Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 834, Thomas Bunting, Continental New York Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York Penn.
Bunting Thomas Wood, Susan (Former Widow)
N. 834
CONTENTS

18,688 18.
New York
Thomas Bunting (aged 78)
of Westchester Co in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt of the N. York Pen n line, for the term of Dec r 1776 to the end of the War. (on Roll)
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of June 1822 and sent to M s S. Bates Esq r Beaford, New York
  Arrears to 4th of March 1822  371: 69    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1822  48    46 10 3/4     8 1/30 3/1  $419: 69    368     2.66     1. 3     $371.69   
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }  May 1. 1820.
Schedule $ 6.16. page 128. vol 5
pur n m L.H.

2116
Connecticut
Susan Wood former widow of Thomas Bunting
who served in the Revolutionary Penn war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept r 1853 and sent to
W m Valentine Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 20, 1818, Page 67 Vol. A
Feb y 3. 1853
1818
1872 Sept 28. N. Millard - that no charge has been made in the commencement of pension under this section of the act & no amnys due

To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Thomas Bunting formerly a Sergant engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Thomas Bunting sometime in the year 1776 he enlisted in Philadelphia in Col. Proctors Regt in the Company of Capt. Furnace to serve during the war as was stationed on Mud Island near Phil a while on the march to Fort Montgomery was taken Prisoner by the British at Bound Brook about the year 1779. and confined in the Singa House until the peace in New York that he was in several skirmishes with the British. I am now about 68 years of age and I am not able at the time to present any better Testimony I do not know of a single Officer who knew me or know living
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Thomas Bunting is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support being now advanced age of Sixty nine
Therefore the said Thomas Bunting conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed 4th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Thomas Bunting refers to the
affidavit below of Samuel Bunting who knew me all the war
City and County of New-York, ss. Thomas Bunting of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this twenty first day of April 1818, Thomas Bunting
Peter R. Riker Recorder of the City of New York
City of New York ss. Isaac Hutchings of the County of Delhi State of New York being sworn doth depose and say that he well remembers the affiant Thomas Bunting in the Revolutionary service as I was in the Continental Army that year and I knew him to be in service that time. Sworn 21 April 1818 Isaac Hutchings mark
City and County of New-York, ss.
Samuel Bunting
of the City of New York being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with the above named Thomas Bunting and knew him to serve in the Continental Service against the Crown Enemy and to the best of my belief he enlisted into the Army some time in 1776 for the year, and that he continued to the end thereof apart of the time he was a Prisoner in New York
Sworn before me this Twenty first day of April 1818
Peter R. Riker
Samuel Bunting

Common Pleas
In the court of common pleas in and for the county of Westchester held at the court House at White Plains
in and for the said county before the judges of the same court of May Term in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
Present The Honorable William Jay First Judge - Edward Henry, John Constant Ezra Lockwood Esqs Judges of said court
Certificate of Westchester, ss: Be it remembered That on the 28th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two personally appeared in the court of common pleas for the county of Westchester, in open court the said court being a court of records for the county of Westchester, according to the laws of the State of New York Thomas Bunting aged seventy one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Thomas Bunting enlisted for the term of for and during the war some time in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six in the State of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by captain Thomas Proctor in the regiment assumed soon after it being the first company of Artillery raised that state, some time after declarant enlisted captain Proctor raised a regiment, he was promoted to a Major and captain Charles Thornball took command of the company to which declarant belonged, and Major Proctor was afterwards promoted to a Colonel

who was the first Colonel that took command of a regiment in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until about the time in the Spring or Summer of Seventeen hundred and seventy eight when he was taken prisoner on a march to Fort Montgomery at Boundbrook in the State of New Jersey, declarant about six months after his enlist- ment was made a sergeant, and at the time he was taken prisoner the company to which he belonged had been transferred from Colonel Forster's to Colo- nel Van Cortlandt's Regiment in General Clinton's Brigade, he was a prisoner until the close of the war he was taken from Boundbrook to Brunswick & from there to New York where he was confined in the Sugar House where he was confined about six months, when he was bailed out by Samuel Rhoades Esquire who had been Mayor of Philadelphia. deponent saith that he was kept a prisoner by the British until they evacuated the City of New York when they left him. he saith he never received any discharge from his officers and never received any pay from the General Government for his services, he saith that he believes the reason that his name does not appear upon the Pennsylvania Roll is because in consequence of the transfer to Van Cortlandt's regiment he was

Sworn to before me in open Court the 29th day of May 1872
By me  Bates CM
And in pursuance of the act of the first May 1820. I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 interest other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. — Soit —
Real Estate ————— None
Personal Estate (necessary clothing & bedding for himself & wife excepted)
  2 Chairs $0.50 1 Table $1.00   1 Kettle 0.50 1 Trunk 1.00   2 Cups & saucers 0.12 3 Knives & forks 0.25   6 Water Spoons 0.18 1 Scapet & 1 Sugar Bowl & 3 0.25   1 Hoe 0.12 cloth pot 0.25   2 Iron pots 1.50 4 plates 0.25   1 p. tongs 0.12 $2.75   1 p. smoothing irons 0.87 $3.41   $3.41 $8.18 
The whole value of deponent's property except as before stated is five Dollars and sixteen cents

Declarant is a House Carpenter by trade, but in consequence of age and the almost total loss of his eyesight is unable to do any thing at all - he is very much afflicted with the Rheumatism so much so that he has almost lost the use of his hands by it he saith. He is not able to any thing towards supporting himself and wife - he saith he had heretofore supported himself by some little jobs he got to do from his neighbors with the assistance of his wife - he saith he has a wife named Susanna aged about fifty-five years who does deponents house work, and occasionally when she can get it do the spinning by which she almost support declarant. He saith he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country that is to say without the aid of the General Government except by public or private charity - Declarant saith he made an application for a pension on the twenty fifth of April One thousand eight hundred eighteen.
sworn in open court before me the 29th May 1822
J. G. B. Berlin
Bates Clk.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court - the day & date above mentioned.
Bates Clk.

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss
On this 18 th day of June 1853 before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County & State in open court the same being a Court of record personally appeared Susan Wood who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the second section of the Act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853. That she is the widow of Silas Wood Deceased and formerly the widow of Thomas Bunting deceased late of Westchester County and State of New York and a pensioner of the United States on account of services as a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution, that she was married to said Thomas Bunting in the County of Westchester and State of New York in the Year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen as near as she can recollect having no record of it and not knowing or believing that there is any such record in existence, she is unable to state the date with certainty, but recollects that she resided with said Bunting about eight years from the time of her marriage to him to the time of his death, in the Year eighteen hundred & twenty seven. That she does not know or believe there is any record of her marriage to said Bunting and she knows of no person now living who was present at her marriage. Declarant further saith that before she was married to Bunting her name was Susan Northcutt. That since the death of said Bunting she was married to a person by the name of Silas Wood by Augustus Hartshorne a Justice of the Peace in Westchester County, N.Y. and that said Wood died on or about the Year one thousand eight hundred and forty six. And that this Declarant has since remained & is now a widow.
Three wavy lines for signature.

Subscribed & sworn to before me in open Court this 18 th day of June 1853
See Susan F Wood mark
Wand B B Booth
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Canterbury In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the official seal of said Court at Canterbury on this 18 th day of June 1853
Wand B B Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Canterbury

State of New York } County of Westchester }
I am the Deponent
in said County being first duly sworn according to law Deposest that on or about the Year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen Thomas Bunting a pensioner of the United States was married to Susan Rockwell and they so lived together as husband & wife and were so reputed until the death of said Bunting which was on or about the Year eighteen hundred & twenty seven, Deponent saith he was not present at the marriage but is enabled to state the above from general report in the neighbourhood and this deponent saith that he never had a doubt or heard one expressed other than that they were lawfully married as aforesaid That since the death of said Bunting the said Susan married a person by the name of Silas Wood who died a few years since leaving said Susan a widow and that she has remained and is now a widow, and as deponent is informed & believes resides at or near Danbury Ct Subscribed & sworn to before } on this 30 th day of May 1853 }
Daniel Droe
Augustus Frostlee Partee of the second
I certify that I was personally acquainted with Thomas Bunting and am acquainted with his widow, and have been so acquainted with them, for the last forty years. That I know by general report in the neighbourhood that said Bunting and said Susan were married as above stated, and that I married said Susan to Silas Wood, who is now deceased, and that the said Susan is now a widow, and as I am informed & believe resides at or near Danbury Ct, I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the matter aforesaid and I further certify that Daniel Droe who executed the

The foregoing deposition is a credible & competent witness, and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
Augustus Husted Justice of the peace
I further certify that Thomas Bunting aforesaid was a prisoner of the United States and resided in the County of Westchester and State of New York and that Susan Wood was formerly the widow of said Bunting and resides at or near Danbury Ct. _____
Augustus Husted Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Westchester, ss.
I, ROBERT R. OAKLEY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Augustus Husted Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instru- ment, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly au- thorized to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the 24 th day of June 185 3
Robt R. Oakley CLERK.

State of New York West Chester County
William H Major of said County being duly sworn deposeth and says that he has been acquainted with Thomas Manton and Susan his wife for a long time deponent did not see them married, knows that they lived together as man and wife and were so reputed in the neighborhood and never had a doubt to the contrary or ever other affair other than that they were married, and that since the death of said Manton, the said Susan married a person by the name of Philip Wood who died a few years since leaving said Susan a widow and that she has remained and is now a widow, and as this deponent is informed and believes said at or near Danbury in the State of Connecticut
William H Major
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 31 st day of May 1853
Augustus H. Stone
Justice of the peace
I certify that William H Major the person who presented the foregoing deposition is known to me to be a credible and competent witness, and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit
Augustus H. Stone Justice of the peace

City and County of New York ss Thomas Brunting of the City of New York being sworn doth depose and further say, that in the statement, preceding this of Ap r 25 th 1818, to which this is affidavit, he was in some respects incorrect, owing in a great measure to his age, and the length of time since his enlistment. Which he now wishes to correct. That this deponent now well recollects that he enlisted in the City of Philadelphia under then Captain Proctor for and during the war on or about the 25 th of December 1776 for the Artillery, that in the year 1777 or 1778 my Captain was promoted to a Colonel and Commanded a Regiment of Artillery from the State of Pennsylvania, that this deponent was then transferred to a Company Commanded by Captain Turnbull in said Regiment of Artillery and continued in said Company & Regiment until the end of the war in 1783 that Col o Proctor then commanded the Regiment, that my services in the United States Army was more than six years  Sworn before me this first day of July 1819 J. H. B. Brunting
P. A. Jay
City and County of New York ss. Bazaleel Howe of the City of New York being sworn doth depose and say that he entered the Army of the United States as a Commissioned Officer in 1777 in the New Hampshire Line, that he continued in the Revolutionary service until Peace in 1783. This deponent was then appointed to Command His Excellency General Washington's Guards. And this deponent further saith that he was personally acquainted with Colonel Proctor of Artillery who commanded a Regiment from the State of Pennsylvania, that he believes that he was promoted to the Command of the said Regiment in 1777, but he is positive he commanded the said Regiment of Artillery in 1778 on the Continental Establishment from the State of Pennsylvania that I know him to continue to command the aforesaid Regiment until the end of the war in 1783. This deponent further saith that he was personally acquainted with the said Colonel Proctor after the war and knew him to be the Sheriff of the City of Philadelphia  Sworn the 2 nd day of July 1819 Before me Bazaleel Howe  P. A. Jay
From over

City of New York Jr: William Roy being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with the within named Thomas Bunting and knows him to be very poor and that this deponent hath several times relieved him and given him Charity. That he has maintained himself & wife by her as far as he is able by day labor. Sworn the 2 July 1819
Before me -
P. A. Jay -
City of New York Jr: Isaac Keeler being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is acquainted with the within named Bezaleel Howe whom known him many years & that he is a person of good Character & of veracity and that he verily believes that whatever he deposes is true & that full faith ought to be given to his testimony -
Sworn the 20 July 1819
Before me -
P. A. Jay -

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty second day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Pension Office Sept 17/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or date of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c J. Burt Esqr S. Cole 3 Aud for Count- Present-
Thomas Bunting #8. p.m. Act 1818. - Died 26 th Nov r 1827, Paid to his death...
J. Burt Auditor, "

July 11, 1853.
No 2626
Appl. of Susan Wood, widow of Thomas Bunting, Fairfield co., Conn. N.Y.
Act 3 d Febry. 1853.
• Allowed R420  $ per annum Com. Feb. 12 th 3-1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
M m Valentine, Albany, N.Y.
Subd 1827

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 834
Susan Wood, former
Widow
Thomas Bunting,
Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } City & County of New York }
Miles Oakley of the city aforesaid Age sixty four Years being first duly sworn according to law Deponeth that he is a son of David Oakley, deceased, & who formerly resided in the Town of Newkas, County of Westchester & State aforesaid. That in the Year eighteen hundred & nineteen and for many Years before that time his father the said David Oakley resided as aforesaid & during that period was a Justice of the Peace. That this deponent was at that time well acquainted with Thomas Brunting a peeriem of the United States and a resident of Westchester County aforesaid. That on or before, and deponent thinks it was before, the Year eighteen hundred & nineteen said Thomas Brunting and Susan Rockwell were married by this deponent's father & that this deponent was present at the marriage & saw them married as aforesaid. Deponent further saith that he does not know or believe that there is now any of the records of marriages kept by his father to be found or remain in existence. Deponent further saith that he has been informed & believes that the widow of said Brunting, now the widow of Silas Wood, now resides at or near Danbury in the State of Connecticut.
Miles Oakley
Subscribed & sworn to before me This 12 th day July 1853 F R Lee Comm r of Deeds
I certify that Miles Oakley is a credible & competent witness & I verily believe his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the matter aforesaid.
F R Lee Comm r of Deeds

State of New York, City and County of New York, } ss.
I, RICHARD B. CONNOLLY , Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for the said City and County, being a Court of Record, DO HERE-BY CERTIFY, That W. R. See — before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds, for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to administer oaths to be used in any Court in said State, and for general purposes; and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 13 th day of July 185 3
Richd B. Connolly
Clerk.
and in the

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8 Wall St. N.Y.
Sept. 30th. 1872.
To Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir Sir:
Richard H. Rockwell of Brooklyn Kings County New York claims "a pension and arrear of pension for the period between March 4 1848 and Feb'y 3 1853 due her or other indemnity to which he may be entitled from the (United) States as the child of Sarah Wood deceased who for the Revolutionary services of Thomas Bunting a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution received a pension under the act of Feb'y 3, 1853 and was in receipt thereof at the time of her death being the only child of said Sarah Wood who was formerly the widow of said Bunting said widow having been a pensioner of the United States under the act of Feb'y 3 1853 and having died on the Seventh day of March 1855- and whose said pension was

217 6 G.W.
8 Wall St. N.Y.
Sept. 30th. 1872.
To Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir Sir:
Richard H. Rockwell of Brooklyn Kings County New York claims "a pension and arrear of pension for the period between March 4 1848 and Feb'y 3 1853 due her or other indemnity to which he may be entitled from the (United) States as the child of Sarah Wood deceased who for the Revolutionary services of Thomas Bunting a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution received a pension under the act of Feb'y 3, 1853 and was in receipt thereof at the time of her death being the only child of said Sarah Wood who was formerly the widow of said Bunting said widow having been a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Feb'y 3 1853 and having died on the Seventh day of March 1855- and whose said pension was

allowed from Feb'y 3, 185-3 and not from March 4, 1848 as was proper and lawful as is claimed.
Upon the foregoing statement will you afford me for Mr. Rockwell such instructions as you may have in your department pertinent to his application for pension and gratuity oblige &c
A. Hillard.

Albany N.Y. July 15 th 1853.
Sir
Enclosed is additional evidence in the case of Susan Wood, formerly widow of Thomas Bunting Decd. under the Act of Feb 3 - 1853. Her Declaration & other proof having been forwarded on the 8 th Inst.
I am Yours very respectfully, M c Valentine
L P Waldo Esq Comm y Pensions Washington

Albany N.Y. July 8 th 1853
Sir
Enclosed are the papers in the application of Susan Wood, formerly widow of Thomas Brantingham Esq. under the Act of July 3 rd 1853
I am Yours very respectfully Wm Valentine
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

Brief in the case of Mrs Susan Wood widow of Tho. Bunting Fairfield County and State of Conn. act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband A pensioner under act of 1818 at $90 per annum
Sergeant } more than 2 yrs service
(If for increase.)
Widow allowed $120 per annum
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proof cr. witts.
Death and rep.
Identity cr. witts.
Name and residence of Agent
Wm Valentine Albany N. York
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

City & County of New York ss: Lewis Nodine being duly sworn saith that he hath been acquainted with Isaac about four years  Ketchum named in the affidavit hereto annexed that the said Isaac is a person of a fair reputation & as this deponent believes a man of veracity to whom testimony full faith & credit are due
Sworn the 22 April
1820 Before me -
P. A. Jay -
Lewis Nodine
City & County of New York ss: William Roy being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Bunting the deponent named in the annexed deposition & knows him to be a respectable merchant of this city of fair character & a man of veracity to whom testimony full credit ought to be given -
Sworn the 22 April
1820 Before me
P. A. Jay -
Wm Roy

From the length of service stated within, the Applica- cant's name should be found on the Pennsyl- vania rolls. But it is not there. Both the witnesses are required to swear to the number of years & time when the Applicant served. It would be advisa- ble that additional testimony might be pro- duced.
8 P.M. April 20.
Thomas Punting
Soldier
Col. Porter's
Pennsylvania Reg.
1776. for the war.
21 st April 101 A.
man or the
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State of New-York, } ss. / I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk, of City and County of New-York, } the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P. A. Jay subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Eighth day of July 1819
Benj. Ferris Clerk

NEW-YORK, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Thomas Bunting
who being by me duly Sworn to in the foregoing Declaration and
the truth of the facts stated
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Thomas Bunting did serve in the Service of the United States under the Continental in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this Twenty first  day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
P. Wiler
City of New York ss: Thomas Bunting being duly sworn saith that he is old & poor & maintains himself by working as a Scordimer that he is in reduced & indigent circumstances in life & needs the assistance of his country for support
sworn the 1 July 1819 Before me P. A. Jay
The Bunting

in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty and of the said Court, in the I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the city of New York do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the william named Thomas Bunting is in reduced & indigent circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Country for support Given under my hand this second day of July 1819
P. A. Jay
I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the city of New York do further certify that I am satisfied that Isaac Hutchinson and Samuel Bunting two of the Deformants william named are persons of fair Reputation and to whose testimony credit ought to be given. Dated 25 April 1820
P. A. Jay
Thomas Bunting

I Nehemiah S. Bates — Clerk of the Wentworth Common Pleas in the County of Worcester
Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, and and the aforesaid documents are truly copied from the records of said court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is six Dollars & 16 Cents. Given testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this Twenty ninth day of May, 1822.
N Bates C.M.
Affidavit of Walter Proctor, & Warballand. Prigment for his name the found

Thomas Bunting's Pension Papers
Sergeant
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

In the matter of Thomas Bunting a Revolutionary Soldier.
City and County of New York
Samuel Bunting of the City of New York Merchant being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Thomas Bunting in the above papers named, and that he knows the state- ment of the said Thomas Bunting therein set forth so far as the same respects his services during the Revolutionary war is in all respects true — Sworn before me this day of 1822

State of New York
Westchester County ss.
I, Jeremiah S. Bates Clerk of said county and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that William Jay Esq. is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Also, Edward Linn, Esq., J. John Constant & Ezra Litchfield Esqrs. are Judges of the same Court in & for the County of Westchester, once duly commissioned & sworn & further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New York In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 29th day of May 1822.
Bates Clk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bunting, Thomas GRADE Sergeant LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6786 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 11, 1789
To Benj Brown, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.