Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R.1,025, Thomas Bootman, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
or Bootman, Thomas Butman.
NUMBER
R. 1,025
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss.
On this 13 th day of March A.D. 1839 personally appeared before me David G. Wheeler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Grafton aforesaid Thomas Boatsman a resident of Enfield in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 80 years last October who being first duly sworn according to Law both on his oath make the following Declaration 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: The latter part of October in the year 1776 he with others volunteered and formed a company and chose Abraham French of Kingston N.H. for their captain & Richard Sleeper Lieutenant - himself as Drummer joined The Regiment under Col Jacob Gale marched to Portsmouth N.H. where they were stationed a while & marched to Crops or Sevens Island and from there to Great Island so called where they were engaged in building a Fort when they were stationed three weeks or more & while there he was directed by order of Governor Josiah Root to return to Kingston to serve as Recruiting

Drummer in said Kingston Regiment Hawk & Sandown until June 1778 and then he with other marched to Cambridge Massachusetts where he was stationed about three months. In there had orders from Governor Bartlett to return to said Kingston for the purpose of recruiting more men in said Kingston & vicinity he accordingly returned and "Did the Duty of a Recruiting Drummer until about the close of the war his duty was to beat up for volunteers and as often as he obtained a number he marched with them to said Gov- ernor Bartlett to have them inspected & sworn (the person he calls Governor Bartlett is Dr. Josiah Bartlett then of said Kingston) he further states he was so much employed in the capacity of a Drum- mer of the company above mentioned and as a Recruiting drummer that he was unable to perform any other business of any account During the Revolutionary war which was about six years from the time he commenced - which he was at Great Island so called General Sullivan & Major Kelly was there & laid out the fort. Jacob Webster was his captain at Cambridge other officers not recalled -
He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Jonathan Flanders

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss I Nathan B. Folsom, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that David K. Churchill, whose name is sub- scribed to three certificates on three pages of this packet, was on the 13 th day of March current a judge of said Court, & that his name so subscribed is, in each case aforesaid, his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 16 th day of March AD 1839
N. B. Folsom Clerk

John Davis whose affidavits are hereto annexed
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 He was was born in Kingston N.H. in the year 1758
Sworn to and subscribed the
He has no record of his age
He lived in Kingston when called into service have since lived at Hampton Falls and have lived in Enfield where I now live about twenty four years last past
He volunteered when called into service He does not recall the names of any other officers than he has named in the body of his Declaration
He never received a written discharge He refers to Mr Daniel Fogg & Samuel Fogg who are his neighbours & who he thinks will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Thomas Boston
Sworn to and subscribed before me D. G. Greenhill J. G. G. Plead

18 We Daniel Fogg and Samuel Fogg residing in the Town of Enfield County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that we are well acquainted with with Thomas Boatman who has subscribed and sworn to the above or foregoing Declaration that we believe him to eighty years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Daniel Fogg
Samuel Fogg
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me D. G. Churchill J. G. G. Pheas and I the said D. G. Churchill do hereby declare my opinion after putting the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier (or drummer) and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that Daniel Fogg & Samuel Fogg who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said Town of Enfield and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit I further certify that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court
D. G. Churchill J. G. G. Pheas

Petition of Mrs Butman Boulman
Praying that a pension may be granted to her for services performed dur- ing the war of the Revo- lution
at the Bureau of Pensions
Mar. 30. 1840
Ref. to Com tee Rev. Pensions
Jan. 14. 1841
Ref. to Com tee Rev. Pensions
Feb y 12 1841 - Report - against - see preceded report - No. 249
The service rendered by Butman was not mi- litary - Report, Adverse.
26 th
Bureau of Pensions 302 Rev. Pensions Pen.

To The Hon ble Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
Humbly shews Thomas Butman of the Town of Enfield County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire. That in the month of October A.D. 1776. he with others volunteered and formed a company, chose, Abraham French Captain Richard Sleeper Lieutenant, himself served as Drummer, joined the Regiment under Col o Jacob Gale, Marched to Portsmouth N.H. staid there some days, thence to or Seavey Island thence to Great Island where he was en- gaged in building a Fort, staid there three weeks or more, General Sullivan and Major Gilley were there in command, he was then directed by Gov n Josiah Bartlett to return to Kingston to serve as a recruiting drummer, he served in that capacity in the Towns of Kingston, Newton, Hanover, Sandown & others, until June 1778. He then with other men to Cambridge Massachusetts and served under Captain Jacob Webster three months. He then received orders from Gov n Bartlett to return to Kingston for the purpose of recruiting more men. He accordingly returned and served as a recruiting drummer until about the close of the Revolutionary War his duty was to beat up for volunteers and soldiers to enlist for the U.S. Army, in the towns above named as often as he obtained any, he went with them to Gov n Bartlett where they were inspected and enlisted. He spent almost all of his time in this kind of service during the time above mentioned, and was as usefully employed in the cause as if he had been regularly attached to some company or Regiment in actual service.
He made application for Pension under the act of 1832, which was rejected. The Commissioner of Pensions, said there was no law giving pensions for such service and directed him to apply to Congress for relief. He procured the affidavits of Jon a Flanders and John Davis who were know- ing to some part of his service. said affidavits are

with his application in the Commission of Pensions office at Washington,
He is now eighty years old, in feeble health and quite infirm, destitute of property, unable to labour and entirely dependant on his children for his support, and who have to support themselves and families by daily labour -
He hopes and prays that Congress will take his case into favorable consideration and grant him a pension for his services, so that he may have the necessaries of life in his old age, and die in peace, Thomas Rootman.
Enfield NH November 1839,

We the undersigned inhabitants of Enfield in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Butman of said Enfield who has signed the annexed petition to Congress, we further state that we believe that he has performed the services stated in said petition, that he is a man of truth and veracity, & we believe that he is as well entitled to a pension as though he was in actual service the same time.
Wm Burnham George W. Fogg Thomas Merrill Town Clerk Cassius Gage John Daws Samuel Fogg David Fogg George W. Field N. B. Plough David F. Johnson Robert G. Calman Joseph Merrill John Harkness George W. Conant Admiral Gage Peter Whittier J. G. Parley Hartwell Brownell Theophilus Goodwin James K. Johnson John Worthen
{ Selectmen of Enfield

Evans & Hunt Washington City

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Office of the Secretary of State State of New-Hampshire.
Office of the Secretary of State.
I, JESSE A. GOVE , Deputy Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Timothy Herrick is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Grafton duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His commission was dated on the Seventh day of December 1847 and will expire on the Seventh day of December 1852;
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this tenth day of April 1852;
Jesse A. Gove
Deputy Secretary of State.

POWER OF ATTORNEY. REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Stephen Batman of Enfield, in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do hereby constitute and appoint H. D. Evans my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of Thomas Bestiman for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Increase of
Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description in relation to said claim that may be on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained, and to receive the certificate which may issue for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to myself; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 5 th day of April A. D. 1852
Signed and sealed in presence of
Timothy Kenrick } Stephen Batman Henry T Kenrick }
STATE OF New Hampshire Grafton COUNTY, ss: On this 5 th day of April A. D. 1852, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Stephen Batman and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned.
Timothy Kenrick Justice of the Peace.

CLAIM OF
Act of
STATE OF New Hampshire  Grafton COUNTY, ss. BE IT KNOWN THAT, on this  Seventh day of April A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty- two before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Stephen Butman a resident of Enfield , in said county, and made oath according to Law, that he is a son of Thomas Butman a  Revolutionary soldier, and who applied for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832; and died on the 29th day of March 1843, and of Anna Butman , widow of the aforesaid Thomas and who died April 1, 1848; that he has been informed that said pension ought to be increased  allowed , that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and argu- ments as my said agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Witness:
Timothy Kenrick } Stephen Butman  Henry T Kenrick }
Subscribed and duly sworn to the day and year aforesaid, before me Timothy Kenrick a Justice of the Peace; and I do hereby certify that Stephen Butman who has executed the foregoing affidavit before me is a respectable resident of this county, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Timothy Kenrick Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont Secy of State's Office Concord Dec 5-1838 Hereby certify that from the Records in this Office Isaac Webster was duly inducted into office as Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Addison on the fourth day of December A.D. 1838 & that his signature as such to the annexed Instrument is true & genuine In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said State to be hereunto annexed.
Jonathan Stevens Secy of State

34830 John Davis Drummer W Thomas Baetman Colo Gale N. H.
act 7 June 1832
May 25. 1840
Report versus to him - see report N o 551
Rev Pensims

I John Daves of Kingston in the State of New-Hampshire and County of Rockingham and now in the eighty fourth year of my age do testify and say that I was well acquaint- ed with Thomas Bootman from his boyhood untill he left Kingston which was about thirty years since. In the year 1776 the said Thomas Bootman, Jonathan Collins and many others who are now dead and myself marched to Portsmouth as volunteers in the service of our Country. We met at the Meetinghouse in Kingston and choose Miron French for our Captain, Richard Sleeper for Lieuten- ant, both of Kingston and now dead. The said Thomas Bootman marched with us to Portsmouth and we marched to the house of Governor Went- worth in Portsmouth, and received our dinner and we went from there to what was then called sever's Island and there we assisted in building Fort Fort. We all staid there about three weeks. The said Thomas Bootman returned to Kingston and discharged to the duties of a recruiting drummer. He discharged the duties of a recruiting drummer in Kingston, Newtown and other places the most of the time during the

Revolutionary War. Some time in the year 1778 the said Thomas Bootman marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts, and performed the duties of a drummer, and I think that the said Thomas Bootman was retained in the service of his Country the most of the time during the Revolutionary War.
December 4, 1838.
John
Sir X Davis mark
State of New Hampshire } Rockingham ss. - } December 4, 1838
Personally appeared John Davis and made oath that the above Affidavit by him signed is in his belief true, before me.
Isaac Webster Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire } Rockingham ss. - } December 4, 1838.
I certify that I am well acquainted with John Davis, who signed the above affidavit, and that his reputation for truth is good
Isaac Webster, Justice of the Peace.

Jonathan Flanders

I Johnathan Flanders of Plaistow in the State of New Hampshire and County of Rockingham aged sixty nine years last June, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Bootman formerly of Kingston, du- ring the revolutionary war and intill he left Kings- ton. In the 1776 The said Thomas Bootman John Davis, and my Brothers Stephen Flanders and Nathaniel Flanders and many others march- ed for Portsmouth in the service of their Coun- try and the said Thomas Bootman done the duty of a Drummer. The said Thomas Boot- man stayed at Portsmouth about three weeks and returned home and discharged the duties of a recruiting drummer. He discharged the duties of a recruiting Drummer in Kingston, Newtown and other places the most of the time during the revolutionary war. I think that some in year 1778 the said Thomas marched to Cambridge in Company with with my Brother's Nathaniel Flanders, Ste- phen Flanders and Ezekiel Flanders and per- formed the duties of a drummer, and I think that the said Thomas Bootman was retained in the service of his Country untill or near the close of the revolutionary war. Jonathan Flanders
December 4, 1838.

State of New Hampshire } Rockingham ss. ~ } December 4, 1838.
Personally appeared Jonathan Flanders who signed the foregoing Affidavit and made oath that the said Affidavit by him signed is in his belief true, Before me
Isaac Webster Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire } Rockingham ss. ~ } December 4, 1838.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Flanders, who signed the foregoing Affidavit, and that his character for truth is good.
Isaac Webster Justice of the Peace.

34830
Thomas Postman
N.B.
June 7 1832
W. E. L. E. San 20 1832
the
Aug 16
look into
The Bootman
Confine Exh. 3 Aug 9 3
Thos J. D. Edwards
Some of Friends Fifty Washington D.C.

Confield August 4 1839
Mr Edwards Sir I have taken my pen in hand to inform you that I received a letter from you concerning the pension claim and feel as tho there might be a pension be due to me as well as others of us and I desire you to try once more and see if there is no way that I can have the pension for I served at long time to save the country and while I was at Portsmouth I lamed my right shoulder very bad and it troubled me very much during the war I labored hard both day and night digging carrying dirt on hand barrow, to make great work and digging trenches and building a fort and my shoulder has been lame ever since and cannot dress myself on account of my shoulder being so lame and have not dressed myself for two or three years for the older I grow the worse it is and I think and all others that my services in enlisting soldiers to go to battle would entitle me to a pension and I wish you would do your best to help me to it for I and my wife are past labor and have only two daughters left to take care of us please and think and then strive to bring it about for you know that it is right that I should have my recompence for my time and labor and I feel as tho you could help me if you should examine the papers again and if you cannot grant me a pension in full I should feel greatly obliged to have them grant me a present Sir please to read these lines and do your best and take the liberty to write me how you can make out as soon as you can it is thought by all that know me that my claim is good and that there might be a pension claim for me
I am respectfully Your obt servant Thomas Boorman
J. L. Edwards, Washington City

on line in 1975. In Capt John Louis Company Vol 15 page 50.
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The Butman
MA. Supa age 32.
J. S. [unclear]
John [unclear] of [unclear]
Waltham

No of Rep. Dec 23 d 1840
Sir
Will you have the goodness to take the trouble to examine the files of your office, to ascertain if there are any papers on file relating to the appli- cation of Thomas Butman for a Pension of Enfield, N. H. 2 And if any should be found, you would oblige me much to enclose the same to me, for the purpose of

being presented with the petition of the applicant, to Congress.
Respectfully Yours Asst. Invent. Edmund Runk
J. L. Edward Esq Court of Pensions

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34830
Thomas Bootman N. Hampshire act 1832
Rejected in let to D. G. Churchill
24 July 1839 do. to T. Bootman, Aug. 16. 1839
To Hon. A. G. Ward, April 22, 1840.
do to Hon. E. Burke Jan. 4. 1841.

Ex'r.
OLD WAR.
No. 1025
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Thomas Bootman of Mt
P. O. near bridge
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Sir.
Washington, April 15 th 1852
We herewith enclose a power of Attorney from Stephen Bud Budman, the late Thomas and Anna Budman, to examine the papers and prosecute the claim for a pension
Very respectfully Ezra G. Hanks
J. E. Heath Esq. Chair of Pension.

Lyme N. H. March 22 d 1839.
Sir
at the request of Thomas Ralston I herewith forward his papers in support of his claim to a Pension for your examination and decision whether there is any Law in existence that will grant him a Pension is for you to decide I have no doubt that he served as he states.
I have the Honor to be very Respectfully yours &
D. G. Gurnhill
Hon. James L. Edwards Censor of Pensions Washington
D. G.