Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,507, Thomas Bootle, Mass. N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass. N. b.
Bootle, Thomas Martha
W. 16,507
CONTENTS

5420. 4
New-York.
Thomas Boothe Private
+ n.c. Massachusetts Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Jan 1819 and sent to Joseph Dowd Esq Troy New York
Arrears to 4th Sept 1818 $ 39.19 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 March 1819 48.
Spent $ 87.19 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
12 Aug 20 1751 - 34
Continued on the Roll under the law 1 March 1818
see letters May 14. 1830 to Hon. J. Finch H.R. and Pension agents = Boothe is dead. =
Notification sent to W. L. (Harvey) Esq. 28 June 1820.
Troy N.Y.

Thomas Boothe
Continue
5420
19 Jan 1819

State of New York. Rensselaer County ss:
On this Thirty first day of May 1820. personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law ; with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount ; keeping a record of its proceedings ; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Thomas Root , aged Sixty Seven years, resident in the Town of Hoosick in said County who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:— That he enlisted in North Carolina in Captain Williams Company in Col. Thomas Pate's 1 st North Carolina Regiment for three years at the expiration of which time at Parson's in New Jersey was discharged. and he again enlisted at Peterborough in Massachusetts for three years in Capt. Bayles Company in Col. Ebenezer Sprout's Regiment 2 d Massachusetts reg t at the expiration was discharged at West Point, in New York honorably. The number of his Pension Certificate is 5420. and the date of his original declaration he does not recollect.
AND I do solemnly swear on that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed,
Sworn to and declared on the 31. day of May 1820. Thomas Root Archibald Dull Deputy Clerk.
State of New York, Rensselaer County - ss:
I, Joseph D. Seldene Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in for the County of Rensselaer & State of New York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Eleven dollars and Seventy five cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 31 st day of May 1820
Joseph D. Seldene Clerk.

Schedule of all the real & personal estate (excepting necessary clothing & bedding except of Thomas Boothe a pensioner of the United States Govt., No real estate. Personal estate as follows vizt -
1 Iron pot $1.00. One Tea kettle $1.00. 4 Chairs $2.00. 1 Spider $0.75. $11.75. 1 Table. $1.50. 1 doz Knives & Forks $1.00. Crockery $3.00. 2 doz Spoons $0.50. $6.00. Shovel & Tongs . . . . . 1.00
$11.75
I am by occupation a School Instructor, but from age, blindness & infirmity of body am unable to pursue it. my Family consists of a wife aged 66 years.
State of New York
Cenpelau County ss: Thomas Boothe being duly sworn says that the value of the property contained in the above schedule is truly stated therein according to the belief & judgment of this deponent.
Thomas Boothe
Sworn to in open Court this
21. day of May 1820
Archibald D. D. Deputy Clerk

Hon ble Judge Dorr of Horae
Judge's certificate wanting

State of New-York } On this 8 th day of April 1818 before me the Rensselaer County } the subscriber one of the judges of the Court } of Common pleas for the County of Rensselaer personally appears Thomas Bootle resident in Rensselaer County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Thomas Bootle enlisted into the army of the United States in June 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Phillips in the fourth North Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Poke for the term of three years and continued to serve to the end of his enlistment and received a written discharge which is worn out and lost and that he rec d said discharge in Paramus New-Jersey and that he again en- listed on the second day of April 1781 in the Company commanded by Capt. Luther Bailey in the second Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sproat for the term of three years and that he served to the close of the war and received a written discharge at West Point from General Nixon's Brigade which is also lost — and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid
I Joseph Dorr one of the judges as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Bootle did serve in the revo- lutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the com- mon enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Joseph Dorr
This may certify that it is my Opinion that Thomas Bootle is in Reduced Circumstances and that he stands in need of his Country Assistance for support
Joseph Dorr

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I certify that Joseph Dorr
Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within declaration was on the Eighth Day of April last past One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court. this 27 th Day of May A. D. 1818
Joseph D. Selden Clerk

George Gaby of Bennington in the State of Vermont of the age of seventy two years testify and say I was in Army of the Revolution as a Soldier several years and I became acquainted with Thomas Boote a soldier in the American Army at White Plains and know that he served as a soldier but for what term of time or in what line of the Army I know not and further say not
April 6 th 1818
George Gaby
Bennington April 6 th 1818
Then personally appeared before me the above named George Gaby and testified to the truth of the above Deposition
Jonathan Robinson Justice of the Peace

743 3. Sec. Martha Cooke Deposition for a Pension.
Schmidt Private 2 years
Nathan How and J. Gray Troy New York

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Martha Scott of the City of Troy County and State aforesaid being duly sworn depose & say Saith that she was the wife and is now the widow of Thomas Scott the late of the town of Millersburgh county of Essex and State of New York Revolutionary War deceased, that she was Eighty two years of age the Sixteenth day of June last, that she was married to the said Thomas Scott the Eighteenth day of December 1778, and never has been married to any other person since, that her husband was in the service viz. the War of the Revolution from the time the time of their marriage until peace was declared and the war closed in 1783. That she always understood that her husband was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War - that he drew a pension of ninety six dollars per year until his death which was the 26 th day of April 1829. That after their marriage and until the close of the War she resided in the town of Peterboro State of Mass- achusetts, that they resided in the State of Massachusetts seven or eight years after the close of the War then moved to the State of Vermont, from there to the State of New Hampshire, from there back to the State of Vermont, and from there to Hoosick in the State of New York and has since resided in the State of New York, that she has a record of her age and marriage in a Bible now belong- ing to her daughter in Bennington in the State of Vermont That she knows of no other evidence to prove her marriage or age, that she is acquainted with George S. Davis, Moses Warren, Mrs. Moses Warren, Alvah Armstrong, and Mrs. Alvah Armstrong who now reside in the City of Troy and can testify to her character for truth and veracity, that she makes this Application to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. "An act granting half pay to widows or orphans where their husband & father have died of wounds received in the Military Service of the United States, in certain cases for other services." Martha mark Scott Subscribed & Sworn this 23. day of November A.D. 1836. Nathan Howard Jm. Commissioner of Pensions

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. We the Subscribers do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martha Bottle who has Subscribed and sworn to the within Depo- sition and have been for a number of years that we believe her to be eighty two years of age and know her to be the widow of Thomas Bottle deceased. And also believe her statement within made entitled to Credit and that she is a woman of truth and veracity
Subscribed & sworn before me this first day of December 1836. Nathan Howard Junr. Moses Warren Mary Warren Alvin Armstrong Eliza Armstrong William K. Whitney
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Warren and Mary Warren his wife, Alvin Armstrong and Eliza Armstrong his wife and Wil- iam Whitney who have Subscribed and sworn to the above Certificate that they are all very respectable persons and that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to their deposition. Nathan Howard Junr. Commissioner as above.
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan Howard Junr. before whom the within Depo- sition and the above Certificates hereinbefore have been sworn and Subscribed was on the respective days of taking and Subscribing the same a Commissioner of Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signatures within and above Subscribed are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this first day of December in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty six. Henry R. Bristol Clerk

Albany New York 525 Martha Boote Kensalear in the State of N Y who was a in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the the widow of Thomas Boote dec d late a private in the Revolution
N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per ann o to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Feb y 1837 and sent Martha Howard Jr. Troy N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $440.00 Semi-ann l allowance ending 4 Mar '37 40.00
$480.00
Act 4 July 7 1836. 5 th Sect-5
{ Revolutionary Claim, { but Jan 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Gaddison Clerk, Book A Vol. Page 127

Thomas Bootle and Martha Bootle Married December 18 1778
Martha Bootle Born July 29 In Petersham 1780
Sarah Bootle Born June 4 In Templeton 1784
Sarah Bootle Died August 6 1785 Aged one Year and Two Months and Two Days - - - - -
Nancy Bootle Born in Decem 3. 1785 Wilmington in the State of Vermont
Thomas Bootle Born in June February 18 th day 1791
William Bootle Born Jan. 2 nd Sturminster Newton 1794

In the matter of Martha Boothe a Widow - a Supple- mental affidavit etc.

Thomas Boole and Martha Boole Married December 18. 1778. State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Nathan Howard Junr. a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County. Do hereby Certify that the Record of the Marriage of Thomas Boole and Martha Boole as appears by an entry made on a leaf of a Bible now before me, has been Com- pared by me with the above. And that the above is a Correct Transcript therefrom. Novr December 26. 1836. Nathan Howard Junr. Commissioner of Deeds Troy
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Moses Warren of the City of Troy being by me duly Sworn testified that he was well ac- quainted with the hand writing of Thomas Boole now deceased, that he has seen a leaf of a Bible pur- porting to contain the Record of the Marriage of Thomas Boole and Martha Boole that the entry made on said leaf of the Marriage aforesaid is in the hand writing of the said Thomas Boole deceased. And that he has compared the entry made by said Thomas Boole of the Marriage aforesaid with the above. And that the above is a true Copy of said Original Record.
Sworn before me this 26 th day of December 1836. Nathan Howard Junr. Commissioner of Deeds Troy Moses Warren
I Certify that Moses Warren above named, to who has Sworn to the above affidavit is a person entitled to Credit. Nathan Howard Junr. Commissioner as above.

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the Courts of Rensselaer Do hereby Certify that Nathan Howard Esq. before whom the within affidavit pur- ports to have been sworn and by whom the within Certi- ficates reports to have been signed was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County duly Commissioned and authorized to take Af- fidavits, &c. And further I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures within subscribed are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 26 th day of December 1836.
Henry R. Bristol Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16504 Martha Boothe widow of Thomas Boothe Pri New York
Act July 4 th 36
Index: Vol. A , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]
N. York Martha Boothe widow of Tho s Supt o . See letter to Nathan Howard Jr. 9 Dec r . 1836 Same 7 Feb. 1837

St 6173 Feb 15, 1887. Tadousk Office.
W. Booth Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Veronica Olney

Proy Feby. 11. 1837.
Secy of War. Sir, inclosed is the leaf of a Bible Containing the Record of the Marriage of Thomas and Martha Goosle - referred to in the application of said Martha Goosle - for a Pension. Respectfully Yours - Nathan Howard Junr.

Sec 5
My 4 July '36 3 Sec.
Mr. Secretary of War, Washington D.C.
Post Office Dept.
6-55

Nathan Howard, Junr. Vroy Rensselaer County N. Y. Agent.