Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14969, Silas Booth, Conn.

SERVICE
born.
Booth, Silas
NUMBER
S. 14969
CONTENTS
carded

938 New York
Silas Booth
of Albany in the State of New York who was a Pte. & Q.M. in the Regt. commanded by Captain Jarvis & others of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney & c in the Connecticut line for S. No. 1 a private and B No. 8. a Quarter Master
Enr 6 67
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $1 Dollars 66 Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of October 1832 and sent to Col. 1.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $47.49 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 15.83 $63.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. L. Hiles Clerk, Book D Vol. D Page 69
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Entitled to $41.67 per ann. the Col. J. Fleming 5 Aug '34
" " Casual 6 Aug.
Disbursed to him on account of the above $41.67 per ann. and sent out to him on the 22 nd May 1835 and to him in regard to same 1864 May 18 Hon. J. H. Hubbard

State of New York Albany County } ss
On this 30th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the justice Court of the City of Albany now sitting Silas Booth a resident of the City of Albany in the County of Albany and State of New York aged seventy four 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated That in 1776 he resided at Stratford in the State of Connecticut and continued to reside there during the whole of the revolutionary war that in October of that year he entered a company of Militia called Coast guards was stationed at Black Rock in the said State of Connecticut under Capt. Isaac Parris who had command of the place. Here he remained until discharged when he returned home having been absent on duty Three Months And he further declares that in 1777 he was enrolled as a volunteer private in Capt Samuel Beardly's Company & Colonel Jonathan Whitney's Regiment of Militia and marched from Stratford aforesaid to near Fort Independence in the County of Westchester State of New York the object was the Fort then being in the possession of the enemy to deceive them with the prospect of an attack thereby enable Genl Washington to draw a detachment of his Army in Staten Island which was effected. At the Fort there were regular troops under the command of Genl Howe. Here he remained until discharged when he returned home after an absence of two months And he further declares that he turned out when Danbury New Haven, Fairfield and Norwalk were burnt by the British under Tryon. That after Danbury had been fired the enemy were pursued & overtaken at Redfield where an engagement took place that the front of our troops were under the command of

Benedict Arnold and the rear under the Command of General Wooster & fillmore. Genl Wooster was mortally wounded and died in a few days His Company officers at those four several times were as now recalled Capt Samuel Beardsley. Lieut Curtis and Ensign McLean. He was absent at those times on duty in all at least one month. And he further de- clares that in August 1777 he was enrolled as a Substitute for Isaac Booth in a Company of Militia and was stationed at White Plains in the State of New York. Genl Washington Commanded in person. The names of his officers your declarant has forgotten except that of of Major Hare. He was armed here until discharged when he returned home having been absent on duty two months. And he further declares that in 1780 he received the appointment of Quartermaster in Col Jonathan Dinnels Regiment of State Troops and was stationed at Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut that he ser- ved in the aforesaid Capacity until discharged when he returned home having been absent three months & that his services in the aggregate as above set forth amount to Eleven Months. And he further declares that he has no discharge or commission in his possession or knows that he never had any except a Quartermaster Warrant which he has lost and that he knows of no surviving witness by whom he can prove his aforesaid services or any part thereof except those rendered in 1780 which are testified to by Nathaniel Jud- son whose affidavit is herewith transmitted that he was born in the year 1758 that he has no record of his age other than that contained in the family bible that he was born at Stratford in the State of Con- necticut and continued to live there till the year 1813 when he moved to the City of Albany in the County of Albany & State of New York where he has ever since resided
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of New York
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. G. Wapson Clerk
Siler Booth

No. 2046.
Silas Booth
admitted
8 mo private
3 mo. Quarter Master
John C. Burla ag.
Albany New York

102,046
BRIEF in the case of  Silas Booth,  of the City of Albany in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? None  3. How old is he? Seventy four years 74  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.     In 1776 October — 3 — private in a company of Militia called Coast guards, Capt Isaac Lewis   1777 — 2 — private Capt Samuel Beardsley's Comp & Col. Jonathan Whitcomb's regt. of Connecticut Militia   " July — 1 — private the part of the Troops were commanded by Lieutenant Arnold. It was by Generals Warner & Sullivan. etc. some of whom were entirely mounted. his company officers were Capt Samuel Beardsley, Lieut Curtis & Ensign McLean.   " August — 2 — Lieutenant for General Brant Gen. Washington, Major Hance, other officers, Sergeant   1780 — 3 — Quartermaster Col. Peter Dimond's regt. of Connecticut State Troops   11 Months  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Ridgefield  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Hartford Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness as far as relates to his service as a Quarter Master in 1780. his tradition sustained by a clergyman & a citizen of the same City, whose character & credibility as also that of the living witness, are verified by the Judge under Seal  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not, relinquishing all other claims 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilcox Examining Clerk.

2046. Silas Booth
Declaration.
West Clark said clearly right here and also said being clearly the same that from early infancy till death he was to appear before him in other words declared and said that he is well acquainted with the Lord who has been with him from his infancy till now

We William Lockhead a clergyman residing in the City of Albany and Sylvanus B Pond residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silas Booth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four 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
From & subscribed the 5 day of year aforesaid J. G. Wason Clerk
William Lockhead Pastor Pres & Ch Sylvanus B. Pond
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Lockhead who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the City of Albany and that Sylvanus B Pond who has also signed the same is a resident in the said City of Albany and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John G Wason Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Booth for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Albany Justice Court office this 30 th day of July 1832
State of New York Albany County
John G. Wason Clerk
Nathaniel Hudson of the City of Albany in the County of Albany & State of

New York aged Seventy eight years and also with being duly sworn that from bodily infirmity he is unable to appear personally in open Court deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Silas Booth who has made the foregoing declaration for a pension that he has heard the same read and knows of his own personal knowledge that the said declaration so far as it relates to the services of the said Silas in 1780 in the capacity of Quarter Master in Colonel John Athawes Regiment of State Troops to the best of his knowledge that he at that time belonged to the same Regiment and was stationed at the same place And he further saith that he verily believes that all of the other services of the said Silas mentioned in his said declaration were ren- dered by him as therein set forth and that it was general- ly reported & believed in the neighborhood in which he then resided and the said Silas then both resided that the said Silas was at various times in the Military Service of his Country at that interesting period
Sworn to Haberkind
the day of June of July 1832
In the presence of
His Nathaniel Judson mark
G. B. Shear One of the Justices Of Justices Court of City Albany
2046. Silas Booth
Declaration

Rev trans
14969
INVALID.
File No. 14,969
Silas Booth 82 nd Master Phil. Pa. Wm.
Act: June 9 th 1852.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at New York by Pres: U.S. Br: Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded by Geo: C. Stiles Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 page 69

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Silas Booth of the State of New York who was a Private and Qu t Master in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Thirty One dollars and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 22 nd day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
Lee Colp. Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Silas Booth Certificate
Issued a new certificate for $44.67 3/4
Edw. H. Davis
Rev. Silas Booth
(See no. 411 ms. of Ennis)
Washington D.C.

Albany October 6 th 1834
Dear Sir
I herein enclose to you my Pension Certificate in compliance with a letter which I have received from you of which the following is a copy "War Department Pension office
August 16 th 1834
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"The error has been discovered in the computation of your pension certificate which renders it necessary that it should be returned to this office for correction before another payment can be made I am very respectfully Yours &c J. L. Edwards
Mr. files Berth Albany N.Y.
I am Sir respectfully Yours
Hen J L Edwards
files Berth

House of Representatives May 2 nd 1864 To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions;
Dear Sir:
I am requested to state that one "Silas Boothe" a Soldier of the Revolution, was granted a Pension - that after receiving one years pay it was discontinued. That his widow only child thinks she is entitled to what was due him at the time of his death - that the papers are on file at the Department. And I am requested to enquire within the amount of pay due Mr Boothe at the time of his decease cannot be obtained by his surviving Daughter.
Please be so kind as send me a note that I may reply to the enquiry of my friend & oblige from Col. S. L. John H. Hubbard

928/32.
Pension Office, May 6 th , 1864.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 2 nd inst., I have the honor to inform you, that the files and records in this office, of the admitted, suspended & rejected claims, for revolutionary pensions, under all the different acts, of those applicants who resided in the State of Connecticut have been examined, but the name of Silas Booth is not found upon any of them. If he resided in any other State, at the time of making application, another examination will be made, if you will inform me as to the name of such State.
You are, doubtless, aware, that the act of 2 nd April 1862, excluded children from the benefit of any claim to a pension of a revolutionary soldier, or of his widow

unless such claim was established in the lifetime of the party entitled.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedt Servt.
J. H. Bennett, commissioner.
Hon. John H. Hubbard, House of Reps.

Lilas Booth
14969

Pension Office May 18 1864
Sir
In the case of Silas Booth who was a pensioner on the roll of N.Y. State under act June 7 1832 I have the honor to state that he was originally allowed 31 66 per annum & in the latter part of 1834 it was increased to 41 67
On the 22 d May 1835 the pensioner was informed his pension was allowed for more service than was proven by the evidence, & that the service as claimed as Quarter Master must be shown by the records of the State of Connecticut; & that his pension had been suspended
It would seem that Mr Booth took no further steps in the matter
By the act of April 2 1862 the legal representatives are debarred from submitting testimony to establish the claim
Respy
Hon J H Hubbard House of Reps