Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14983, Isaac Booth, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Booth, Isaac
NUMBER
S-14983
CONTENTS
carded

20.742  New York  Isaac Booth
Ontario in the State of New York who was a Corp. V.C. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the Cana. T. time for 5 m. 6 d. 8 " 7 d. Jan 3
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 43 Dollars 74 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Dec 1833 and Luatto J. Wealy  Cauquadaigua
Arrears to the 14th of July 1834 $114.36 Semi-ant. allowance ending Nov 34 22.88 $137.24
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Stiles Clerk Book E Vol. 4, Page 48.
Isaac Booth paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 for services from the 14th Nov. 1831. Age 60 years Oct 1844.

Isaac Booth
19820
Thomas Beah agent Canandaigua
adm 2
5 mo. Corp
8 mo. 7 ds. pr
18.30
26.60
7.72
45.72
1.48
2.88
119.36

State of New York Ontario County
On this Twentieth day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the judges of the County Court now sitting, Isaac Butts, a resident of the town of Canandaigua in the County, and State aforesaid, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her 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 following named officers and served as herein stated.
1 st He enlisted in Captain Clark's Company, on the first April 1775 in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ichabod Lewis, at the town of Stratford, County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut for the term of six months, and did duty in said Company at Fairfield, and the neighboring towns on that frontier to the end of said term.
2 nd On the first April 1776 in Captain James Clark's Company under Major Killebrew, was drafted and ordered to New York, and did duty there at Peek's Slip for one month, was then discharged and went home in a Brig and landed at Stratford.
3 rd In the same year, the latter part of June , was drafted in Captain Beach Tomlinson's Company, in Ichabod Lewis, Regiment, in General Silliman's Brigade; and went to New York, and did duty there four months - General Washington retreated during this time from Long Island, and he saw him frequently, and also General Putnam, during this campaign was a corporal in Captain Tomlinson's Company - Was sick part of the time, but was in this Company until the end of four months, and was then discharged, and then returned home.
4 th In the Spring of 1777 about the first of April was called out in Captain Clark's Company, in Colonel Gould's Regiment was ordered to Fairfield and did duty there one month, as corporal, was then discharged, and went home.
5 th After this was ordered to Danbury in Captain Peter Curtiss' company in Colonel Lewis' Regiment in General Wooster's Brigade. Saw General Wooster while on our march, before the battle at Ridgefield where General Wooster was killed, and was out on a recon .
6 th In August 1779 in Captain Hovecock's company of dragoons, was ordered to Horse Neck, and did duty there on that frontier one month, and was sent in pursuit of Major Barmour of the British Army, who was depredating on the frontier, and had

cut off one of the guards at Brum river - After this was discharged and went home - Besides the foregoing in September 1777 was ordered to Fishkill under ensign Lewis and was out one week - Was afterwards called out on short tours of duty during the war, but is not able to state any particular service except as before recited - He was born 23 d November 1755 at Stratford, and 1783 removed to Seneca in Massachusetts, and lived there till 1790 and then removed back to Stratford, and lived there until 1809 when he removed to Genoa in New York, and then in Scipio part of one year, and then to Bristol, Ontario County, New York, and then to Canandaigua where he now resides, and has resided for about ten years past.
Has no record of his age - Has no document of any kind - Never had any written discharge - Knows Isaac Morse of Canandaigua, who served with him part of the time; also the  Revolutionary  war James G. Hunn, of Canandaigua.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the day and year first aforesaid -
Isaac Booth
We Isaac Morse residing in the town of Canandaigua County and State aforesaid and James G. Hunn of Canandaigua hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Booth, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - and the said Isaac Morse doth further testify that he served with the said Isaac Booth in Colonel Lewis Regiment in 1776, and in New York in 1776 and in 1777 at Danbury as set forth in his declaration.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - in open Court
Isaac Morse
James G. Hunn
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 Isaac Morse and James P. Hunn, who have signed the preceding certificate, are both residents of the town of Bloomfield Canandaigua, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Booth for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-first day of November A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane.

101.9820
Isaac Booth Ontario 6° N.Y.
Proof of service required
ADM W
Tho. Boal Agent Canandaigua N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Borth Ontario Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1775 6 Private Capt Clark Capt Lewis Peekskill NY 47   Discharged 1776 1 Maj Hobbs Stratford   Sum 4 Corporal Capt Smith Capt Lewis New York Saifield Voluntary   called 1777 1 Corporal Capt Bar- Gen Sullivan Saifield 60 CON.   Brande 7 th Col Gould Danbury   1779 1 Capt Hoar Capt Lewis Horseduck   in 1777 1 Capt Hoar Gen Morris Fishkill   Ensign Gen Morris   13 8  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Isaac Borth
Proof to sustain the declaration of the applicant required - in every case the best evidence that can be obtained to support the claim is expected to be furnished.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York } In the matter of Isaac Booth's Ontario County } application for a Pension
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County, Isaac Booth, who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that when he made his application for a Pension before the County Court on the 20 day of November 1832 under the act of 7 June 1832 to which declaration then made in open court this is an amendment he supposed he had complied with the rule of the Department in all respects. He is now required to give further proof in support of his declaration, and he now says that Isaac Moore and Elihu Moore now present at the making of this affidavit were in the service with him, and that the reason he had no clergyman to support his application as aforesaid was, that the Reverend Solomon Goodall was engaged to appear, but when his case was called, he was not present, and he was then unable to procure another Clergyman.
He served as under his 1 st head no less than six months, under his 2 d head no less than one month, under his 3 rd head no less than four months, under his 4 th head no less than one month, under his 5 th head no less than one week, under his 6 th head no less than one month, and lastly at Finklell no less than one week, in all no less than one year, one month and a half month - five months of which as a corporal and eight months and a half month as a private, for which he claims a Pension.
Isaac Booth
Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th day of June 1832 before me
M c Murray Not. Pub.

State of New York } In the matter of Isaac Booth Ontario County } applications for a pension
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for said County Isaac Mose aged 76 years, and Elihu Mose aged 74 years who being severally sworn according to law do depose and say, that on or about the 1 st day of April 1775 at Stratford in the State of Connecticut, they together with Isaac Booth now present enlisted in Captain Clark's Company in Colonel Lewis Regiment and did duty together in said Company at Fairfield, Stratford, and the neighboring towns, for and during the term of six months - and the said Isaac and Elihu Mose do further testify that on or about the 1 st April 1776 they knew that the said Isaac Booth went to New York in Captain Clark's Company but did not go with him, but saw him when he left for New York, and soon after he returned home, and always understood and believe that he served on this Campaign one month - and the said Isaac and Elihu Mose do further testify that when he the said Isaac Booth went to New York in Captain Tomlinson's Company, he served four months, and that we belonged to the said Company and served with him - When he served as under his 4 th head, at Fairfield for the term of one month we did not serve with him, but we know that he went into the service at that time, to wit in the Spring of 1777 but do not know how long he served, but the said Elihu and Isaac Mose have understood and believe that he served one month; and the said Isaac and Elihu do further declare that when he served as under his 5 th head, they were in the same Regiment, and they know that he served as he states - and the said Isaac Mose doth further testify that when he the said Isaac Booth served as under his 6 th head in pursuit of Major Barmour, he was with him in that service, and knows that he served one month in this Campaign, and he further saith, that when he served as at Fishkill he was at Fishkill in the dragoons, and knows that the said Isaac Booth was there in the service, and the said Isaac Mose and Elihu Mose do further say

that they believe the said Isaac Booth was bound to the service as set forth in his declarations, and served the country faithfully.
Isaac Morse
Elihu Morse
Sworn to and subscribed
this 11 day of June 1833 before me
Monroe Bratt Not. Pub.
I do certify that above named Isaac Morse and Elihu Morse are credible persons.
Monroe Bratt Not. Pub.
State of New-York, Ontario County ss. }
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Thomas Reals whose name is subscribed to the several certificates on this sheet written, was, at the date thereof, a Notary Public in and for the said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said several signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this eleventh day of June A. D. 1833.
Charles Crane.

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14983 INVALID.
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File No. 14, 983
Isaac Booth Capt. Frew War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. / , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 31 st 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The children of Isaac Booth, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York, Agency, at the rate of forty five ————— Dollars and \frac{7}{8} Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. ————— to the 17 th Nov. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.