Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,545, John Boutwell, N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Boutwell, John
S 23,545
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838. from 4 March to 4 Sept 1839. Agt notified 12 March 1838.
Letter to Hon. J. P. Harrington Dec. 1839 " to S. St. John Apr. 5. 1841
Date of death not shown on A. B.
24708 New York
John Boutwell Shell - Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lovejoy of the regt commanded by Col. J. H. Townsend, time for Six months & 23 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 22 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of October 1834 and sent to Glance Gaar P.O. NY
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - 1834, 78.96 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 11.26 90.13
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 62 Vol. 84 Page 5

John Boutwell town of Otto West Lodi Post Office Cattaraugus Co N.Y.

State of New York } p Cataraugus County }
Be it remembered that on this 13 th day of September 1832 Personally came before me Daniel Allen one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in & for the County of Cataraugus in the State of aforesaid. John Boutwell, a President of the town of Otto in said County Aged 70 years Who being duly sworn according to Law doth to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in the town of Amherst County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire on 28 th August 1762 That he resided in said town from the time of his birth till 1778 as he very believes That in the month of August in that year about the first of said month he enlisted as a Volunteer in a company commanded by Capt. Ezekiel Loofey Col. Nicholls' Regt. Marched from Amherst to Rhode Island & joined General Sullivan & was with him on his being attacked by the British & retreated with him to a place (as he thinks) called Brattle Hill At which place he was discharged from Capt. Loofey's & entered the service as a waiter for Col. Stephen Peabody & staid with him in that capacity till Winter Thinks the time in this tour with Loofey & Peabody about 4 months
That early in the Spring of 1779 he again enlisted with Capt. Loofey to go to Portsmouth (New Hampshire) to guard the Harbor in this service under Capt. Loofey staid 2 months at the end of which time he was discharged from Loofey's company & enlisted to stay at Major at said place under the command of an officer whose name he does not now recollect in whose service he staid till Winter. Was out he thinks in this last tour 6 or 7 months

That in the Spring of 1780 he enlisted under the Command of Ensign Odell and joined a Company of Rangers Commanded he thinks by a Capt. Aldrich Major Benjamin Whitcomb Commandant in this Service he marched from Amherst to Newbury (Vermont) & St. Johnville (New Hampshire) from thence was marched to Peabody to a Picket post at which Place he served through the season. was out in this Campaign he thinks about 7 Months.
That in the Spring of 1781 he entered on board of the Ship Franklin Capt. Turner Commandant on a Privateering Cruise sailed from Salem Mass for the English Channel (England) on our Voyage fell in with, & after a contest of 5 Glocks captured the British Ship James & Rebecca of 18 guns & returned to Salem with our prize & to night and on our homeward passage the Prize was retaken but we escaped in a Tug & so made our Port Salem as aforesaid. After my 3 Months tour expired with the Franklin he enlisted on board a Vessel called the Grand Turk Simmons Commandant and sailed from Salem to the bay of St Lawrence in this cruise we had an engagement with a British brig of 18 guns but she escaped at the End of our 3 months tour we returned to Salem he then immediately shipped on board the Mohawk for a Privateering Cruise off the West India Islands in this cruise we took 2 prizes sent them to Martinico & sold them & returned home to Beverly in Mass. was out in this cruise say as near as I recollect 6 Months.
That in the fall of 82 I think he again entered on board of the Grand Turk then Commanded by Capt. Pratt for a cruise off the West India Islands took several prizes & carried them in to Martinico that is some of them and a part in to Salem The Particulars of this Cruise he cannot particularly state for that whilst on this Cruise he was taken Sick & in this situation he returned home in to the Port of Salem was out on this Cruise he thinks 6 Months.
After the close of the War He moved to South Reading (Massachusetts) from thence to Chester (Vermont).

from thence to Collins, County of Erie, New York & from thence to the town of Otto, Cattaraugus County as aforesaid in which town he has lived about seven years.
He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his service & that he knows of no person who can testify to his services.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any Pension or Annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency, in any State.
Sworn
John Bantwell
State of New York } Cattaraugus Co. } ss
I Dan Allen one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that on the 13 th day of Sept. 1832 appeared before me the undersigned a Judge the above named John Bantwell & subscribed & made oath to the above declaration & I further certify that from the bodily information that the said John Bantwell is unable to attend before the Court of Common Pleas at the County Cattaraugus Court house in said County & I further certify that I have been long acquainted with the said John Bantwell that he is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity & a soldier of the Rev- olution in his neighborhood in which opinion I concur sworn & subscribed before Dan Allen a judge in the 13 day of Sept. 1832 of Cattaraugus com. Pleas
We Dineas Spencer & Benjamin Waterman residing in the town of Collins Perryburgh in Cattaraugus County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Bantwell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy years that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
R. Spencer
Benjamin Waterman

and the said Dan Allen doth further declare his opinion after the investigating of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above applicant was a and Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states & I further certify that no minister of the gospel lives in the neighborhood of the said applicant & that the Phineas Spencer & Benjamin Waterman who have signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons and entitled to credit & that they live in the town of Perrysburg adjoining the town of Otto & to their Certificate they made oath according to Law - Dan Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus com, plus
State of New York } Cattaraugus County ss }
I John W Stanton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Dan Allen whose name appears to the above Declaration is a Judge of said Court and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe
The above signature to be genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this 30 day of October A.D. 1832
I John W Stanton Clerk I Abner Leaveworth first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cattaraugus am acquainted with John Burtwell who has subscribed the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be of the age of seventy years and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion Abner Leaveworth

18014921
Mrs Boutwell N.Y.
C.
Mrs. Boutwell Parry West Long P.O. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 John Boutwell of Cattaraugus Co 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.     Volun. 1778 about 4 20 Private Capt. John Boutwell Capt. Ebenezer Dyer Col. Col. Genl. Sullivan From Amherst to Rhode Island Battles: Bunker Hill Hillsborough County New Hampshire Age 70 Traditionary   1779 about 7 Capt. Ebenezer Dyer Major Dyer Portsmouth Age 70   1780 about 7 Ensign Odell Whitecomb New Hampshire   Entered Ship Franklin about 3 Mid. Capt. Dyer Vermont   Entered on board The Grand Fork 3 Sailor Mid. Dyer Haverill New Hampshire   Entered on board The Mohawk about 6 Portsmouth   Entered on Board The Grand Fork about 6 Capt. Pratt Portsmouth  
I am, Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Service on board private armed ships is not provided for by the Act, and as claimants are required by the regulations to produce the best evidence in their power such an amount of alleged service should be sustained by some proof.
23 days only

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
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 (l) 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 the 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.
[a] 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 good.
[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 here a 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.
[t] 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.

July 13, 1935.
Mrs. Emma Boutelle Hawley 2903 Edgehill Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL Cur John Boutwell S. 23545
Dear Madam:
The data given herein regarding John Boutwell are found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 23545, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Boutwell (as he signed his name), the son of Kendall, was born August 8, 1762 in Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, and resided there at the time of the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted about August 1, 1778, served as private in Captain Hezekiah Lovejoy's company, Colonel Moses Nichols' New Hampshire regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island, subsequent to which he became a waiter to Colonel Stephen Peabody, length of service about four months; he enlisted in the spring of 1779, served as private in Captain Hezekiah Lovejoy's company at Portsmouth two months, after which he continued to guard the harbor there, length of service seven months; he enlisted in the spring of 1780, served as private in Captains Ephraim Stone's and Aldrich's companies in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's corps of rangers, length of service seven months. Subsequently, he served four different times on privateer ships, amounting to about eighteen months, shown as follows: in the spring of 1781, on the "Franklin", Captain Turner, and captured a British ship in the English Channel, which was retaken before reaching Salem, Massachusetts; after that, on the "Grand Turk", Captain Simmons, and was in an engagement while on a cruise to St. Lawrence Bay; then on board the "Mohawk", on a voyage to the "West India Islands" and took two prizes; and in the fall of 1782, another cruise on the "Grand Turk", Captain Pratt.
After his service in the war, he moved to South Reading, Massachusetts, and lived about four years, thence to Chester, Windsor County,

from there to Hamburg, Erie County, New York, for about three years, thence to Collins, Erie County, New York, where he remained about eleven years, then moved to Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York, about April 1825.
John Boutwell was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832, at which time he resided in Otto, New York.
In 1832, soldier's brother, Caleb, was a resident of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, then aged about sixty-six years.
There are no further family data in the papers in this pension claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

July 13, 1935.
Mrs. Emma Boutelle Hawley 2903 Edgehill Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
BA-J/ILL
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Andrew Sherwood and John Boutell, both pensioners of New York.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished you herewith from pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

2903 Edgehill Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. June 27, 1935.
Veteran's Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Andrew Sherwood Revolutionary pensioner was living at Dryden, Tompkins County, N. Y. in 1831. Will you please send me a copy of his pension application.
John Boutell Revolutionary pensioner was living at Otto, Cattaraugus County, N. Y. in 1839. Will you send me a copy of his pension application also.
I shall be very grateful for this courtesy.
Very sincerely yours,
(Mrs. Emma Boutelle Hawley)
Emma B. Hawley

Revolution
23545 INVALID.
1805-July 13 - Hist. To Mrs. Emma B. Hamley J.L.L.
File No. 23545-
John Bontwell Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Revs. John Pontwell New York
Suspended act 7 Jan 32
letter 29 Oct 1833
To
A. L. Chaffe
Rev. John Pontwell New York Suspended act 7 Jan 32 letter 29 Oct 1833 To A. L. Chaffe

173
for Longoy
called out for 2mo - actual service not stated
Sept. 79

Master Roll of 1846 Mass. Vols. comprised Officers & Privates. Mustered by order of the Honble Committee of Safety which was detached from several Regiments of Militia to serve for the defense of Portsmouth two months unless sooner discharged. Sept 27 th 1779
Left Longy, Camp? vir
John Boutwell
State of New Hampshire
Sec y of State, Office Feb 16-1841
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original now on file in this office which contains the names of sixty men. John Boutwell being of the number. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State Gerrish Andrews
Sec y of State

Capt. Stones Compy. Whalecatch Reefs
1780 L 10.5.6.
1780. M. A. ... to ... the ...

Pay Check of last Governor's Stamps collected by the State of New- Hampshire for the defence of the Western Frontiers in 1780 and put under the command of Major Benjamin Whitecomb
Venues John Southwick Amount in good money £ 10-5-6-
State of New-Hampshire July 12-1782
To Nicholas Gilman Esq. Treasurer Pursuant to an Act of the General Court of the 16 th of January 1782 Pay by discount out of the tax for the current year to John Southwick or bearer ten pounds five shillings & six pence lawful money being for wages due for defence of western frontier in the year 1780 £ 10-5-6
M. Weare President

State of New-Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
Feb 22 - 1841
I hereby certify the foregoing to be true extracts from the originals now in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State
Garick Stevens Sec'y of State
Ms. A. 9. 2. 13

Capt. Crosby-
- 26 days - Aug 78
Ship

Pay Roll of Capt. Josiah Crosby. Company in Col. Moses Nickols Regiment of Volunteers, which Regiment marched from the State of New Hampshire and joined the Continental Army on Rhode Island August 1778. Note 2 days are made up in service for travel home after the discharge
Names. John Boutell Rank Private Enlistment August 5th 1778. Discharge August 28. 1778 Time in service. 26. Amount of Wages £ 4-6-8
State of New Hampshire Office of Sec y of State Feb y 23-1861
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original now in this office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State
Josiah Stevens Sec y of State

State of New Hampshire } August 11 th 1834 Hillsborough County } I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Odell & Caleb Bartlett Who have made the foregoing affidavits & that they are men of truth & veracity & their statements are entitled to credit - Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the County of Hills- borough and State of New Hampshire, certify that Edmund Parker above named is a Justice of the Peace within and and for said County of Hillsborough and that he was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time the annexed Affidavits purport to have been taken. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribe my name this Eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord, 1834.
A. Wallace clerk

I John Odell of Merrimack in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty nine years, depose and testify, that I am well acquainted with John Boutwell son of Wendell Boutwell of Antrim in said county of Hillsborough. My father lived only about a quarter of a mile from his father, and we were acquainted when boys. - In the year 1778 there was a call for soldiers to go to Rhode Island under Gen. Sullivan. John Boutwell, myself, and a number of others went from Antrim, as volunteers under Captain Hezekiah Lovjoy. We marched to Rhode Island and served about one month.
Afterwards he went to Portsmouth in this State, but how long he served I am unable to state. - Afterwards, I think in the year 1780, said John Boutwell enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Stone, and marched to the Coos country, and served some months, I think five or six. I went with them on their march, about forty miles, and then returned with the horses, and I know that said Boutwell was one of the soldiers. He came home, leaving my brother, who was Ensign of the company, at Concord, and I went immediately and brought my brother home. The last time I

5 saw said John Boutwell he lived in the State of Vermont, in the town of Chester, and I have frequently since heard that he lived in the State of New York. John Odell I further state that my said brother is dead. John Odell
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. Town of Antrim June 24 th 1831 -
Then the above named John Odell appeared and signed the above affidavit, and made oath in due form of law that the same was true.
Before me Gerrish Parker, Justice of the Peace. —
I Caleb Boutwell of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged Sixty six years in November next, being sworn, testify and say, that I am a son of Hiram Boutwell formerly of said Antrim deceased, and brother of John Boutwell formerly of said Antrim. John was about four years older than myself, and I well remember that during the Revolutionary War he served as a soldier. The impression made upon me by a brother going into the army has always remained, and I cannot be mistaken. I remember that he once went to Portsmouth as a soldier, as it was then said, but how long he continued in the service I cannot say. — I also well remember that afterwards my said brother John enlisted as

a soldier to go the northward, or to the Coos country as it was then called. Ebeneser Odell, a brother of John Odell, was (brigadier)  commandant of the company. I was well acquainted with both Ebeneser and John Odell. How long he was gone I cannot say with exactness, but I remember that he went away in the Spring, I should think in May, and came home in the fall; nor can I state the year, but I think it was towards the last of the war, and I think I was then about fourteen years of age.
Caleb Boutwell
State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally came the above named Caleb Boutwell and signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace, clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Edmund Parker is a Justice of the Peace for said County as above, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this sixth day of October in the year of our Lord, 1832.
A. Wallace Clerk

Rev. H. H. 3 18th Nov. 1840 for J. Boutwell of New York. May 17.
Edward Dorr Dorris of Seneca Jal. N. taking the
Three

West Lodi by Persia P. A. April 27, 1834
Dr Sir
I Recd yours of the 6th March 1834 in which you state the papers of John Boutwell have again been examined and you find that the rolls of Coll Nichols regiment show that he served but twenty three days. I have now on examination with him learnt that there was an error as to the four months time in this way he says he served under Lovejoy in Nichols Regiment about a month and left the company to serve as waiter for Col Peabody and did serve as such for 3 months and he did then suppose his time was going on the same as though he served under Lovejoy which if you find on the roll of Peabody's Regt will be confirmed if not you will pay no attention to it for if he would be entitled to pay for such service he has no proof other than he has introduced as to the six months service in Capt Aldrich's Company he says he enlisted under ensign add is & that Capt Stone had command of the company but was not present much of the time and the company was attached to Capt Aldrich's company as a matter of convenience as he supposed and he has lately Recd an affidavit as proof of his service under Stone & Lovejoy and wishes you to examine it and wishes the allowance for what you deem satisfactorily proven and let this be an end of it he claims nothing for service as privateer and it was only put

to the declaration to satisfy his mind in order that you might know what he had done as he thought it might be some evidence to you that he served in the Revolutionary war but this was childish and nothing more than we must expect from such aged men
The affadavit I have with enclosed very much worn he thinks it would be impossible for him to get another in lieu of this as it has been almost 2 years since he undertook to get this and has but just received it
He says he wants no more to do with it as it perplexes his mind very much but is anxious that he should be allowed a pension if small will help him in his declining years If not allowed he wishes his papers returned if consistent Yours Respectfully
James I Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions
A L Schapp
for John Bowditch

adm
Nov Sept 3 d John Boxtwell adlevi-
Jan 18 August 20 th 1843
Mrs. Boxtwell
Edward Essex Essex War Department S. H. Fleming

Edward Ely I desire my papers hereafter to be assigned to your Post Office Erie County New York
As it will convene me much better than to have them sent to Loui- as before (it being 10 miles) from my residence
Yours very respectfully &c
Yours Aug 24th 1834
John Boutwell

Hon R. P. Marvin
Sir we the undersigned being well acquainted with John Bartwell a present pensioner under the Law of 7th June 1832 knowing his situation as to property to be such that his present pension is not sufficient to support and believing him to have served in the revolution a sufficient length of time to entitle him to draw full pay but through some mistake in the second Certificate Made out under the directions of A. L. Chaffee he is precluded from drawing as much as he has proved we learn by the old Man that his first certificate was correct and included services rendered on board privateers and did not state whether such service was done on board vessels belonging to private individuals or were public property the department sent back for information as to the above and a New Certificate was made out which was unnecessary and so stated by the old Man at the time but was overruled by others and some discrepancy occurred in it either through the neglect of the drawer or some other way - he was induced to put in all his services supposing it would do no injury he being ignorant of what the department did want if you would examine the papers on file and ascertain what the reason is if any why he is not entitled to full pay you would confer a favor on a poor old man Otto Sept 26 1839.
S. H. Johnson Joseph Allen

John Boutwell
Commission of Pensions
Present
Hon. R. P. Manning AR

Hall of Rep
Dec. 7, 1889
Sir
Will you have the good ness to Examine the case of Mr. John Bontwell referred to in the enclosed letter and ascertain the mistake (if any) and where the proper correction
Respectfully &c R. P. Mawin
Comm. of Pensions

March 20
L173.
Apr. 2. 1841.
Pension office free
Nov.
Hon Secretary of War United States
Washington

Otto Cattaraugus Co N.Y. March 18 1841
Hon Sir
Inclosed I send you three certificates of service of John Boutwell if the same shall be in addition to what has been proved heretofore and on which he has drawn a pension heretofore and the department shall be of opinion that he is entitled to an increase of Pension they will you will notify him or me of the same and give such directions for the return of of Papers if the same shall be necessary as the rules of the department shall require An early attention to the same is humbly requested.
Yours Very obedient & humble Servant
S. H. John
P.S. I send also the affidavit of John Boutwell
S. H. John

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 7. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," John Boutwell a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of twenty two Dollars and fifty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th. June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully yours,
Merion K. Parise Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

State of New York } ss Cattaraugus County }
John Boutwell being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the identical person mentioned in an Extract or Copy from the records of the State of New Hamp- shire and certified by the Secretary of said State of New Hamp- shire under date of February 16 th 1841 and that he this deponent did actually perform said service as mentioned in said certificate the full time of two months - And further that this deponent is the identical person named in a certain other certificate made by the said Secretary of the State of New Hampshire under date of February 22 1841
And also that this deponent is the identical person named in a certain other certificate of the said Secretary made by the said Secretary under date of February 23 d 1841 and that this deponent now resides in the town of Otto in the State of New York and has resided there for the space of fourteen years last past and that previous thereto he this deponent resided in the town of Collins in the County of Erie and State of New York and that he this deponent's native residence was in the town of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire and further this deponent saith not at this time
John Boutwell
State of New York } ss Cattaraugus County }
On this 11 th day of March 1841 the above named John Boutwell came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Cattaraugus he being to me personally known made oath in due form of law that the above affi- davit is just and true
Sellak H John
Justice of the Peace

One Bontwill Vg No 14921
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privateer & waiter's service dis allowed, and allowed for the ser- vice provided aboard
6 mo. 23. days per
  20  23    2,553  11       22,553,  2,553  
A. L. Chaff

State of New York Cattaraugus County
Be it remembered that on the 28th day of May 1833 personally came before me Dan Allen one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York Johann Boutwell a Resident of the Town of Otto in said County who being duly sworn before me the said Judge aforesaid made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1837. That he was born in the town of Amherst County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire the 8th day of August 1752. That he resided in said town from the time of his birth until 1778. That he entered the service of the United States in the month of August 1778 about the first of said month volunteered under Capt. Ezekiel Denny at Amherst aforesaid. This Company was attached to Col. Mowbray's Regiment not certain as to Col. Mowbray given name. Marched from Amherst to Rhode Island and joined General Sullivan and was with him on his being attacked by the British and retreated with him to a place called Brattle Hill at which place he was discharged re-discharged from Capt. Denny's Company. Lived with him a month and on getting his discharge from Capt. Denny at the same time entered the service as writer for Col. Stephen Peabody and served with him in that capacity until winter. Dressed in this tour with Denny and Peabody for four months after joining Col. Peabody they retreated still further and left the Island had an engagement while under him the British attacked again and gave him a wound . That early in the spring of 1779 he enlisted under Capt. Ezekiel Denny to go to Portsmouth State of New Hampshire to guard the Harbor in this service he was out 2 months at the end of which time he was discharged from Denny's Company. In memory of the other officers he does not recollect. He then volunteered to stay still longer to guard said Harbor as he had still his time out that he first volunteered for the officers under which he volunteered or Capt. Denny was an odd name but he cannot recollect it his memory being very poor and treacherous. That he staid to guard said Harbor until winter nothing of note occurred during their two last mentioned tours as was in the service at this time seven months as near as he can recollect. That in the spring of 1780 he enlisted under Ensign Ebenezer Dill in a company of rangers under the command of a Capt. Stone for six months that he marched from Amherst with and under Ensign Dill to the Cañon on the Connecticut River in August at which place he

at which place Ensign Odell joined a company commanded by a Captain Aldrich a continental Captain for the reason that Captain Stone did not arrive in season to take command this was a company of rangers under command of Major Benjamin. at Calais The company was divided then under Ensign Odell about 50 in all of which he was one was sent to Peabody between from Calais or St. Stephen about twenty one miles to guard a picket post at Peabody aforesaid said post called Baileys post under command of Lieut. Odell that he staid at said post during the season until his term of service of 14 months had expired and as no forces came to relieve them and being afraid the Indians would make an attack he volunteered to stay one month longer at the request of Ensign Odell and that he did serve at this time 14 months
That he was also out at four different times providing to the amount of 12 months but as they were not paid or authorized by government he does not claim for his service while private then went to Reading Massachusetts lived about four years from there to Chester Windsor County Vermont can't recollect how long he lived there from there to the town of Hamburg Erie County NYork lived three years from there to Collins Erie Co. NYork about 11 years from there to the town of Otto adjoining in the County of Del. Catteraugus State of New York where he now lives and has lived 8 years last April That he is or will be 71 years old if he lives until the 8th of August next that he has no record of his age in his possession there may be one in New Hampshire but does not know that he ever received a written discharge as he recollects and if so it is lost or destroyed That there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of his neighborhood or within six or seven miles and none with which he is acquainted that from bodily infirmity his acquaintance is very limited The further States that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services
That he has been acquainted with a Mr Benjamin Waterman while he lived in the town of Collins and Otto where he now lives for about 17 years and a Mr Amos L. Chapp for about 11 years who lives both live in the neighborhood who can testify as to their belief that he is of the age he represents and and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood

To have been a revolutionary Soldier
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state Sworn and subscribed at Perrysburgh in the County of State aforesaid before me this 25th day of May A.D. 1833
Don Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus } Common pleas }
Cattaraugus County ss John Bouswell
We Benjamin Waterman and Amasa L Chaffee residing in the Town of Perrysburgh Cattaraugus County hereby certify That we are well acquainted with John Bouswell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be of the age of seventy years That you have been acquainted with him as long as he states That he is respected and beloved in his neighborhood where he resides and where he last resided in Collins Erie County to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed before me } Don Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus County Com } mon pleas this 25th day of May 1833
Benj: Waterman Amasa L Chaffee
State of New York } I Don Allen one of the Judges Cattaraugus County ss } of the court of common pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that on the 25th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned Judge as aforesaid John Bouswell and subscribed and made oath to the above declaration I further certify and declare my opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department That John Bouswell was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he above has states and I the said Don Allen further certify that I am well acquainted with the said applicant and from my knowledge of the bodily infirmities of said applicant and great age which I believe to be 70 years he cannot attend the court of common pleas of said said County Don Allen a judge

And I the said Dan Allen further certify That Benjamin Waterman and Amasa L. Chapin are both Residents of the Town of Ferrysburgh and that I am well acquainted with said Waterman & Chapin who made the foregoing affidavits and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Bontwell and have been for the last fifteen years and that I fully concur in the affidavits of said Waterman and Chapin.
Dan Allen a judge
State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss. I John W. Staunton, clerk of the said county do certify that Dan Allen esq. before whom the within Declaration and affidavit were sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the courts of Common Pleas in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, Declaration and the foregoing certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this 19th. day of June A.D. 1833.
John W. Staunton. clerk