1 ~ Gen. Wadsworth, Capt. Wadsworth   " ~ 1 ~ Lieut. Isaac DeForest Col. Increase Manly.   Lieut. Elisha Bostwick  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Milford, Connecticut.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Duncan Examining Clerk.

7785 Ohio - Pittsburgh.
Ebenezer Bostwick.
of Portage in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compa y commanded by Captain Bostwick of the Reg t commanded by Col o Webb in the Conquest, time for 13 months
$43 33 / 100 .
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Atty. 69. at the rate of 43. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April. 1833. and sent to H. A. Brewster. Ravenna Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 33 86.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 21.66 $108.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Clusky Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 106 .

Rehman
4269
INVALID.
File No. 4269
Eliezer Bostwick Pr. Ct. Line
Act: June 7, 1932
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elieser Bostwick which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Two witnesses only XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? one witness If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Conformed to record Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.