Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,735, Josiah Carruth, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Carruth Josiah
R 1735
CONTENTS

State of New York
Erie County ss - this twelfth day of December
1832 personally appeared before the Honorable William Mills one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie Josiah Carruth a resident of the town of Clarence in the County of Erie and State of New York aforesaid aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- -claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he was born in the town of North- -borough in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1749. In the year 1775 he enlisted as a private on the 20th day of April at the town aforesaid for eight Months under Captain Samuel Wood of the Militia Volunteers and served till the first of January then next when he was discharged after serving eight Months - He had no further discharge That immediately after enlistment he was engaged in fortifying the works at Bunker's Hill and Bunker's Hill and was employed there till the seventeenth of June of that year when he was engaged in the action of Bunker's Hill and received a deep wound in the head from a rifle ball - That he was engaged at Charleston Redbank and Boston Neck in fortifying and guarding those places under Colonel

Ward and General Ward
He further says that On the first day of January he again volunteered or enlisted as a private in the Militia Volunteers at the town of Raybury under Capt Samuel Ward Colonel Ward and General Ward to serve for three months - that he remained at Dorchester height and in the vicinity of Boston till on or about the 11 th day of March when he left when the British evacuated Boston and the American Army took possession where he remained till the close of his term on the first day of April 1776 He further says he again volunteered or enlisted at Temple town in Worcester County to serve on the first of June 1776 to serve for five months under Captain John - Bryantson Lieutenant Chase Colonel Dana, Lieutenant Colonel Converse and Major Hand General Arnold. That he marched to Horse Neck in Connecticut where he remained about one month, from thence he marched to New London where he remained about two weeks, from thence through New Haven to Watertown Hill in the vicinity of New York at which place he remained about four weeks when he marched from that place to Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River where he was employed in fortifying that place and firing upon the British shipping in the River - In three or four weeks he remained at Dobbs Ferry

He continued in the vicinity of that place and White Plain till about the first of November and then returned home after serving five months.
The petition says that on or about the first day of June in the year 1777 he again enlisted or volunteered from the town of Brookfield Worcester County Massachusetts as a private in the Militia volunteers for seven months and that he served under Captain Ebenezer Knapp Lieutenant David Brown Colonel Clark Major Haskell and General Spencer - That he marched to Providence Rhode Island at which place and at Point Judith South Kingston North Kingston and Westerly he was employed to guard the shores till the expiration of his term of service on the last of December of that year.
The petition says that on the 20th of June in the year 1778 he again enlisted or volunteered from the town of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts as a private in the Militia volunteers to serve three months under Captain Richard Gates Lieutenant Levi Barker - That he marched to Snipes Ferry in Rhode Island crossed over to Newport Island where he was employed in building fortifications and when in the month of August he was engaged in the battle of that place, immediately after he crossed over at Narragansett Ferry.

and left the Island but remained in that vicinity to guard the stores till the expiration of this term of service
He further says that in June and July in the year 1779. he stood as a minute man and was called into the service from Sudbury, Massachusetts. He marched to New Port Rhode Island and was employed in guarding the stores about six weeks
He further says that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the whole as above stated for three years and three or four months That he has no documentary evidence in his possession. Nor does he know of any living witnesses that he can prove his services. That he has no records of his age. That he has resided since the Revolutionary war in the towns Chester Spencerville Rutland, Chitten Chitten- den, Pittsford Vermont, and in the towns of Collins, Arkport and Clance all in the county of Erie and state of New York
I am acquainted with Elders Elizer Fullmore and Elijah Knapp in my neighborhood and have been for a number of years who can testify to my character for truth and veracity and their belief of my services as a Revolutionary war soldier

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 Army of any State
Sworn & subscribed this Josiah {  his mark  Carrett 12 Day of December 1832
before me Wm Wells a Judge of Pias. Bonn Pleas
We Gleason Tillmon a Clergyman of the town of Clarence in the County of Erie and Elijah Knepp of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Carrett who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Eighty three years of age, that he is reported and be- lieved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Gleason Tillmon Elijah Knepp Sworn & subscribed this
12 th day of December 1832
before me Wm Wells a Judge of Pias
And the said William Wells a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Erie County doth hereby declare his 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 I the said William Mills do further certify that it appears to me that Gleason Fillmore who has signed the preceding certificate is a Ceyzeman residing in the town of Claver and Elijah Krip who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Claver is a creditable person and that this statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that from Examination it appears to me that the said Applicant is unable from age and bodily infirmity to attend the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County
Wm Mills a Judge &c
State of New York
Clerk's Office Erie County ss I Noah P Sprague Clerk of Erie County do certify that William Mills Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken and whose name is subscribed to the certificate above was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie duly authorized &c and I certify that I am acquainted with the signature of the said Judge and do hereby believe the signature "Wm Mills a Judge &c" to the foregoing certificates to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty sixth day of December 1837
Noah P Sprague Clerk of Erie County
Joseph Carruth
21828

No 21898 Isiah Smith New York
f:
E Hall Clarence Erie County N.Y.
Before return - see enclosure

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 27 1832
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 subjoined 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 Josiah Carruth  Greene County New 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.     up 20-1775 Capt Col Bunker Hill Mass Wadsworth 83 Trad testimony   Enlisted 8. Private Wood Ward Worcester   1st Vol 3 " " " Mass Co Mass   Vol June 1-1776 5 " Goyant Converse Honourable   June 1 st 1777 7 " Newell Clark N.Y.   June 20 1778 3 " Gates Newport Mass R.I.   from July 1779 about 42   minute man  
He was in the revolution and was in the above stated two years and three or four months
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
It cannot be readily admitted that the above allegations of service are insusceptible of proof, and claimants are required by the Regulations to produce the best evidence in their power

 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
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 (1) 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.
[2] 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 [j] 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.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Dyer Astor Exam Clerk

State of Michigan County of Wayne
Josiah Carruth of the Township of Adrian, in the County of Lenawee in the State of Michigan being duly sworn deposeth and says, that he is a son of the late Josiah Carruth who died in the Township of Greenfield County of Wayne and State of Michigan in the month of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six (1836) leaving a Widow who died at the same place in the month of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. That the said Josiah Carruth left at the time of his death three children who are now living, to wit, Josiah Carruth, Eli Carruth & Sally Powers, formerly Carruth, - that said Josiah Carruth always informed this affiant that he was a Revolutionary soldier, has told him of the battles he was in - the names of his Officers - and has also repeatedly showed him the places where he was wounded in the said War. That he was always reputed and known during his life as a Revolutionary soldier. Joseph Carruth
Sworn to & subscribed before me } This first day of November 1854 }
Hankelpalae
Notary Public
Wayne County
Michigan
State of Michigan
County of Wayne
Solomon T. Powers of the City of Detroit County of Wayne and State of Michigan, being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is thirty nine years of age and is a Grandson of the late Josiah Carruth who was a Revolutionary soldier. That said Josiah Carruth died in the Township of Greenfield County of Wayne and State of Michigan, in the month

of May Eighteen hundred and thirty six, leaving a Widow who died in the month of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven - That the said Joseph Carruth left at his death three children who are now living to wit, Josiah Carruth, Eli Carruth and Sally Powers the mother of this affiant - That the said Josiah Carruth has repeatedly told this affiant that he was a Revolu- tionary soldier, has related to him his sufferings - in the war - the battles he fought, & the names of his officers - That he was known and reputed wherever he lived as a Revolutionary soldier and the same was never disputed or questioned to affiant's knowledge.
Sworn to & Subscribed before { his me this 1 st day of Nov 1854 } Solomon T. + Powers Mark
J. Van Rensselaer Notary Public Wayne County Michigan
Benj. A. Knight Esq. Marysville Co. Michigan Nov 1854

1.735
RECEIVED
P. O.
David Carruth
Service: Josiah
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852, shows cause
Presented of suspension as follows:
"If he served as he states, proof should be found in the records at Boston."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

N. York - no 21,828
Suspended
See letter to
E. Hall, Clara N.Y.
1. Dec. 1833
Ch. Bennett 4/22/56
1735
act, 7 th June - 1832

Rev. Act 1832.
Isiah Gannett
N O. Jan 1832
Hon. J. Munroe
Power Pileus.
Pureau Office.

David Canuth
NY 32 Supt
Lowruth
A. Markland

Washington D.C. July 9 1855
Friend R. W. Olds,
I enclose the evidence signed in case I think learnt by Mr. Supt. At H. M. Auckland

E. Wall my
1. Dec r 1835
O. C.
Rec Vol. 38, p. 90

War Department Pension Office
Nov. 20. 1835 Dec. 1.
Sir The papers of Josiah Carruth have again been examined - If the claimant survived as alleged, proof of it may be found by application to the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts. E. D. Bangs Esq., to whom reference is made for that purpose - The papers are placed in file
E. Hall Esq. Clarence County of Erie N.Y.

C. M. Bennett
Apr 22/56
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Pension Office April 22 1836
Sir
Returning you the letter of Mr Wright and will give you the desired information in relation to the case of Isaac Carruth of N York when he exhibits his au- thority to demand it,
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Col Bennett Hughes
Present

State of Michigan } ss. COUNTY OF Wayne
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Circuit Court for the County of Wayne a Court of record, which evidence is hereunto annexed.
that Josiah Carruth, as reported — was a Revolutionary soldier  Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ — per annum and that he died on the day of May — eighteen hundred and thirty six — leaving surviving a Widow who died in the month of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven
and that Josiah Carruth Eli Carruth and Sally Powers are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Josiah Carruth.
Dated, Nov. 10 1854 — Saml T Douglass Judge v c
I hereby certify that the Hon Samuel T Douglass whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate was and is the Judge of the said Court of which I am Clerk. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Tenth — day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
E H Waverly Clerk

Nov 25 th Clausen N. H. N. H. 18 th Dec
Nov. 18 th
16230
N.Y.
Mrs. J. L. Schwaik
Commissaries of Pensions
Washington City

Clarence Erie County New York Nov. 17/1835.
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you back Josiah Caruths Pension Papers. - with one additional Affidavit. Though not of a decisive character. It is all the Evidence that he can procure at this late day. - He is old, deafened and broken down, almost lost his eyesight and the power of hearing. It is universally believed that he served in the Revolutionary War. I hope you will Grant his Pension upon this testimony - It would be an act of humanity as he is in most abject poverty. - and though it comes late, it will smooth his declining hours and comfort him the remainder of his long life most Respectfully E. Mark
To Hon. J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions

State of Michigan } County of Wayne } Solomon T. Powers of the City of Detroit, County of Wayne and State of Michigan being duly sworn says that he is the same Solomon T. Powers, who made the affidavit hereto attached on the first day of November AD 1854. That the said Josiah Carruth referred to in the said affidavit by him so aforesaid made, died in the Township of Greenfield, County of Wayne and State of Michigan, on the seventeenth day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six - (1836) and that his wife died (that is the widow of the said Josiah Carruth) on the Eleventh day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, in the Township of Greenfield Wayne County Michigan.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me } this 14 th day of June 1855 } H. Van Rensselaer }
Solomon T. Powers
Notary Public
Wayne Co Michigan
State of Michigan } County of Wayne } Sally Powers being duly sworn says that she is a resident of the City of Detroit in the State of Michigan, that she is a daughter of the late Josiah Carruth, who died in the Township of Greenfield Wayne County Michigan on the seventeenth day of May in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty six and that the widow of the said Josiah Carruth and the mother of this affiant, died in the said Township of Greenfield on the Eleventh day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. That the said Josiah Carruth left at the time of his death

Three children, who are now living, to wit, Josiah Barnuth, Eli Barnuth & Sally Powers, this affiant formerly Sally Barnuth; that said Josiah Barnuth always informed this affiant that he was a Revolutionary Soldier, has told her of the battles he was in, the names of his Officers, his sufferings and privations - and has also showed her the places where he was wounded in the said war and that he was always respected and known during his life time as a Revolutionary Soldier Sworn to & subscribed before { her me this 14 th day of June 1855 } Sally + Powers Van Rensselaer } mark Notary Public Wayne Co Michigan
State of Michigan County of Wayne } I Elijah Hawley Jr Clerk of the County of Wayne in said State do hereby certify that Jeremiah Van Rensselaer before whom the foregoing affidavits of Solomon P. Powers and Sally Powers were made and taken, was at the date thereof a Notary Public in and for said County duly appointed and qualified - and that the signatures to the final - purporting to be his I know to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County of Wayne, this fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five -
Elijah Hawley Jr Clerk by J. Patchin Dep Clerk

State of New York } Moses Powers of the town of Bedford St Lawrence County } in the County and State of New York being duly sworn before me a Justice of the peace in said County says that he was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one that he (deponent) was well acquainted with Josiah Corath until the year 1817 that about and previous to the year 1805 he was present at a conversation between said Josiah Corath and Solomon Taylor at which time he (deponent) heard said Corath tell said Taylor and deponent that he was engaged in the Revolutionary war and served at a number of different periods among which he was in the battle fought at Bunker Hill and also in the battle fought at White Plains think he heard said Corath say that he was in the battle fought at Long Island and about the same time saw in possession of said Corath a Serjeant's war- -rant which said Corath informed this deponent was granted to said Corath during the revolutionary war does not recoll- -ect the name of the officer signing said warrant And also about the year 1802 this deponent heard said Corath tell Capt Daniel Bowker that he was wounded in the Revolution- -ary war with a musket ball saw the scar across the top of his head And further saith not MOSES POWERS
Subscribed and sworn this 16th day of Sept 1835 Before me Ira Hale Justice of the peace
St Lawrence County } to wit: I, Ira Hale a Justice of the peace in said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Powers the signer of the foregoing affidavit that I am satisfied and believe and know him to be a person of truth and veracity and that the foregoing affidavit is true to the best of my knowledge.
State of New York } St Lawrence County } to wit: I, Alvin C. S. Clark Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Ira Hale before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and sworn - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and am only believed that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 3rd day of October 1835 A C S CLK

Washington
April 4, 1856.
Hon. J. Minot Commr of Pensions & Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith a letter received by me relative to the suspended claim of Isaiah Bennett (deed) of New York under act of 7 th June 1832. Will you please inform me of its present condition, that I may be enabled to advise my correspondent?
Very Respectfully Yours obed Servt J. W. Bennett