Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13347, Josiah Heath, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Heath, Josiah
S. 13347
leaded
CONTENTS

14994 14994 New York
Isiah Heath
of Poughkeepsie in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Corp commanded by Captain Yates of the Reg. commanded by Col. Schenck in the N. York line for 18 months
Sept 4 - 1838 - (7) cB
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1832 and Suttie S. Catterall Ithaca
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 34 $ 120 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep '35 30 $150
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 3. Page 61

In the Matter of the Application of Josiah Heath for a pension
Declaration
14/7/23. L

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tompkins, Josiah Heath, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is the same celestial Josiah Heath named in & who has subscribed and sworn to the proceeding and hereto annexed Declaration. And this Deponent on his oath aforesaid, further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services during the Revolutionary war but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following order to wit:— From the 1 st day of August 1775 to the 1 st of December 1775 for four months he served as a private. From the 1 st of December 1775 to the 1 st of June 1776 for six months he also served as a private. From the 28 th of September 1776 to the 28 th of April 1777 for seven months he also served as a private. From the 1 st of September 1778 to the first of October 1778 for one month he served as a private at Newtown in Capt. Drownings Company—
And this Deponent further saith that he knows of no clergyman who is acquainted with this deponent and whose testimony he can procure, who can prove testify as to his life respecting the age or services of this Deponent and further on his oath aforesaid he saith he saith that he has no documentary evidence of his services in the Revolution, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and further he saith not.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 17 th day of May 1833—
Josiah Heath
Alpheus West Jr. J. Peace

at We, Samuel Crittenden, Nathaniel Heath, & Alva Davis Citizens residing in the town of Groton in the County of Tompkins & State of New York hereby certify that we hereby are well acquainted with Josiah Heath who has subscribed & sworn to the herewith annexed declaration and that we believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 27th day of May 1833 Alpheus West J. prem
Samuel Crittenden Nathaniel Heath Alva Davis
I, Alpheus West the Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tompkins before whom the preceding affidavits were sworn do certify that I am well acquainted with, Josiah Heath, Samuel Crittenden, Nathaniel Heath & Alva Davis, who have severally subscribed & sworn to the said above affidavits and that they are persons of truth & veracity & that their statement is entitled to full credit & belief -
Alpheus West
State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's office ss: I Samuel Love Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Alpheus West Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn and by whom the above certificate purports to have been made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificate is his own proper hand writing and signature. And I further certify that the papers hereto annexed contain the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas in the matter of the application of Josiah Heath for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Athens this first day of June 1833.
Samuel Love clerk

State of New York
County of Tompkins ss: On this third day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Tompkins, Josiah Heath a resident of the town of Groton in the said County of Tompkins and State of New York aged eighty five years on the sixteenth day of December next, 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 7 th 1832 - That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 about the first of August and served in the Second Regiment of Infantry in the New York line under the following named officers - That he first enlisted at Springfield in the County of Otsego & State of New York where he then resided about the first of August 1775 for four months under Capt Christopher Yates in which said Company Andrew Fink was first Lieutenant and John Keyser second Lieutenant, and Henry was Sergeant. And in the Second Regiment of the New York line Commanded by Col. Van Schoick in which said Regiment on settlement was adjutant Gansvoort was Major, but the other officers he cannot now recollect - That he met his said Company at Canajoharie and marched with them to Albany where they joined their said Regiment and marched from thence under General Montgomery to St Johns in Canada by the way of Fort Edwards, Ticonderoga & the isle of Noix - From St Johns after a short time's service there they marched to Chamblee where they remained till about the first of December 1775 when his term of service expired and he discharged - That immediately on being discharged he there re-enlisted into said service for four months longer under Capt. Prout DeMyer, or J. Myer in the aforesaid Second Regiment of the New York line under the aforesaid Col. Van Schoick. but he is not certain whether his col. marched with them to Montreal That immediately after last mentioned enlistment he marched with said Regiment from Chamblee to Montreal where he remained about one month when news arrived that Genl. Montgomery had been killed at Quebec to which place he marched with his said Regiment and there remained in said service till about the first of April 1776 and till his said term of service had expired when Genl. Wooster and Col. Campbell who Commanded at that time addressed the troops then under their Command & then proposed

to the troops whose term of service had expired that if they would remain in the service at that place for one month longer they should be allowed for the one months service and also one month to return home. That he with said Corps remained and continued in said service until in the first part of the month of May when he was discharged & he returned home about the first of June of the same year - That in the fall of 1776 (he thinks in September) he enlisted as a private in a Company of Rangers under Capt. John Winn and Lieutenant Lawrence Goss and was stationed to serve at Cooperstown in said County of Otsego and remained in service there & in that vicinity for about seven months and until about the last of April 1777 when he was discharged from service and returned home to Springfield - That soon after his return he with all the inhabitants in the neighborhood of Springfield & Cooperstown were driven off & massacred by the Indians. That the Applicant after his only brother had been killed by the Indians at Springfield went with his brothers family to Stone Roby on the Mohawk River & remained there near one year after which he moved to Massachusetts. That at various times from that until the close of the revolutionary war he was often called for some weeks into the Militia service and several times for one or two months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court before the Judges thereof the day & year aforesaid - Sarul. Sore clk
Josiah Heath
And the said Court do hereby certify & declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states in the preceding declaration.

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the Applicant and answered as follows -
1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer? At Sharon in the State of Connecticut in the year 1747 -
2 d Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? -
Answer. I have no record of my age -
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? -
Answer - When I first entered the service I lived at Springfield Otsego Co. New York - after the war I moved into the State of New Hampshire from thence returned to Springfield and from thence to the Town of Locke (now Groton) where I now live -
4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? -
Answer. I enlisted as a volunteer -
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental & militia officers regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer - Col. Van Slyke, Maj. Laurencock, Capt. Christopher Gates - Lieut. Andrew Fink - Genl. Montgomery was killed at Quebec while I was at Montville - Genl. Wooster succeeded him in command - I knew them both - I also knew Maj. Brown who was killed at Stone Bridge -
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? -
Answer. I never received any written or printed discharge -
7 th 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?
Answer - Samuel Crittenden, Nathaniel Heath, Daniel Bradley, Daniel J. Shaw - Asa Maine, & Alvah Davis -

I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tompkins Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Josiah Heath for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Sam. Love Clerk

14723
Isaac Heath Tompkins co New York
Admitted Private 18 months
P. 382
5-11-12.13. 16.17.86
May 9 th 1833
Samuel Gittendon Ithaca N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Heath  of  Tompkins co  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 85  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 4 As a Gen. Capt Yates, Col. Von Skorch   Re-enlisted — 4 Capt De Ryck, Col. Morton & Campbell   Enlisted 1776 2 7 Rangers Capt Munn   other services of "weeks" and "months" stated. by  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Otsego county, N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct Not certified as required 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. W. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

May 28, 1936
Josiah Heath-S.13347 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton Broadalbin New York
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 13347, based upon the service of Josiah Heath during the Revolutionary War.
Josiah Heath was born December 16, 1747 in Sharon, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing in Springfield, Otsego County, New York, he enlisted August 1, 1775, served as a private in Captain Christopher Yates' company, Colonel Van Schaick's 2nd New York regiment, marched to Fort Edward, Ticonderoga, Isle aux Nois, St. Johns, and Chambly, where he reenlisted and served in Captain Barent Ten Eyck's company in the 2nd New York regiment, marched to Montreal and on to Quebec, where he was discharged sometime in May, 1776. He enlisted September 28, 1776, served seven months as a private in Captain John Winn's company of rangers. He served at various times in the militia; once in the fall of 1778, one month in Captain Downing's company.
He moved after the Revolution to New Hampshire, then returned to Springfield, and thence to Groton, Tompkins County, New York. He at one time lived in Massachusetts, but it is not shown definitely when he lived there.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, then a resident of Groton, New York.

It is not not stated that the soldier, Josiah Heath, was ever married.
His only brother was killed by the Indians during the Revolution, and he took his brother's family and moved to "Stone Roby" (Stene Arabia) on the Mohawk River, where they remained about one year. The names of his brother and family are not given.
Nathaniel Heath was living in 1832 in Groton, New York, his relationship to the soldier is not shown.
The soldier, Josiah Heath, stated that he was well acquainted with General Montgomery and General Wooster, and that he was at Montreal when General Montgomery was killed at Quebec.
If you desire information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:
Josiah Heath Certificate #14994 Issued July 27, 1833 Rate $60.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator 7

Rev. War.
13347 INVALID.
1936. May 28 - list. to Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton - also adv. cost of photos. Photos mailed to Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton 7 pages. June 15 - '36 Aug and miss accts. Sec notified
File No. 13347
Josiah Heath Rev. War.
Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 170
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Broadalbin, N.Y., April 30, 1936
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
14958
Dear Sir,-
I understand that you will furnish a photostat copy of Revolutionary pension papers on file in your Bureau,, for a fee of $1.25. I would like to secure such photostat copy of pension papers of my ancestor, Josiah Heath , private, New York Continental, ,pensioned in 1833, under Pension Act of 1832,, resident of Groton, Tompkins County, New York. Find enclosed P.O. Money Order for $1.25.
Very truly yours,
Caroline R. Fenton (Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton)

May 26, 1936
Josiah Heath-S.13347 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton Broadalbin New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of April 30, with which you enclosed money order in the amount of $1.25, to cover cost of photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Josiah Heath.
The number of pages to be copied in this claim for pension, S. 13347, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Josiah Heath, is seven and the cost per page is twenty-five cents, making the total cost $1.75.
All papers in the claim cited above have been examined very carefully and all data found in regard to service, residences, family etc., have been incorporated in an official report furnished you herewith. It is believed that this report will be all you need, possibly, in your research work in regard to Josiah Heath.
If, however, this report is insufficient; please make further remittance of fifty cents and photostatic copies will be made, or if sufficient, refund will be made of $1.25, your remittance of April 30, 1936.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. 1812
Broadalbin, N.Y., June 1, 1936
File Reference: Josiah Heath -S.13347 BA-J/AWF
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
15650
Dear Sir:-
In accordance with your letter of May 26th, I am enclosing Post Office Money Order for fifty cents, balance required to secure the photostatic copies of pension papers of Josiah Heath , which I need. Thanks for records sent.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Caroline R. Fenton
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Rev. and 1812 BA-J/AWF
No. 330
June 9, 1936
Rev. and 1812 Wars Sec.
War & Navy 970
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Rev. War pension claim of Josiah Heath, S. 13347
actual 1 of each
everything copied except the brief
$1.75
7 pages
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Please leave margin of 1½ inches at top of each page and return in folder with corres- ponding name and number
Chief, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

330 1 1/2 margin 57
U. S. VETERANS' BUREAU CHIEF CLERK'S DIVISION REQUISITION FOR PHOTOSTAT COPYING
No. 330
June 9, 1936 193
FROM: Rev. and 1812 Wars Sec. DIVISION Phone No. War & Navy 970 To: Photostat Section, Chief Clerk's Division, Room 1123
Reverse Photostat
Please furnish (Photostat copies of the papers listed below:
   DESCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS SIZE OF COPY DESIRED NO OF COPIES   FACE BACK     Rev. War pension claim of Josiah actual 1 of each   Heath, S. 13347                                                                                            
12/11/36
6/10
TOTAL $1.75 7 pages ( MAX ) (one half )
The above requested work (may not) be reduced to (one quarter) of its original size in reproduction.
REMARKS: Please leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at top of each page and return in folder with corresponding name and number
Amos Eich
Requisitioning Officer Chief, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Received by _____
Date _____

June 15, 1936
Josiah Heath-S.13347 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Caroline R. Fenton Broadalbin New York
Dear Madam:
As requested by you, you will find enclosed photostatic copies of seven pages, from Revolutionary War pension claim of Josiah Heath, S. 13347.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator