Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,934, Solomon Chittenden, Conn.

Chittenden Solomon Susannah
NUMBER
R. 1934
8 + 11 ✓

See letter to J. R. Hopkins Jan. 22. 1835
See cir. In. Mar. 14 th 1835
Transf d to N. York R. fr. 4 th Mar. 1834 - March 28 th 1835
Let to J. Lawrence, May 15. 1835.
(Faint handwritten text) A. Carpenter Esq. etc. July 1820. Rutland
Vermont Roll.
x N. York R. 264
Solomon Chittenden, Swift's reg. P. Private Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to R. Temple, Esq. Rutland, Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Service allowed
4 months 19/30. $37.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
(Faint handwritten text) 1 year continued Annual Payment Co.

Solomon Otis Denslow
18 April
Correct by a Discharge from Genl. Knapp
Hon. John E. Cabot Sunday of the War Department Washington City

State of Vermont } I Solomon Chittenden of Orwelle Rutland County p. } in the County of Rutland aforesaid depose & say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, that I am fifty six years of age, That I served in the war of the revolution as follows, I enlisted & served in the Army of the United States at Fort Ticonderoga under three separate enlistments for one year each, according to my best recollection I was enlisted first by Lieut. Col. of Paymaster, I think in Jan y . 1776. and after I had served the three years at Fort Ticonderoga I again enlisted into the Continental Army on the 10 th day of Feb y . 1778. according to my best rec- ollection & served in Capt. Caleb Baldwin's Company Col. Heman Swift's Regt. Genl. Huntington's Brigade in the Connecticut line of Troops, that I served from the time of my 2 d enlistment for three years, until the 31 st day of Dec r . 1783 on which day I was regularly discharged from the Army by Major Genl. Knox at Westpoint, which discharge I have in possession, & which is to be transmitted herewith.
and I further testify that I have a wife & three small children, that from my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of relief from my Country for support. and request that my name may be entered on the pension roll of the United States & my pension certificate forwarded to me at Orwelle aforesaid.
Sol on Chittenden
Sworn and Subscribed Before me at Benson in the County of Rutland this 16 th Day of April A D 1819
Henry Smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court
and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Solomon Chittenden live in the same town with the said Solomon and fully believe that he belonged to the Army as stated in the above Deposition on and further that he is poor and needy has but a very small share of property and besides he stands in need of relief from his Country In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the County Court Seal to be affixed the date above
Henry Smith Chief Judge of Rutland County Court
By order of Judge Smith R. Prindle Clerk

I Jonah Center of Benson in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont, of lawful age testify & say that I am acquainted with Solomon Chittenden of Orwells in said County, that the said Solomon Chittenden enlisted into the Continental Army according to my best recollection in the winter of 1781. that S d Solomon belonged to Capt. Caleb Baldwin's company Col. Swift's Regt. Genl. Huntington's Brigade, that I belonged to the same company, & that said Chittenden & myself served in said company until we were discharged, S d Chittenden was discharged a short time subsequent to my discharge. viz. Dec r 1783. and further this deponent saith not
State of Vermont Rutland County ss. April 18. 1818. Then the above affidavit was subscribed & sworn to before me.
Jonah Center
Henry Smith Clerk Judge of Rutland County Court

Solomon G. Hittenden
1264.
(Capt. 1810)
Goshute

STATE OF VERMONT, } Rutland County, ss. }
On this 28 th day of June 1820
personally appeared before the County court for said county of Rutland in open court, (said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Solomon Chittenden aged 58 years, resident in Dorset in said county of Rutland who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: he enlisted in 1779 for 6 months. again enlisted in 1781 in Capt. Baldwin Co. Col. Swifts Regt. of Cont. for 3 years & served during the term of his enlistment
that he made his original declaration on the 16 th day of April 1818
has received a Pension Certificate, No. 1264 And I do solemnly swear, 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 day 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. 1 Silver 2 old Casks, 7 old Chairs 2 desk bottles, 8 Shillers 1 Spider 1 feet iron. 1 old brass kettle. 1 iron chest. 1/2 doz Earthen flutes 9 Cops & Saucers. 1 set old knives & forks. 1 old box. There are 10 old single mugs 1/2 of a new 6 qt. old. There are also about 885. Given to other persons about $155. I am weak & infirm of body & have been unable to do much labour for 8 or 10 years my occupation is that of a farmer I have a wife named Sarah annual aged 54 years who has enjoyed good health for 7 years past in all to attend but little to the business of my family I have two Children living with me. I have Anna aged 21. in good health. Archibald aged 19 years. in good health. I have in addition to the above 1 old loom. 1 small woodhouse 2 tin pails 1 old wood door frame shovel & tongs. 1/2 hundred irons & several tools
Solomon Chittenden
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of June 1820
R. Phipson CLERK.
STATE OF VERMONT, } Rutland County, ss. }
I Robert Phipson clerk of the County court for the county of Rutland do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred thirty one dollars. & P. Chittenden now $150.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Rutland this 18 th day of July 1820
R. Phipson

Susannah Chittenden Application for Bounty Land & Widow's Pension

STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of St Lawrence
ss.
On this 12 th day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Susannah Chittenden aged Eight Eight years, a resident of Hopkinton, St Lawrence Co. in the State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Solomon Chittenden deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Baldwin, a company of other captains in the Revolutionary Army, in Regiments of State Troops, & Continentals commanded by Col. Swift, and Col. Webb in the War with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, of the Revolution, part of the time in the Artillery, and part of the time in Infantry. That her said husband (enlisted in the first part of said War at or near Fort Tumbel Connecticut) on or about the (she cannot state the time) day of (she cannot state the month) A. D. 1777 for the term of two years, & again for three years and continued in actual Service in said War, for the term of about five years and was honorably discharged at, or near West Point on or about the close of the revolutionary war in the year A. D. 1783. She further states that she was married to the said Solomon Chittenden in Orville, Addison Co., Vermont on the (she cannot state the day) day of June A. D. 1784 by one Thomas Rowley a justice of the peace and that her name before her said marriage was Susannah Sanford that her said husband died at Hopkinton in the county aforesaid on the Ninth day of February A. D. 1855, and that she is now a Widow; that the record of her marriage was made in his family bible not long after their marriage, by her said husband, and he omitted to write the day of the month, which she has forgotten.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved March 3rd, 1855.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 12 day of May 1855 Franklin Kellogg Justice of the Peace
Susannah X Chittenden mark
Marion R Chittenden Wit
We, Lydia Briggs and Asahel N. Chittenden residents of Hopkinton St Lawrence Co in the State of New York upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susannah Chittenden in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are not interested in this Claim; and that we both were present at the funeral of her deceased husband Solomon Chittenden, who was a revolutionary pensioner, and that he died on the Ninth day of February last past (1855) Lydia Briggs A. N. Chittenden
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed, before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim; also, that the claimant is unable to write her signature, from old age and infirmity. Franklin Kellogg Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
St Lawrence County.
ss.
I, George S. Winslow Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that the person subscribing the the foregoing deposition and before whom the same was taken, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace of said County, and duly authorised to take affidavits and proofs of conveyances, to be recorded in this State, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Franklin Kellogg and verily believe that the foregoing subscribed to said Certificate, is his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the County Court of said County to be hereunto affixed, this fourteenth day of May 1855
George S. Winslow Clerk

In the Matter of
Chauncy Chittenden administrator re
of Susannah Chittenden
widow of
Solomon Chittenden a Revolutionary Pensioner now deceased
E. N. Gray
Potsdam St Lawrence Co NY

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss
On this 8 th day of April personally appeared before the St Lawrence County Court of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York Chauncy Chittenden a resident of the Town of Hopkinton in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York aged 64 years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for the children of Susannah Chittenden living at the time of her death the benefits of the provision made by acts of Congress of 29 th July 1848 & the 3 rd of February 1853 -
That he is a child & also administrator of Susannah Chittenden deceased the identical person who was a widow of the identical Solomon Chittenden deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Baldwin first under Col Webb at Fort Tumbull New London for two years in the State of Connecticut & served at said place for two years & then went to New Jersey with the Army & afterwards returned to Fort Tumbull aforesaid and served out his time - That he resided at Killington Connecticut when he enlisted which was in the year 1776 and served in all three years and was discharged the last day of December AD 1783 that he also is the identical Solomon Chittenden who was a pensioner in the State of New York at the Albany Agency and is now

dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued and which has been returned to the Pension department for the purpose of obtaining his arrears of Pension due at the time of his death - that the deceased pensioner resided in the Town of Hopkinton in the State of New York for the space of thirty years & upwards & previous thereto he resided in Orwell, Vermont
He further states that the said Solomon Chittenden & the said Susannah Chittenden were married on the month of June in the year 1785 and prior to the first of January AD 1800 as will appear by Evidence now on file at the department of Pensions to which reference is hereby made & also to the proof of his service & death which are also on file at the said Pension office - That the said Solomon Chittenden died at the Town of Hopkinton in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York on the Ninth day of February AD 1835 and the said Susannah Chittenden died at the Town of Lawrence on the second day of August AD 1835 that the said Susannah Chittenden did not again marry after the death of the said Solomon Chittenden but remained his widow up to the time of her said death & that she never received any pension under the aforesaid acts or any other act of Congress.
Henry Chittenden Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before the St Lawrence County Court Before me B G Baldwins Clerk

State of New York St Lawrence County ss
I Benjamin H Baldwin say County Clerk of St Lawrence County & Clerk of the St Lawrence County Court of St Lawrence County hereby certify that at a special term of said court held at the Court House in Canton in the County of St Lawrence on the 8 day of April ad 1838 Hon William C. Brown presiding satisfactory evidence was given to said court by the testimony of Asahel H. Chittenden & Chauncy Chittenden.
Witnesses duly sworn & examined before said court that Solomon Chittenden was a prisoner of the United States at the Albany agency in the State of New York at the rate of twenty six dollars per year and died at Hopkinton in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York on the tenth day of February in the year one thou- -and eight hundred fifty five  six and that he left a widow living whose name was Susannah Chittenden. — That the said Susannah Chittenden did not again marry but lived the widow of the said Solomon Chittenden up to the time of her death — that the said Susannah Chittenden died at the Town of Lawrence in said County of St Lawrence on the twenty second day of August ad 1855 and further that she was married to the said Solomon Chittenden before subsequent to the first of January ad 1800 — & that they left only six children by the said marriage at the time of their & each of their said

death and that the names & residences of such children are as follows viz't
Olive Branch residing at the Town of Stockholm in the County of St Lawrence
Joseph H. Chittenden residing at the Town of
Orwell Hopkinton in the Addison in the State of Vermont
Ann White residing at the Town of Laurens in said County of St Lawrence
Chauncy Chittenden residing at the Town of Hopkinton in said County of St Lawrence
Clark S. Chittenden residing in Hopkinton aforesaid & Asahel H. Chittenden residing in the Town of Potsdam in said County of St Lawrence, and that the said Chauncy Chittenden is duly appointed the sole Administrator of the Estate of the said Susannah Chittenden and is entitled to act as such Administrator
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 8 th day of April 1838
("Hopkinton in the - St Lawrence," erased & "Orwell - Addison in the State of Vermont" - interlined before signing) Also the words "five" & "before" interlined before signing)
Benjamin G. Baldwin Clerk

The People of the State of New York,
To
Chauncy Whittenden
SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS,
Susannah Whittenden
as is alleged, died intestate, having whilst living, and at the time of her death, goods, chattels or credits within this state; by means whereof the ordering and granting administration of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits; and also the auditing, allowing and finally discharging the account thereof, doth appertain to us; and we being desirous that the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased may be well and faithfully administered, applied and disposed of, do grant unto you the said
Chauncy Whittenden
full power by these presents to administer, and faithfully to dispose of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits; to ask, demand, recover and receive the debts which unto the said deceased, whilst living, and at the time of his death, did belong; and to pay the debts which the said deceased did owe, so far as such goods, chattels and credits will thereto extend and the law require: Hereby requiring you to make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to your possession or knowledge. Also to make or cause to be made, duplicates of such inventory, and cause the same to be signed by the appraisers, and the same so made and signed that you make return thereof to the Surrogate of the County of Schenectady within three months from the date hereof; and further, to render a just and true account of your administration when thereunto required. And we do by these Presents depite, constitute and appoint you administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits which were of the said deceased.
In Testimony Whereof, We have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.—WITNESS James Richardson Esquire, Surrogate of the said County, at Waddington in said County, the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight
James Richardson Surrogate

LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION
TO Chauncy Chittenden
In the matter of the personal Estate of Susannah Chittenden Deceased.
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY.
Recorded in the St. Lawrence County Surrogate's Record, this 3 d day of April 1858. James Redington Surrogate.
In the matter of Chauncy Chittenden for areas of Pension of Susannah Chittenden deceased -
E. A. Crary Potsdam N.Y.

State of New York St Lawrence County ss
On this 10 day of April ad 1838 personally before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Joseph A Brush aged forty one years and Elijah H. Risden, large only five years both residents of the Town of Hopkinton in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York both of whom are to me well known & whom I certify to be credible witnesses who being duly sworn depose and say that they were well acquainted with Solomon Chittenden & Susannah Chittenden both late of the said Town of Hopkinton and that they have been so acquainted with them for thirty years & upward - and resided in the same neighborhood with them during that time & up to the time of their decease - That during the whole of said time the said Solomon Chittenden & Susannah Chittenden lived & cohabited together as man & wife and raised a large family of children & were reported to be married - and the fact that they were so married was never questioned among their friends & neighbors nor the fact that said children were legitimate That the names of their said children are as follows Olive Crouch Joseph H. Chittenden, Anna White, Chauncy Chittenden Clark J Chittenden & Asahel H. Chittenden

STATE OF NEW YORK, St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office, } ss:
I, BENJAMIN G. BALDWIN, Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Courts of Record directed by law to be held therein, do hereby CERTIFY that Abraham K. Parker before whom the annexed affidavit s were made, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit s genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this 30 th day of June 185 8
B G Baldwin CLERK.

That the said Solomon Chittenden died at the Town of Hopkinton in said County & State of New York on the ninth day of February AD 1835 and that the said Susannah Chittenden died at the Town of Lawrence in said County and State on the Twenty Second  Twelfth day of August AD 1835 —
That they were each of them present at the funeral & interment of the said Solomon Chittenden and that the said Deponent Joseph A. Brush was present at the funeral & interment of the said Susannah Chittenden —
That the said Solomon Chittenden is the identical Solomon Chittenden who was a Pensioner of the United States in & for the State of New York and was such Pensioner at the time of his death
Deponents further state that they are disinterested and reside as above stated.
Joseph A. Brush Elijah H. Risdon
sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 day of April AD 1838 after the said affidavits as above written were read to & duly explained to them so that they understood the same —
& I hereby certify that I am wholly interested disinterested and that the words "aged forty five years" with them & "Twenty Second" were entered before signing
Abraham K. Parker
Justice of the Peace

In matter of Susannah Chittenden Applicant for Bounty Land & Widows Pension
Proof of Marriage etc.
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

State of Vermont } Addison County ss }
Be it known that on the 23 day of April A D 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Lot Sanford of Sturtevant in the County of Addison aforesaid aged 81 years eighty one years and made oath in due form of law that he was present at the marriage of his Sister Susannah Sanford to Solomon Chittenden that said marriage took place at Onuwell in said County of Addison in the Spring of the year of 1784 or 1785 but is unable to satisfy himself perfectly which of those years that said marriage was solemnized by Thomas Nowby Esquire a Magistrate in and for the County of Addison and further that he has been well acquainted with the said Solomon Chittenden his Brother in law, from the time of said marriage, till his death during the past winter at Hopkinton in the state of Connecticut, and with his surviving widow the Sister of the Deponent to the present time Lot Sanford
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and above mentioned, and I certify that the above named deponent is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness Joseph Smith 2 d Justice of the Peace

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September 22, 1934
George Richards President of District of Columbia Sons of the Revolution, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 1934 it appears that Solomon Chittenden while a resident of Killingworth, Connecticut enlisted in January 1776 and served three years as a private at Fort Trumbull in the Connecticut Troops, his officers not stated.
He enlisted in 1779 and served six months as a private under Colonel Webb in the Connecticut Troops.
He enlisted February 10, 1781, served as a private in Captain Caleb Baldwin's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged December 31, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818 while living in Orwell, Vermont aged fifty-six years. He died February 9, 1855 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
Soldier married in June 1784 or 1785 in Orwell,

Vermont, Susannah Sanford or Sandford; she died August 2, or 22, 1855 in Lawrence, Saint Lawrence County, New York aged eighty-eight years, leaving the following children: Olive Cranch or Crouch; Joseph H.; Chauncey born in 1794; Ann or Anna White born in 1799; Clark S. born in 1803 and Asahel H. born in 1811.
Respectfully,
Miss Wilson said leave out the Counties Acting Commissioner. & Rutland & Addison = in wh. Orwell is located -

Dec 25 96 Hisly - to Mrs. E. M. Kent Westfield N.Y. P.S. 1896
1907 Dec. 20 Heist to Mrs. A. A. Knight N.Y.
1919 Sept. 4. Heist. to Bertha Beal N.Y.
1934 - Sept. 22 - Heist. to Geo. Richards, N.Y.
1934
P. O.
Susannah Chittenden
Service: widow of Solomon
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Claim filed too late to Re-enlisted: have cause of rejection on printed list of 1852.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. Contract

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Solomon Shittenden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1774 3 yrs Pvt. officer not stated, served at Fort Trumbull Webb Conn.   1779 6 mos   Feb 10 1781 to Dec 31 1783 Col. Baltrus Colonel Swift  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Tillingworth, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 16, 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Orwell, Rutland Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 56 yrs. He died at Hopkinton, N.H. on Feb. 24, 1835.
Remarks: He was in June 1820 at Orwell, Vt. (then 88 yrs old) at Lawrence, N.Y. Aug. 2, 1835, leaving the following children; Olive Branch or Branch, Joseph H. Amos or Anna White b. 1799. Chauncy b. 1790. Deborah b. 1803. Abigail H. b. 1811.
Respectfully,
For 2 nd service, see connected file p. 165 p. 3 p. 326
No record to mention rejection of her claim as it was legal only she died before completing it. Commissioner.  Relationship no date.

Sons of the Revolution
in the District of Columbia
City of Washington September 5, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
It is requested that the complete pension record and reference, if there be any, be supplied to me in the case of Solomon Chittenden, said to have been born September 14, 1761, at Killingsworth, Conn., and died February 9, 1855, at Hopkinton, New York.
The "Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War," as authorized by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut and printed in 1899, contains the following information apparently applicable to this case, viz:
Page 165. Levies enl. in 2d Regt., Conn. Line, formation 1777-1781, in 1779-80 for short terms. Pvt. Enlisted July 28, 1779; discharged January 15, 1780.
Page 326. 2d Regt. Conn. Line, formation 1781-1783. Private. Enlisted February 10, 1781; paid to December 31, 1781. Captain Caleb Baldwin's Company (from Killingsworth).
Page 363. Size Roll, Captain Proctor's Company, February 1, 1783, shows Private, res. Killingsworth, Enl. February 10, 1781, 3 years.
Page 369. Final Formation Conn. Line. June to December, 1783. Colonel Swift's Regiment. Private. Enlisted February 10; time expired February, 1784.
It is understood that he drew a pension at the rate of $8.00 per month.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, believe me to be,
Faithfully yours,
GEORGE RICHARDS President.

Rev War Maryville, Mo., August 25 th 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give what data you have in regard to family, military records etc. of Solomon Chittenden, born September 14 - 1744, Killingworth, Conn., died February 9 - 1855. I know he

was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War and as he is my great great grandfather I want all the record you can furnish of his service. I also know he drew a pension for a number of years. Have you the names of his children?
Thanking you for the trouble, I am
Yours very truly - (Mrs.) Bertha Beal, 403 East 4 th Street, Maryville

Volcanic Co., Missouri.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I was advised to consult you for additional information concerning.
Solomon Crittenden who was a pensioner of the
Rev. War until 1855.
The war record states that he deserted April 26: 1783.
I think it must be a mistake as he was a Pensioner. If you-

Can give me any information it will be greatly received.
Truly Yours
Edna Chittenden Kent.
Mrs E.M. Kent - Westfield New York
Nov 21 - 1896

R. 1934.
Wauconda, Iowa. Dec. 5, 1907.
Dear Sir,
W 1934
Will you please send me a copy of the pension certificate of Solomon Chittenden, my great grandfather, who was a Revolutionary soldier from Vermont. He died in Hopkinton St. Lawrence Co. N. Y. in 1853. I am asking for this certificate as I wish to join the D.A.R. Chapter here.
Respectfully,
Mrs A. A. Knight.

July 27
Dear Sir,
Yours sincerely, [Signature]

Pat. Off. July 27 th 1858.
Wm Lloyd
I have of course rejected the claim of the heirs of Abraham Chittenden, to the pension alleged due her at her decease under the Act of Feb. 3 rd 1853.
Mr. Chittenden, was never pensioned. In no case can anything be allowed under existing pension laws to the heirs of a deceased Revolutionary widow of a revolutionary soldier, who was never pensioned.
Messrs. Edw. V. Crary. Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.

1892
May 19/92
33

Pension Office
May 19 1855
Sir
The application of Susannah Chittenden, widow of Solomon of N T has been examined and filed under the Act of Feb'y 2 1848,
The original family Record must be sent to this office for inspection as the date of her marriage must be established by public Record.
She should be identified as the widow of the pensioner by the testimony of disinterested witnesses,
John Leslie Russell Esq Canton New York

No. 154, Susannah Hittenden widow of Solomon New York
Mrs Leslie Russell May 19/1853 " " ("Barnes, Sam.") " E. N. Cram, July 29/58
1934
Nov 2 1848

Canton, St Lawrence Co. N.Y.
May 14 th 1855
Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Dear Sir:
Enclosed I send, as agent, the papers of Susannah Chittenden, widow of Solomon Chittenden, for Bounty Land, & also, Widows Pension.
Her husband died, last February, in his 95 th year, believed to be the last surviving Continental soldier, in all Northern New York.
The applications, for Bounty Land, & Widows Pension, are made & forwarded together, for convenience of same proofs for both Claims. If irregular, may I not ask the Com t . of Pensions to make a special order for decision of both Claims, at once?
If there is any doubt of facts presumed to be proved by the papers, & records of the Department - any further & satisfactory proofs will be furnished. For certainty, against any imposition, in this case, I beg to refer

to Hon. Ransom A. Gillet, former member of Congress from this District, — now a resident of Wash. City, with whom I have had no communication, for a long time, for satisfactory information.
In many applications, through myself as agent for claimants for revolutionary pensions & Bounty lands — see files of 1832 & 1833 &c. , — I have never before asked the Department to make a special case — and can shew by records of the Department that I have abandoned, every case , which appeared to be unfounded on examination.
I would not mention these matters, for your attention, for any personal, or pecuniary, consideration. The family of the applicant, children & grandchildren, are numerous & influential in our County. They are Whig opponents politically, with the usual strong prejudice against Democratic Administrations. Now, nothing but strict justice is asked — & that according to law — but it is urged, that it may be speedy as possible.
Very Resp y Your O b t Servant Geo. Leslie Russell

State of Vermont } Addison County } I John W. Starnes Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont hereby certify that Joseph Smith whose signature is subscribed to the certificate annexed to the affidavit to which this attached was at the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace within and for said Addison County fully qualified and qualified, and that I truly believe said signature to be genuine, and I further certify that J. C. Ball whose signature is subscribed to the certificate annexed to the within certificate of Roswell Patten was at the date of said certificate a Notary Public within and for said Addison, duly commissioned and qualified, and by law authorized to administer oaths, and that by the laws of this State a Notarial Seal is unnecessary to render valid official acts of Notaries Public and that I truly believe said signature herein named to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Middlebury in said County this 25 th day of April 1855 John W. Starnes Clerk of Addison County Court

I Rowell Bellows, Town Clerk of the town of Orwell in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, hereby certify that I have examined the records of Marriages in my Office and cannot find therein any Record of the Marriage of Solomon Gluttendon to Susannah Sanford. I further certify that there are no records of Marriages to be found in the town records of this town, prior to the year 1802. Rowell Bellows Town Clerk
State of Vermont Addison County ss. } Orwell April 21 st 1855. Then personally appeared the above named Rowell Bellows, and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me,
J. H. Bell Notary Public

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: On this 12 th day of May 1855 personally appeared before me Franklin Kelly, a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, resident of the Town of Hopkinton in said County, Susannah Chittenden, of same place, in the county and State aforesaid, aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed the 2 nd of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, and of the subsequent acts of Congress relating thereto.
That she is the widow of Solomon Chittenden, late of the Town of Hopkinton aforesaid, who died in said Town, on the Ninth day of February last past (1855), who was a private in the Connecticut State Troops and also in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army; that he enlisted in the forepart of the revolution in a corps or regiment of Troops under Col. Webb and served, mostly at Fort Ticonderoga, for two years; that he afterwards enlisted for three years, and served under a Captain Baldwin, and Colonel Swift, and at the close of the revolutionary war was serving in the Continental line, and was honorably discharged —
That her said husband was a pensioner at his death under the act of March 18 th 1818, and received a pension at the rate of Eight dollars per month, and that the declarant has received the balance of her said husband's pension, from the 4 th day of September 1854 to the day of his death, 9 th of February 1855 —

She refers to the record evidence in the Pension office for particulars of her said husband's discharge and saying She further declares that she is still a widow —
Sworn to and subscribed this } 12 day of May 1855 } Franklin T. Hays J. Peace
Susannah her X Whittenden mark
A. H. Whittenden Witness
I the before named justice of the peace do certify that I am well acquainted with the before named Susannah Whit- tenden; that she is a credible person, whose statement is intitled to full credit, and that she makes her mark instead of writing her name, for the reason of being un- able to write by reason of old age and infirmity; and her residence is about 27 miles from the Town of Canton where courts of Record, for St Lawrence County are held, and that the age and infirmity of the said Susan- nah Whittenden, render it extremely inconvenient for her to appear in open court before a court of record Franklin T. Hays Justice of the Peace

Solomon Chittenden
Act 1818, No. 4.
Admitted

State of New York County of St Lawrence
Be it Known, that on this Second day of April A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Solomon Chittenden
resident of Hopkinton in said County, and made oath according to law that He is the identical Solomon Chittenden whose name, under Act of 18 March 1818 has been placed on the Vermont Pension Roll at the rate of Ninty Six Dollars per annum.
That He is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that He is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Solomon Chittenden for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION , that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Solomon Chittenden
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Solomon Chittenden to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
Solomon Chittenden
State of New York County of St. Lawrence
It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Supreme Court that Solomon Chittenden was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $ 96 per annum,* and that he died on the _____ day of _____ Eighteen Hundred and _____ leaving surviving the following named (widow and) children and none other, to wit:
It is further certified that C. S. Chittenden Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 3rd day of April 185 3
George S. Weylone Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the," or "that she is the," or "that she is the widow of," or "that he, she, or they are the child or children of," &c. 4. Pensioner's full name.—5. State the Act if known.—6. Give the State where pensioned.—7. Name the yearly amount received.—8. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 9. Claimant's signature.—10. Magistrate's signature.—*If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk's certificate should be omitted. 11. Here name each of the survivors.—12. Magistrate's name.—13.—Clerk's signature. N. B.—Should two or more acts join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

Solomon Chittenden ap n for transfer from Vermont to N. York
Feb 24
price
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com m of Bensons
NY.
Albany (To N. York )
Washington,

State of New York
S t Lawrence County } ss.
On this 9 th day of February A.D. 1835 before me Isaac N. Hopkins one of the Justices of the Peace for said county, personally appeared Solomon Chittenden, a resident in the town of Hopkinton in said county aged seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration - that he the said Solomon Chittenden enlisted for the term of three years in the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, in the company commanded by Captain Caleb Baldwin in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift in the line of the state of Connecticut on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until the close of the war when he was discharged from the service in West Point in the state of New York, by Genl. Knox - That said discharge was sent by him to the City of Washington - at the time he first made application for a pension under the act of 1818 that he then resided in the town of Orwell in the state of Vermont - that he continued to reside there until June 1824 - when he removed to the town of Hopkinton S t Lawrence county N.Y. - That the reasons of his removal from Orwell in Vermont to S t Lawrence county N.Y. were - because he had no real estate in Vermont, and that he was wholly dependent on his pension and his children for the support of himself and aged wife - that three of his children then resided in said county of S t Lawrence and he was anxious to live near them and accordingly moved there in 1824 and has resided there ever since - he would further state that previous to his enlisting as above mentioned - he served three years in the state troops of the Connecticut line - and six months in the continental line -
Solomon Chittenden
Sworn and subscribed the 9. day of February 1835 before me Isaac N. Hopkins J.P.

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Solomon Chittenden the maker of the within affidavit - that he is a respectable citizen of this town and has been for the last ten years - that I have no doubt of the truth of the facts set forth in said affidavit - nor have I any doubt of his being the identical Solomon Chittenden named in a certificate from the War Department of the United States - which states that he is entitled to eight Dollars per Month for seven yrs d during the Revolutionary War - under the act of 1818 - Hopkinton
February 14. 1835.
Isaac R. Hoskins

State of New York } St Lawrence County } I, Alvin C. Saw Clerk of the said County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac R. Hopkins is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and sworn that his term of office commenced on the first day of January 1835 and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1838 and that his signature within written is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said County this eleventh day of February 1835
A C Saw Clerk By D. W. Ellis Deputy

Wopkinton 13 th Feby, 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq.
In my Father Solomon Chittenden Did in consequence of myself and a brother & Sister of mine Being in St. Lawrence County left Orwell Vermont where he had been living with his Daughter and came to this County and since that time until Sept. last has drawn his Pension from Burlington at that time he was notified that it had become necessary for him to get an order from you to procure his Pension and on receiving yours He has applied to counsel and they have given it as their opinion that the statements here enclosed is sufficient but should not be your answer with information would be thankfully received by him Yours Truly C. C. Chittenden

In Matter of Susannah Chittenden Applicant for Bounty Land & Widow's Pension
Proofs of marriage & widowship etc.

State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss; On this 8 th day of May A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, Franklin Hovey, a justice of the peace within and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Clark S. Chittenden Esq., of the Town of Hopkinton, in the County and State aforesaid, and who being duly sworn by me, on his oath deposes and says, that he is Fifty two years of age; is son of Solomon Chittenden deceased, and his widow, Susannah Chittenden, now of Hopkinton aforesaid; that his father left an old family Bible, containing a family record, with a record of his & his wife's (now widow) marriage, in the following words and figures, to wit: —
Solomon Chittenden Susannah Sandford Married in the year of our Lord 1784
and that the foregoing is a true transcript of said record, which is produced before the above named justice of the peace; that during the entire remembrance of the deponent, the said Solomon Chittenden, lived together as man and wife; that his said father died at Hopkinton aforesaid, on the 9 th day of February 1855, and was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the time of his decease, and that he left the said Susannah, a widow, and that she still remains a widow,
and Subscribed before this 8 th day of May 1855
C. S. Chittenden
I the above named justice of the peace, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Clark S. Chittenden; that the deponent is a person of good character whose statement is entitled to full credit; that the Bible containing the foregoing record was produced before me, and that the foregoing is a true copy thereof; and that I fully believe the verity of said Record —
Franklin Hovey, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, St. Lawrence County, Clerk's Office,
ss.
Syman N. Ingalls Deputy
I, GEORGE A. WENHAM , Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of the Courts of Record, directed by law to be held therein, do hereby certify, that Franklin Kellogg before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorised to take the same; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the jurat of the annexed affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County and Courts, this fourteenth day of May 185 5
Syman N. Ingalls CLERK.
In