Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4933, Arthur Hewit, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hewit, Arthur
R. 4933
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4933.
P. O. _____
Arthur Stewart
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
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N. York Arthur Hewit
private 1776 Colonel Van Schaicks. Reg. transf d to Colonel Elmores Reg t in Jan y : 1776 and conti- nued in service untill May 1776
Not Continental
4933

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } Cayuga County, }
I CERTIFY THAT
John Prouer by whom the annexed proof or acknowledgment was taken, was on the day of the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga, duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge
He — — — and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I FURTHER CERTIFY, that I am well acquaint- ed with the hand writing of the said John Prouer — — — and verily believe the signature to the annexed Instrument — — — to be his hand writing. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and my name subscribed this Twentieth day of March — — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen — — —
James Prouer Clerk

State of New York Cayuga County ss
Arthur Hewitt of the town of Genoa a county of Cayuga being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress to provide for soldiers in the late revolutionary war: viz that the said Arthur Hewitt enlisted about the middle of April 1775 at Spencertown in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Pratt in Col. Van Schaick's regiment of New York troops, that he served in said corps in the service of the U. S. in Canada under Gen. Montgomery until the 1 st day of January 1776, that he was then transferred into the company commanded by Capt. Israel Spencer in Col. Elmer's Regiment of Connecticut troops and that he continued in the service aforesaid until about the middle of May then next when they returned to Albany and was verbally discharged - having been gone in the service about 13 months: that he was in the battle of St Johns in Canada: & is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support: and that he has no other evidence of said services now in his power
Sworn to the 20th day of March 1819 Before me John Grew one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas State of New York
Arthur Hewitt
This 20 th day of March 1819 personally appeared before me John Grew one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga Arthur Hewitt aged sixty eight years, & made oath to the truth of the above

above declaration: And I do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Arthur Knapp did serve the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration & is in regard as circumstances as above stated. And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony laid before me to the Secretary for the Department of War. Dated this 20 th day of March 1819 John Groves Judge of Cayuga County