Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7038, Sartell Holden, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Holden Sartell
S. 7038
Carded
CONTENTS

26.415 Pennsylvania Sartell Holden Bullock in the State of Pa was a P. in the Company commanded Captain Marshall of the Regt commanded Col. Butler in the Penn. 2nd for Philadelphia
No 2220 P 35.11 Sartell Holden Mass. July 26/44 Record corrected  scribed on the Roll of Penn at the rate of 35 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1834 and sent to Sartell Holden P.O. Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Oct 31, 1831 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 17. 88 1/2 $125.19
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Hays Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 24
See letter Nov. 8. 1836 to P. A. 4 O. R. Hobson - do to Hn. J. Lapham Dec 22. 1836

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss
On this 13 th day of June 1834. Before the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas &c. of the said County of Bradford Personally appeared David Holman President of the Township of Wysox in the said County of Bradford aged eighty four years Who being first duly sworn according to law took on his oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he was born in the Town of Groton, in that part of it now called Shirley County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, on the 13 th day of May old style 1750 on the records of which Town as he since remembers to have seen his birth was duly Entered. In which Town on the first of January 1775 agreeable to an order of the then provincial Government of Massachusetts, and in defense thereof he Enlisted under Captain Henry Perham in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Pease as Minute men to serve during the Pleasure of the Government. On the 18 th of April 1775 with others was called for and on the 19 th arrived at Lexington in time to join in the pursuit of the retreating British troops to Boston; after which he continued to serve at Roxbury & Cambridge until the enemy evacuated Boston on the 17 th March 1776, (he was with the troops at the time the battery was erected on Bunker Hill and the action that followed generally called the battle of Bunker Hill) (1 st June) after which he was dismissed. — That on the first of June 1776 the State of Massachusetts again called for troops "to reinforce the Northern army." he offered his services and marched to Concordia by way of Number 4. Now Charlestown New Hampshire through the Wilderness of Vermont by way of Otter Creek, The company to which he belonged was the 2 d Company of Southam's Regiments commanded by Captain Joshua Parker — the Brigade was commanded by Genl. Bricket , he commanded 4 Regiments to wit Cook's  Wheelock's  Read's  Waplesworth's and Brown's soon after his arrival he with others was detached and sent to reinforce the Putnam's  Waterbury's & Arnold's The term of Read's Regiment expired on the 1 st of December same year but a large portion served over their time at the requisition of General Gates among whom was the deponent who was among the last who were permitted to return home. Whole service at this time six months and ten days.
Again in July 1777 an other call was made by the State for troops and he marched to Bemis's heights near Stillwater The company he belonged to was commanded by Captain Asa Lewis of the Regiment under Col. Bullard , and Brigadier General Warner he was in the battle of the 19 th of September and of 7 th October when General Arnold was wounded, That after the capture of Genl. Burgoyne he was marched down the River in pursuit of the Enemy who had burnt Esopus and Retreated. This march continued

much continued incamping at different places and one near the Plains and thence into New Jersey be ing desired to stay until the enemy taken their winter quarters, the Regiment was called out for three months service but he continued with such portions as remained full six weeks after their time had expired He then joined Captain Smith's Company and performed service until he was discharged on account of ill health but for this last, having no proof does not extend his claim
Formal discharges were not at this time usually given to State troops, that it was his fortune to perform much of his service in the Campaign, as in the preceding ones under Officers other than those of the Company & Regiment to which he belonged Sometimes from Colonel's permission and sometimes by being detached some times under those of the Continental line at other those of the State, he was once at Benning under a Captain Winchester and once under Colonel David Brewer with a large force towards Fort Edward
All the evidence in his power to offer is the deposition of Jonas Holden of Crown Point Essex County New York and of Asa Holden of Langdon Sullivan County New Hampshire
After the War he resided in the same town where he was born until the year 1794, when he removed to the State of Vermont & from thence in 1800 to Pennsylvania where he has resided to the present time
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or a -nity except the present and before, his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Forster Holden
Sworn and subscribed before me this day & year aforesaid
Jonathan Owens Associate Judge
And I Jonathan Owens Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Forster Holden by reason of recent bodily indisposition as also by a rheumatism complaint and by reason of Old age and infirmity is at this time believed by me to be unable to attend the Court at the County seat I also believe him to be eighty four years of age I have been acquainted with about twenty eight years I believe him to have been expected to have been a soldier of the Revolution, in which opinion I concur & am satisfied after putting the required interrogatories that he has served as he has stated
Jonathan Owens Associate Judge

I was thought agreeable by the friends of the forgoing Declaration that the Declaration made on the 7 th of April forwarded to the War Department should be amended by omitting such services as required further proof to comply with the regulations of that department and giving a fuller detail (under circumstances less liable to be influenced by a mere want of proof by recent abuses) of the particulars of such services as the Claimant is anxious to urge.
Isaac Holden
Bradford County Pa
I James P Bull Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do certify that Jonathan Stevens whose name is below written is a duly qualified Associate Judge in and for the County of Bradford commissioned to continue during good behavior and that I am acquainted with his signature and
believe the name below written to be genuine Witness my hand and official Seal this Sixteenth day of June Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty four
For J. P. Bull Proth by Isaac S. Kellum Depty

30. 446.
Sartile Holden
Penn a
f-1776 p-10
m. 22 days.
Potion f. $35 \frac{77}{100}
can only allow as above.
Claimant
Standing Stone P.O.
Bradford County Pa.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
21 st April 1894
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 subjjoined 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 Sarsile Holden
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 Capt. Sarsile Col Prescot. 83 years Ma poche  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Where so much service is involved, the Department is unwilling to admit this claim without further proof

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 days 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 inquiry 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 guidance.
[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 three or 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

24818
Nov 3. 1836.
Pension Office
The Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Department U.S.
Sarah Holden No 26476 pension.
Washington City

To the Honorable Secretary of the War Department U.S.
I feel myself constrained, as a near relative of the pensioner, whose case is the subject of the present communication, (and as such am likely to be burdened with any difficulty he may encounter requiring assistance) to desire that the Department would interfere efficiently in his behalf, if his case be tangible for the following reasons:
I have been instrumental in delaying his attempting to draw his pension from the time he last drew, which was for the amount due on the 4 th March 1834, until Sept. 1835, by not affording him the necessary assistance, at which last mentioned time he had his papers made out, but not presented, because disappointed in the method he chose, until 60 days had elapsed, when by such regulation of the agent, it would be useless to present it. Since which time ill-health, and partially my interference (being clear in my apprehension that the rights of the pensioner could not be eventually prejudiced by it, and perceiving that a fund, evidently intended to be laid out to the best advantage, (and not picked from him by relatives or cajoled from him by others, was better in the hands of the donor than elsewhere, up to this time at least,) has prevented him from making application until 7 th Sept. last. - In my course of conduct I feel myself more specially justified on noticing the affidavit required to be made by the Attorney of the pensioner, in which the Department attempt to guard, but most inefficiently, the pensioner from the clutches of speculators, inasmuch as in the proportion of nine cases out of ten within my knowledge the pension is "run out" (or the term is) long before it becomes due, in a manner amounting to 25 or 30 per cent. discount (whether bargain, sale, mortgage or arrearage, be applicable terms or not) and the person so benefitted has a trusty agent in the city who can safely make affidavit. In the case now present my effectual turning, as the Department would do, if the intent before mentioned be truly translated, a donation to the best uses, that of utmost help to helpless old age, is likely to be productive of much inconvenience to the pensioner unless perceived and warded off by the measures taken by the Department, viz. The paper made out which was rejected by the agent may have its 60 days elapse before it can be returned, and there presented. The Towanda Bank, who was the medium now made use of might not peradventure undertake again or find it practicable to use the same Attorney named, even if the Department should order its agent in Philad a to dispense with the 60 days regulation. A new voucher made out like the one now enclosed with the Attorney's name blank might not be suitable in other respects. Thus there is a possibility

of a continued transaction amounting to vexation, and a sacrifice perhaps, amounting to 10 or 12 per cent. owing to the enforced collection of a demand against the pensioner, which had been heretofore unforeseen, all which would have been completely obviated had the Agent been sensible that the relations subsisting between him, the donor and donee, were usual and very different from that of an ex parte Bank measure. Then he should have transmitted the voucher to the Department himself; and this step rigidly consistent with the duty of an Agent would have been proof against unreasonable delays subsequent conflicting transactions, or cause of complaint, and the very possibility of difficulty in any subsequent position would have vanished. — The following principles which can be demonstrated to be orthodox, being embraced would support the foregoing in its fullest extent.
1. A presumed case is where it cannot be rationally be otherwise. Therefore the grant being to a man during his life it is not to be presumed that he is dead or has abandoned his claim; because in the "enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" he may have visited foreign climes, or chosen that the donation should remain in the hands of the donor for his heirs or legatees. Any regulation contradicting this must then be considered as improper, as proof of absolute identity should be required to close the door against fraud absolutely , whether the payments be semi-annual, annual, a biannual.
2. An agent when he takes upon himself that trust is liable to perform all the duties rationally incident, for he has made his own bargain, whether he be president of a Bank or occupy any other station.
3. No specific time should be dictated or at least operate arbitrarily, when the claiming paper should be presented, provided it was done before another payment became due. This measure savors too strongly of throwing the money into the hands of commercial persons who are frequently at the cities.
4. Appropriations being first made, subsequent ones should be lessened only as heirs or evidence of fraud closed the matter, or otherwise a general notice when a delayed claim would require special appropriation.
Thus far, without the knowledge of the pension, and conscious that I am not acting contrary to the wishes of the people or the War Department, when I endeavor to secure the uninterrupted enjoyment of his country's munificence.
Yours respectfully
O. A. Holden
Standing-Store P.O. Bradford Co Pa.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Sartell Holden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 7038
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 18, 1775 until after bat. the of Bunker Hill Private Henry Haskell Wm. Prescott Mass.   June 1, 1776 6 mos 10 days Joshua Parker Jonathan Reed   July 1777 4 mos 2 wks Aaron Jewett Bullard   ✓ ✓ Smith ✓   ✓ ✓ Winchester David Brewster  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill; both battles of Stillwater. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shirley, Mass. Date of application for pension, June 13 1834. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Wysox Twp. Bradford Co. Penn. Age at date of application, born May 13 1750 O.S. in that part of
Remarks: Croton which was afterwards Shirley, Mass. Sol. was the son of Stephen Holden of Shirley, Mass. In 1836 O.A. Holden of Standing Stone, Bradford Co. Penn. claimed to be a "near relation" but did not state his relationship to the soldier.
Respectfully,
Mass. book shows the Holdens & Capt Haskell in Col. James Prescott's regt. Commissioner.

30. 44h

I Asa Holden of Langdon in the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire, being seventy six years of age do depose and say that I was acquainted with Nestile Holden formerly of Shirley in the State of Massachusetts son of Stephen Holden of said Shirley from a child to manhood; and also I was acquainted and was with him in the war of the Revolution at Cambridge in Massachusetts for the term of eight months; and at Saratoga at the capture of Burgoyne in 1777, —
and at the capture of Burgoyne myself and said Nestile both enlisted for three months each and I further say that I know that he stayed over his term of enlistment, and that I was with him at Cambridge in 1775 —
Asa Holden
Langdon January 14, 1834
State of New Hampshire ) January 14, 1834. — The Sullivan ss. ———— §
Asa Holden with whom I am at present well acquainted, and hereby certify that he is a person of truth and veracity; personally appeared and made oath in due form of law, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true —
Before me Samuel Egerton Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss
I Tho W. Gilmore assistant clerk of
the Superior Court of Judicature of the County, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Egerton is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated the fourth day of September 1832 and will expire on the 4th day of September 1837 & that the signature above purporting to be his is, in my belief genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of said Court 17th day of January 1834 T. W. Gilmore Ass't Clerk

I Jonas Holden of Crown Point County of Essex & State of New York being eighty Years of age do depose & say that I was acquainted with Sertile Holden formerly of Shirley in the State of Massachusetts and also I was acquainted and was with him in the war of the Revolution in the Campaign at Ticonderoga in the fall of the Year Seventeen hundred & seventy six and I believe that the said Sertile Holden belonged to Colonel Reed Regiment and was at Ticonderoga about six months
Jonas Holden
State of New York Essex County ss
January 22 d 1834 Then Jonas Holden with whom I am well acquainted and hereby certify that he is a person of truth & veracity personally appeared and made oath in due form of that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true — before me George Brown Justice of the Peace
State of New York Essex County ss Census Office
I Francis S. Cagle Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex and State aforesaid do hereby certify that George Brown before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & sworn to was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex residing within the Town of Crown Point in said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law to administer Oaths & And that his Commission was dated on the 1 st January 1834 and will expire on the first January 1838 and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and truly believe his name subscribed to the above Swear and Certificate to be his genuine

Signature - & writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal Seal of Office this 22 nd day of January 1834
Rev. J. Hughes Clerk
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Oct. 17-1902
C. F. Nerrly - Toovana Pa
1906 May 11 - History to Arthur N. Kaley Esq. 186. 1915 Mch. 5. Hist. to Mrs. Victoria Bates 1915 June 5. Mrs. Bates referred to auditor for Interior Dept. 4
Rehman
7038
INVALID.
No. 7038
Sartile Holden
Prin. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 183 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sartile Holden.
Records corrected May 21/06. f.2

Springfield Ill.
June 1, 1915
Dear Sir: -
Rev. S. C. H.
Will you send me Stephen Holden Rev record from Groton now Shirley Mass.
Also send me when I antell Holden, his son, ceased to draw his pension and from where he ceased to draw it.

Sawtell Holden was my great grand father.
Yours truly
Victoria Bates 67 River St. Springfield M.L.

Two 14 stamped En rec. 50c Rev. Springfield Vt Stmpd. em ret'd Feb. 27, 1915
Dear Sir:-
Will you please Send me the war record of Sartwell Holden, who fought in the Rev. war. I think he inlisted from Shirley Mass.
Thanking you for your kindness.
Victoria Bates Springfield Vt.

Wolfe Tavern NEWBURYPORT, MASS. DANIEL H. FOWLE & SON.
August 4, 1907
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War Record of Sawtell Holden as appears on his application for pension, also the time of his death.
Yours truly Hubert N. Kelley

ARTHUR N. KALEY
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OPERA BLOCK U. S. TELEPHONE 551
MASSILLON, OHIO, May 8 6 1906
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you kindly furnish me with a record of the war services of Sawtell (Sartile) Holden who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, being born & enlisted at Shirley, Middlesex Co., Mass., and making application for pension under Act of 1832 from Towanda, Penna. Also Ephraim Warren who lived, enlisted & died at Shirley, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Yours truly Arthur N. Kaley

OFFICE OF C. F. HEVERLY.
HISTORIAN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
THE BRADFORD STAR.
TOWANDA, PA.
✦ Aug. 9, 1902.
Eugene F. Ware,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir,-
Again as one of a committee to procure the record of Revolutionary soldiers buried in this county, I ask your favor and kindness in assisting us. We desire information concerning the following:
Sartile Holden, a Revolutionary soldier, came from the state of Vermont to Asylum, Bradford county, Pa., in 1802. Here he died in 1850, aged 100 years. In 1840 he was a pensioner. We desire his record of service.
William Elliott removed from near the Connecticut state line to Rome, Bradford county, Pa., in 1803. He was a Revolutionary soldier, was a pensioner in 1840 and died in Rome in 1847, aged 95 years.
Isaiah Grover came from the east to Bradford county about 1790. First located in Smithfield, later in Canton, then moved to other parts. In 1820, while a resident of the county (place not known) he made applications for a pension under the act of 1818. We desire to locate him and if he died in this county, to find the place of his burial and record of services. Will you ascertain

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from the records where in Bradford county he was living in 1820, when he made application for a pension? Also if the records show, where he was living when he last drew his pension.
Thanking you for kindness, I remain,
Very truly,
C. J. Shively.

Rev. War Section.
June 5, 1915.
Mrs. Victoria Bates, 67 River Street, Springfield, Vermont.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 1" instant, relative to Sartell Holden , Sur. File No. 7,038, Rev. War, you are advised that in order to obtain the date and place of last payment of his pension, and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
" Sartile Holden , Certificate No. 26,475, issued July 16, 1834, for $35.77 per annum from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Pennsylvania Agency."
The fact that "Stephen Holden" was the father of the above Sartell Holden, is the only information on file in this Bureau concerning him.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

August 13, 1907.
Mr. Arthur M. Kaley, Wolfe Tavern, Newburyport, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 4th instant and received the 5th, you are advised that you were furnished with a history of the service of Sartill Holden on May 11, 1906.
For date of last payment of his pension and probable date of death you should address The Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: Certificate No. 26475, issued July 10, 1834, under Act June 7, 1832, at the Pennsylvania Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Holden, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4447 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 25, 1791
to Samuel Whiting—
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.