Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13301, Thomas Hartwell, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hartwell, Thomas
S 13301
CONTENTS
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2860 New York
Thomas Hartwell
Private who was a Private in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain De. Wernis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dubois in the New York line for 3 Years — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — the rate of 80 Dollars — Com per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Decbr. 1832 — and due to S r P. Johnson Rome
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1832 $ 120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Dec r 32 40 $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D. — Vol. 5. — Page 157

admitted
3 years private
80 $
85 95 Thomas Hartwell Oneida County N.Y.
1776. private Capt Barnum Co. Col Humphreys Regt Genl Clinton Brigade. N.Y. militia 9 months.
1777 to 80 - private Capt Philip De Peyster Co. Col Lewis Dubois Regt. 5th Regt. Served 7 months. Taken prisoner - 1 year 2 months.
Whole term of service & incarceration 3 years and two months.
92 1/2 Johnson Genl. Rome N.Y.
Pension to be pay at h at US Bank Utica N.Y.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } Oneida County, } ss.
On this thirty first day of August 1832 personally appeared before the  Subscribed a Judge of the court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co now sitting, Thomas Hartwell a resident of said county and state, aged seventy 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That he was born at Frederickburgh Dutches Co. N.Y. 1759. Record of age in family bible. Lived at same place when he entered service. Since war has lived at. Hoosick N.Y. now Fairfield Ct. now Rome Oneida Co N.Y. That he enlisted on the 3 d day of March 1777 for 3 years in Capt  Phillip D. B.  the 5 th N.Y. Regt. Col Lewis Dubois. Marched  to Fort Montgomery to Fort Montgomery, and was stationed there until he was taken prisoner on reduction of Forts Montgomery & Clinton on the 6 th day of October 1777 - and was conveyed a prisoner to the City of New York and was confined at White Church Prison so called, and from thence was placed on Board the British Prison Ship Jersey, where he was confined for a long time and suffered the utmost cruelties and hardships. This deponent was wounded at the time he was taken prisoner. Received one shot through his ankle, and was bayoneted in his leg and suffered very severely from his wounds. This deponent received a written discharge from Colt Lewis Dubois after he was released from imprisonment, which was lost in May 1786 in crossing the North River at Troy N.Y. - being in his portmanteau which was lost the boat sinking & he narrowly escaping with his life. This deponent refers to enclosed and attached certificates of Capt Philip D. Bercier as to his enlisting & being taken prisoner and also to an extract of Genl Michl Connolly. This deponent served seven months before he was taken prisoner and was a prisoner about one year and ten months - And this deponent further says, that in Spring or early Summer of 1778 was drafted for nine months in Capt Joshua Bainum Co. Col Humphreys Regt. Genl James Clinton's Brigade, and marched to Fort Montgomery and was stationed there and at White Plains during said term of nine months , which was faithfully performed.
This deponent does not know of any witnesses now living to prove his service, but refers to the attached documents & affidavits.
This deponent has had the falling and cannot therefore write his name as he once could.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me
J. Hathaway Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Oneida Co. N.Y. Counselor.
We, David Morris Elder and Jay Hathaway Merchant residing in Rome Oneida County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Hartwell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about seventy years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me
J. Hathaway Judge of Oneida Co. Pleas
is in our opinion a man of truth and veracity.
Jay Hathaway David Morris Clergyman
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 David Morris who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Rome Oneida Co. & is a clergyman and that Jay Hathaway who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rome and is a merchant and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And that the said Thomas Hartwell from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court
J. Hathaway Judge of Oneida Co. P. Pleas Counselor
I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hartwell for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Third day of Sept. 1832
And I certify that Joshua Hathaway is a judge of said County of Oneida, and the above signatures are in his hand writing
George Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read (Dep. Clk)

8595 Thomas Hartwell
admitted
B. P. Johnson Rome, N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Hartwell  of Oneida County in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? Seventy two years  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 1777 Octob. 3 - Served 7 As a Gen. Capt Philip DePeyster, Col Dubois,   discharged 1776 Spring was a prisoner on board the prison ship Jersey for about one year & ten months before exchanged he enlisted for 3 years. 9 Capt Parrish, Col Humphreys, Genl Clinton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederickshang, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? at Cluyseman & Jay Hathaway certify to traditionary evidence & documentary evidence showing that he was a soldier & a prisoner to the enemy.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Keith Examining Clerk.

mmh
March 28, 1927
Mrs. J. J. Carter Col. Libbey House Princeton, N. J.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 13301 it appears that Thomas Hartwell was born in 1759 in Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York, names of parents not stated.
While a resident of Fredericksburgh, New York he enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served nine months as a private in Captain Joshua Barnum's Company, Colonel Humphrey's New York Regiment.
He enlisted March 3, 1777, served as private in Captain Philip D. Bevier's Company, Colonel Lewis DuBois' Fifth New York Regiment, on October 6, 1777 at Fort Montgomery, was severely wounded being shot through the ankle and cut on his hip by a bayonet, was captured, taken to New York and confined in the North Church prison and on the Jersey prison ship for one year and ten months, was then released and later discharged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
(Just Fort Clinton) Miss Thorne knew this only as Capt. Bevier so stated

August 31, 1832 while a resident of Rome, Oneida County, New York, prior to which he had also lived in Hoosick, New York.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Revtran
✓ 13.301 INVALID.
Case No. 13. 301
Thomas Hartwell Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]
apr 11 '99 P.P. Hartwell Rome NY. 192 Fitch 28-15th St Mrs. J. C. Carter MMH

To the Bureau of Pensions
Please send me a copy of the Revolutionary Records of Thomas Hartwell who made application for pension on Aug. 31, 1832, & resided at Rome New York. He enlisted at Frederickbury N. Y. and served under Capt. Bevier & Col. Dubois

Please let me know the cost & I will mail same & any data or facts which you might have, relative to his birth place or parents. Thanking you.
Mary Hartree Carter
Rev. J. J. Carter Col. Liberty House Princeton New Jersey.
No cost with this

Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am anxious to have the Revolutionary Records of one Thomas Hartree your Bureau many years ago stated he made application for Pension on Aug 31. 1832 at which time he was 72 years of age & was living at Albany N.Y. where he died in 1835, He enlisted from Frederickburg, Dutchess Co. N.Y. I want very much any information you could give me, of the subject, of his parents were shown, or his birth place, I just in looking over some books of Rev. War. Records that
1791 Thomas Hartree on Surgeons Mate 1798 " " Surgeon, J Spencer Records 1803 Apr. 2. Thomas Hartree moved, then Arthur Armstrong Surgeon, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
1790 Thomas Hartree moved from Albany Co., I also heard he was taken Prisoner, Fort Mont- gomery June 10, 1777.
N.Y. Gen. & Bio. Record No 27. 1896, Page 209.
I am willing to have you give me any information & send me the charges for same, I am desirous to obtain his birth & place of birth.

I want this for membership in Founders and Patriots Society also working on the general line of ancestry - but I cannot join the society without proof of birth, unless I obtain from information, I have written to Colonel R. J. Phelps which was Frederickburg, Dutchess Co. N.Y. in three days - Very Sincerely Mary Hartwell Carter
Dear Joseph J. Carter Col. Libbey house Princeton N. J.
Subject Thomas Hartwell
Frederickburgh, Dutchess Co. N.Y.

Rome N.Y. July 27/99
Dear Sir:
My great grandfather Thomas Hartwell was a soldier of the American Revolution! drew a pension as such and died in Rome July 15 1835. Will you please furnish me with a synopsis of his military services as they appear on his application papers etc.
Yours & P.P. Hartwell 622 North James St Rome N.Y.

Certificate from Church Jan. 1st 1782
Admission of Synod
1782 1-17-4 5-0
James M c Clain
S. 7. 13,301
Thomas Hartwell New York

Frederick Bergh Dutchess County N. Oct. 1782
To all concerned there do certify that Thomas Hartwell, of this Place enlisted into the continental service, in March 1777 - and in the 5th Regiment of York forces commanded by Colonel Lewis Deboye, and captured near Brandywine and was taken a prisoner by the British at the surrender of Genl. Montgomery at Saratoga Oct. 1777
The above certified by us the subscribers. Elisha Cole Jr of Joseph Cole
Joseph Smith Serjt of said Regt Isaac Smith I can testify that these were taken north from David Smith Joshua Gregory James Perry

Capt. Bevers
Certificate
24 th November 1799
S. F. 13301 Thos. Hartwell. New York.

Providence 24 th November 1799
This may certify that Thomas Hartwell was Enlisted in my Company 5 th New York Regt. in the year 1777 and was taken prisoner the 6 th Oct. 1777 at Fort Montgomery
W m D. Brewster Late Capt in S d Regt.

Thomas Hart Wells Entered 3 rd March 77 with Capt. Philip D. Brown Company 5 th New York Cav. for 3 years & taken prisoner on the 6 th of Sept r as per the above United States Pension Mark Connolly

you will be pleased to take charge of the Return & shewing the Certificates Included in this, & if you think necessary to show them to any Person, do it at your discretion.
If after such an Examination as you may think proper should you find any thing which will be likely to turn to my advantage in regard to the recovery of my Lands etc.
Plan to take such Methods as you may
think advisable, and inform of such other
Person as you may think will be likely to give any information Relative to the same.