Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13453, Roswell Hotchkiss, Conn.

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14087 1397 New York  Roswell Hotchkiss Delaware in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Rice of the Regt commanded by Col Sherman in the Ch. Arm re prod d 2 mrs for Roswell Hotchkiss 2 " 6 mths }
Records corrected May 15/32
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 83 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May  1833 and sent to  Levinus Monson Delhi
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1833 $116.46 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 1 41.66
$208.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 59

14397 R
Roswell Hotchkiss
Delaware county
New York
Rolls, Capt Wells, 6th. Inf'ty
Jan 14. '81 - 3 years - Sep 9. '83
admitted.
2 mos. Sergeant.
22 mos. Private.
10 70 33
Levimus Monson, Delhi, Delaware co. N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Moses Hotchkiss  of Delaware  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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. As a Gen.     July In 1781 3 — Private Infantry Col Rice Col Sherman  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Haven Co. Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None attached or req. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Latta  Examining Clerk.

Rasmell Hotchkis Dorchester Pinehurst - 14397. 6

State of New York Delaware County } p.
On this ninth day of October 1802 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Delhi in and for the County of Delaware of present now sitting Roswel Hotchkiss a resident of Horsefield in the County of present and State of New York of present 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. 1802.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That he was born in Cheshire New Haven County and State of Connecticut on 24 July 1762 where he lived till he was eleven years of age when he removed to Watertown county of New York where he lived about seven years when he enlisted as hereafter stated, after serving his time and returned home to Watertown in the month of December in March following removed to Horsefield County of Delaware and State of New York where he has resided until the present time.
That in the month of January or February A.D. 1781 he enlisted in the Continental service for the term of three years. That soon after his enlistment he was called on to render service at New Haven State of Connecticut at which place he joined a recruiting party and passed through Newtown and Danbury and joined the Connecticut line then lying at North and joined the Highland Connecticut Artillery Regiment. It fell to his lot to join Col. Sherman's Regiment, Capt. Rice's company under whose command he remained until some time in June A.D. 1783 at which time the Connecticut line was reduced to one Regiment and

Commanded by Col. Demond Swift. Roger Wells Capt in whose company he was appointed a Sergeant and did orderly duty in said company until he received an honorable discharge at West Point some time in the month of December 1783 - His Warrant and discharge were both burned together with other valuable articles in his father's house some time in the month of January A.D. 1787 - The foregoing statement is true according to his best recollection and he cannot now recollect by whom his discharge was signed -
The record of the said Russell Hotchkiss is an entry in his family bible which he took from his father's bible -
That Jedediah Gaylord, James Smith, Isaac Pierce, Benjamin Pierce, Daniel Edwards, Daniel Tharp - residents of Hopsefield with whom he is personally acquainted can testify in favor of his character for truth & veracity and can also state their belief of his service as a soldier in the revolution -
That he the said Russell Hotchkiss has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and 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 -
Roswell Hotchkiss
Sworn & subscribed this 9 Oct. 1832
Before
C. B. Shaeffer Clerk.

We Benjamin Pierce and James Smith residing in Horsefield County of Delaware State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Russell Hotchkiss of said Horsefield who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and we believe him to be 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 & subscribed this 9 day of October 1802 - C B Sheldon Clerk.  Benjamin Pierce James Smith
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories 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 Benjamin Pierce and James Smith who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of said Horsefield and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Crawford B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the ori- ginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Russell Hotchkiss for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 day of October 1802 - C. B. Sheldon Clerk.

Provisional
13453 INVALID.
File No. 13.453
Roswell Hotchkiss Serg t Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 180
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Roswell Hotchkiss* Records corrected. May 15, 1906, PS