Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,535, John Cleveland, Conn.
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Conn.       
Cleveland, John or Cleaveland  
Sarah
Number W.16,535
BL.Wt. 2334-150
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Cleveland, John
(Conn.)
W16535
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Albany 702?
Sarah Cleveland
widow of John Cleaveland
who died on the 1824
of Oswego in the State of N. York
who was pro. & Ensign in the       commanded
by Capt. Conn. of the Regt commanded
by Col. Butler in the Connt.
line for 1 year private       40.00
             1 " Ensign          120.00
                                      ----------
                                      $160.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 160 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April
1837 and sent to Hon. W. K. Fuller, Chittenango, N. Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March 37     960
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 80
                                                    -------
                                                    $1040


ach/36


Examind with Orig. Rolls
AUg. 1883 M.G.
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Sarah Cleveland
widow
act  July 1836

93 P. Johnson
agent
Rome
Oneida Co
N.Y.


956 3 sec.

Admitted
Ensign 12 mo
Private 12 "
-------------------
         2 years

Hon Wm K Fuller
Chittenango 
New York
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State of New York
Oswego County } ss.
On this 26th day of December 1836 before me the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oswego personally appeared Sarah Cleveland of Constantin, in said County, aged 79 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed July 4 1836 that she is the widow of John Cleveland deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary army. That the said John Cleveland enlisted in a company commanded as this deponent thinks by a Capt Betts in Col Zebulon Butler's Regiment for three years about the first of January in 1777 and continued in service the fill period of three years and was discharged in 1780, and had a written discharge which has for many years been lost, and this deponent further says that the said John Cleveland afterwards served as an Ensign under Col Zebulon Butler in 1781 for the term of one year, and this deponent further says that the said John Cleveland had a Sergeants warrant and served as such a considerable time but how long this deponent has no means of ascertaining.
That she was married to said John Cleveland at Stamford Connecticut by the Rev Mr Dibble in the month of October 1776 as will appear by the proof annexed. That her husband the aforesaid John Cleveland died in 1824 in the State of Vermont, and that she has remained a widow ever since as will appear by the proof hereto annexed. I further testify that there is no record of my marriage in existence and that I have procured the proof by the affidavit of Elizabeth Bates present at the wedding annexed.
Sarah Cleveland
Sworn, subscribed before me & I certify that said Sarah Cleveland by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court in person.
Avery Skinner of Oswego Co Courts
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State of New York
Oswego County ss. James Cleveland of said County being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Sarah Cleveland who died in Vermont in 1824, and was a Revolutionary soldier and that the said Sarah Cleveland has remained his widow ever since his death and that he  is the son of said Sarah Cleveland and that there is no record of her marriage in existence to his knowledge or belief.
James Cleveland
Sworn before me this 26th day of December 1836 and I certify that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Avery Skinner, Judge of Oswego Co Courts

State of New York
Oswego County ss. Samuel H. Stevens being duly sworn says he is well acquainted with Sarah Cleveland who is the widow of John Cleveland deceased, and that the said John Cleaveland died in 1824 according to the best of his knowledge & belief. He further testifies that the said Sarah Cleveland is a person of truth and veracity.
Saml H Stevens
Sworn before me this 26th day of Dec 1838 & I certify that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Avery Skinner, Judge of Oswego Co Courts

State of New York
Oswego County} ss. Ichabod L. Gage being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is well acquainted wit the within named Sarah Cleveland & that she is a person of truth & veracity & that her statement is entitled to full credit.
Ichabod L Gage
Subscribed & sworn this 26th day of Dec 1836 before me
Avery Skinner, Judge of Os. Co. Courts
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss.
Elizabeth Bates of Danby in the County of Tompkins & State of New York being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is in the eighty sixth year of her age, that her maiden name was Elizabeth Schofield, that she had a sister Sarah, nearly nine years younger than herself, that her sister Sarah was married to John Cleveland in the Town of Stamford in the State of Connecticut in the fall of the year 1776 as near as this deponent can recollect, that she recollects the time of the marriage from the age her said sister Sarah who was then [unk] years of age, that she was well acquainted wit the said John Cleveland who resided in the said town of Stamford, the said John Cleveland then belonged to the Continental army, the said John & Sarah were married by the Rev Mr Dibble then the minister of Stamford aforesaid, this deponent prepared the wedding supper for them. This deponent further says that she was acquainted with the said John Cleveland for ten years or more after his marriage with her sister Sarah above named, that they lived together after their marriage as husband and wife & had a family of children. This deponent further says that she never knew any other person the State of Connecticut of the name of John Cleveland. This deponent removed from Stamford to Watertown from Watertown to Danby about six years since, where she has since resided with her daughter.
Elizabeth Bates her mark X
Subscribed & sworn this 28th day of November 1836 before me
Augustus Sherrill J. P.
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State of New York, Tompkins County ss. I Arthur S. Johnson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Augustus Sherrill before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the date of said affidavits a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Tompkins duly commissioned and qualified & authorized to take affidavits and administer oaths and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures subscribed thereto are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 28th day of November 1835.
Arthur S. Johnson Clerk
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss.
James Brundge of Danby in said County being duly sworn says that he is forty three years of age, that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Bates whose affidavit is on the other side of the sheet, having been next neighbor for the last five years, that the said Elizabeth is a person of good character & perfectly credible & worthy of belief.
James Brundge
Subscribed & sworn Nov 28th 1836 before
Augustus Sherrill J. P.

Tompkins County ss.
James B King of [unk] in said County, being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Elizabeth Bates above named, ever since she moved to Danby, being about six years, & that her character for truth & veracity is good, that she is perfectly credible & worthy of full belief.
James B. King
Subscribed & sworn Nov. 28th 1836 before
Augustus Sherrill J. P.

I Augustus Sherrill, the above named Justice of the Peace do certify that I am well acquainted with James B[unk] & James B King above names, & I do further certify that they are men of good character & standing & that they are entitled to full credit, & I do further certify that the above named Elizabeth Bates appears to be a person of unusual intelligence for one of her age, that she perfectly understood herself & that her statements had every appearance of truth. Dated November 28th 1836
Augustus Sherrill J. P.
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Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Cleveland of Constantin, the within named applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836, and widow of the late John Cleveland deceased, do hereby constitute and appoint Peter Hartwell of [unk], Oneida Co my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions, the amount of my Pension to which I am entitled under the aforesaid act of 4th July 1836.
Sarah Cleveland
Witness my hand and seal this 26th day of December 1836. Sealed & delivered in the pursuance of Avery Skinner
Cyrus Marble

State of New York
Oswego County} ss.
Be it known that on the 26th day of December 1836 before the subscriber, a Judge of Comm Pleas in & for said County, personally appeared Sarah Cleveland above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the say & year last mentioned.
Avery Skinner
Judge of Oswego Co Courts
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State of New York
Oswego County ss. I Mannus W Mathews Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Avery Skinner Esquire before whom the acknowledgement of said Sarah Cleveland purports to have been taken and hereto attached was on the day of the date of said certificate of proof as acknowledgement, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Please of said County the twenty seventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
M. W. Mathews Clerk
Note the word "purports" erased before execution.
M. W. Mathews Clerk
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In the matter 
of Sarah Cleveland
Record of Marriage
Stamford Con.
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} ss. Stamford Feb 3, 1837
I Ambrose S. Todd of Stamford in said County, Rector of St. Johns Church in said Stamford, certify that I have the custody of the records of said Church and I find therein recorded the marriage of John Cleveland to Sarah Scofield in the words and figures following- "Married"
"Aug 7, 1777 John Cleveland a soldier lately of Canaan Upper-Town & Sarah Scofield of Stamford"
Ambrose S Todd

Personally appeared before me, Ambrose S. Todd the Episcopal Clergyman in said Stamford who subscribed the foregoing certificate in my presence and made solemn oath to its truth & I further certify that Ambrose S. is a credible person. In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal.
J A Minor Notary Public
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State of Connecticut
County of Farifield} ss. Stamford Feb 3, 1837
I Seymour Jarves Town Clerk of the sd Stamford do depose and say that I am Town Clerk and Keeper of the Records of land, marriages, births in sd Stamford. That I had this day carefully examined said Records and do not find any record of the marriage of John Cleveland to Sarah Scofield.
Seymour Jarves

Personally appeared, Seymour Jarvis, who is Town Clerk of said Stamford subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to its truth; before me, and I hereby further certify that said Seymour Jarvis is a credible witness.
In testimony of all which I have been unto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal.
J A Minor Notary Public
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State of New York
Oneida County}
Surrogates Office, 29th April 1844
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Nehemiah, James, John & Sarah, (wife of Abiather Buck) are all children, & the only children of Ensign John Cleaveland of the Connecticut line of the continental troops. Nehemiah, James, John & Sarah are the only heirs at law, in fee, to said John Cleveland, who was an Ensign in the Regiment, of the Connecticut line of the Revolutionary army, and said children are all above the age of twenty one years.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this twenty ninth day of April 1844.
John Shyker
Surrogate

The above form will answer for the following States, viz.
Maine
Massachusetts
New-Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vermont} Judge of Probate

New York
New Jersey} Surrogate

South Carolina
Georgia} Ordinary
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John Cleaveland
No. 2334


Jay Hathaway Esq
Rome
N. York
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR

Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.

By an act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:
State of New York}
County of Oneida}
I, Nehemiah Cleveland heir at law of Ensign John Cleveland do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that my father Ensign John Cleveland did enter the service in 17__, for the term of ____ and served as an Ensign in the Regiment No. ____ under the command of Colonel ---- as per Rolls, in the War office -; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until honorably discharged, & entitled to 5 years full pay. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to my said Father, now deceased, on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefor, I do hereby apply for a patent for the land to which he was entitled, in behalf of my self & the other heirs at law of said John Cleveland. ~Nehemiah Cleveland
Know all men by these present, That I, Nehemiah Cleveland agent do hereby constitute and appoint Jay Hathaway----to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
witness Ebenezer Knibloe
Just Peace      Nehemiah Cleveland

Personally appeared the abovenamed Nehemiah Cleveland subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purpose therein mentioned.
Attest,
Ebenezer Knibloe Justice of the Peace.

In testimony that the above written Ebenezer Knibloe was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Utica this thirtieth day of April---1844
Delos Dewolf C. Clerk, &c.
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April 22, 1935
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BA-J/EEL
John Cleveland- W. 16535

Edith B. Swancott
11 Greenwood Court
Utica, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Cleveland, who served as an ensign in the Connecticut Line, died in Vermont, in 1824, and whose widow, Sarah Scofield Cleveland, received a pension in Oswego County, New York.

A very careful examination has been made of the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16535, based upon the military service of John Cleveland in that war and the data found therein are furnished below.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Cleveland are not shown.

John Cleveland married August 7, 1777, in Stamford, Connecticut, Sarah Scofield. Je was then of Cannan- Upper Town, and she of Stamford and their marriage was recorded on the records of St. John's Church of said Stamford. The date of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.

After their marriage, they resided in New Fairfield, Connecticut; Smithfield, Madison County, New York; and Oswego County, New York.

In 1817, soldier went to Canada on a business venture and died in Vermont, in 1824, exact date not shown.

Soldier's widow, Sarah, applied for pension on December 26, 1836, on account of the services of her husband, John Cleveland, in the Revolutionary War, at which time she was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Constantia, Oswego County, New York.

Her claim for pension was allowed for the service of her husband,



Details of service not given because the Conn. State report evidently comprised of the records of more than one John Cleveland which report the widow had in her possession before she made her ap. for pension. Also, Jay Hatheway, attorney for the widow, stated that his father-in-law, John Cleveland, was not the ensign but that John. Cleveland did serve as ensign. There also seemed to be several residences for this John Cleveland (W. 16535) which made it more confusing.
MMHF
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John Cleveland, for one year as private and one year as ensign in the Connecticut Troops in the Revolutionary War.

The names of the following children are shown:
Nehemiah Cleveland in 1845, living in Oneida County, New York, and aged 58 years
James Cleveland in 1836, living in Oswego County, New York.
John Cleveland Junior
Sarah Cleveland married Abiathar Buck
All of the above named were living in 1844.

In 1851, the following are named as heirs of Sarah Cleveland; their places of residence are not shown.
Marietta Parker
Wellington Cleveland
Byington Cleveland
Washington Cleveland
Adelia Mathewson

The names of the parents of the above named persons are not designated.

In 1844, one Hannah Cleveland was aged fifty-five years and resided in Oneida County, New York. She stated that she once lived in the family of John Cleveland but gave no relationship.

In 1836, Elizabeth Schofield Bates, sister of the widow, Sarah Cleveland, lived in Danby, Tompkins County, New York and was then aged nearly eighty-six years. She stated that she moved from Stamford, Connecticut, to Watertown, Connecticut, and then to Danby, New York, where she was residing with a daughter; name of her daughter not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Sarah Cleveland, widow of John Cleveland (W. 16535), you should address The Comptroller General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data;

Sarah Cleveland, widow of John Cleveland, Certificate No. 702, issued April 5, 1837, rate $160 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, New York (Albany) Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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11 Greenwood Court
Utica, N. Y.
March 6, 1835

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension papers of John Cleveland, who died in Vermont in 1824?
I believe he was in the Connecticut line as Ensign.
Sarah Scofield Cleveland his widow received a pension in Oswego Co, N. Y.

Very truly yours,

Edith B. Swancott
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster, and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

L. W. B.
W. 16535

O. W. & N. Div.
REVOLUTIONARY

DEPARTMEMT PF TJE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
October 27th, 1897

Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Cleveland, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Sarah, widow of John Cleveland, made an application for pension on December 26th, 1836, at which time she was 79 years of age and residing in Oswego County, New York, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private and ensign in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Capt. Betts and Col. Butler. Place of his enlistment not stated.

Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

Miss Mary L. Ingersoll,
c/o James A. Whitfield,
16 John St., Ilion, New York
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postage stamps

Pension Office U. S. Oct 19 1897


Old War & Navy
Oct 28 1897
Files
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W. H. H. P.

Ilion N. Y. Oct 18, 1897

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir,
Can you give me the military service of John Cleaveland (or Cleveland) whose wife named Sarah Schofield drew a pension, from his being a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was my great-grandfather [unk] I wish the record to enable me to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Please advise.
Mary L. Ingersoll
Ilion
c/o James A Whitfield New York
16 John St.
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L. N.Y.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16535
Sarah Cleveland
widow of
John Cleveland
Pri Rev War
Act: 36
Index: Vol. A, Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870]

Oct 27/97 Miss Mary Ingersoll [unk]
1935 Apr 22 Hist to Edith B. Davancort
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postal stamp
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Oneida Madison Co. N. Y.
Feby 23rd 1866
Hon. Joseph H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Sir
Sarah Cleveland widow of John Cleveland an officer and soldier in the Revolution, was for several years, inscribes as a Pension, upon the Rolls of your Office. She resides at Cleveland, Oswego County, New York, and dies there some years since. As I am advised the Pension allows to her was $8.00 per month, as she claims however that her husband was an officer holding a commission and attempt was made to secure for her a proper pension in accordance with his rank, and service pending which application she dies.
Her heirs are advised that an official
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letter making inquiries in regard to the relatives or heirs of the said Sarah was received by the Post Master at Cleveland same month since ours they believe such letter was in relation to the back Pension of the said Sarah.
That same such letter was received there is not a matter of doubt but whether from your Office or that of same, [unk] claim Agent at Washington is not in clear.
May I ask if not inconsistant with the rules of your department that you advise me in behalf of the heirs of said Sarah Cleveland whether any claim for an increase of her pension was allowed by the Department and if so to what intent & ours oblige.
Very respectfully your obt servt
I N Messinger
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JM Cleveland
Services 
Certificate complete
cont
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Comptroller office
Hartford Connecticut
December 8, 1836

On application for proof of the Revolutionary service of John Cleaveland, I have examined the books containing the settlements with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army for various periods of service, and find, and certify as follows viz:-
The following credits in the ledger, into which the amt or balances due the troops were posted: -

John Cleveland Cr
1780 Jany 1. By Balance for his service in Continental army (British pound sign) 29.9.1
1780 Jany 1 By bal of wages pr. com. report [as Sergt]  ....30.12.8
1781 Jany 1 By d of d pr d. for 1781 "...18.19.0
by interest on d. 17 mn......"...1.12.2
(Br. Pound) 20.11.2
By Balance for service in 1781 [as ensign]...58.111.10
By the P.M. Genl....18.
(Br. Pound) 59.8.10

In the books containing the time of entering Service, discharge or settlement &c from which the above was posted, John Cleveland is entered as of Col Zebulon Butler, Regt as has having served therein three years, viz from Jany 1, 1777 to Jany1, 1780 as a private. Baln of wages &c (corresponding with the first portion above mentioned 29.9.1 pounds. And in the settlement with the same Colonel & regiment for the year 1781, John Cleveland is entered as an Ensign, and as having served 12 months in that year, Bal and wages and C. 58.10.10 pounds.
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corresponding with the preceding Ledger entry. For the Bal. credited him in the Ledger as Sergt as per preceding extract, I have not found the corresponding entry in the book containing the settlements; there being no reference
in that Ledger (containing this Ordr) to the regiment in which he served, by which the particulars of his service at that time can be ascertained without searching in the various regiments settled with, other than the one already mentioned.
The name of John Cleveland is also found under the head of
mentioned.
Sergeants Additional Pay" in the books containing the record of the settlem with the Connecticut Line,
Wm Field Comptroller
# [Illegible]
this can doubtles be found if necessary
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From- Oneida Co, NY
Dec 29th, 1886

Hon I. S. Edwards for Pension Re:
Enclosed information

Papers of Mrs Sarah Cleveland widow of John Cleveland
The exhibits- Certificate Comf Con
to the service of her husband
                                Jan- Jan
3 years as private  1777-1780
1 year as sergant 1780-1781
1 year as Ensign    1781

Her declaration- inform certified by people
Married at Stanford in October 1770
by Rev Mr Dibble
Husband died in 1824 Vermont. She has remained a widow ever since and has no record of other marriage and says there is none. 

James Cleveland- Son, proves death- and concurs that his mother has remained a widow.
Samuel H Stevens- proves death husband good character widow
Ichabod L Gafe- good character widow
Elizabeth Bales- sister Mrs Cleveland and older. Was present at the marriage by Mr Dibble in fall of 1776. She prepared wedding supper.
James Brendage& James B king prove her character to be good and they are certified by Esq Sheild, A, Mr of Heath, SC.
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A power of attorney is annexed by mistake
of [illegible].
It is presumed that these
statements & proofs will be sufficient.
When the [illegible] my
requested to be made W
Hon Wm K Fuller of the house
of Repz.
I am most respectfully
Your obt Servt
B.P. Johnson
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Jan 7.
N. Y.
4 July '36
3d Sec
[the following is written vertically from top to bottom in the center of the page]
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington
D. C.-
[the following is written left to right at the bottom of the page]
Hon W.K. Fuller
[illegible]
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House of Reps-July 6th 1837
Col J L Edwards
Sir-
Permit me to ask your
attention to the inclosed [enclosed] as soon
as your convenience will permit
& to favor me with the decision that
may be made on the merits of the
application--
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servt Gen
Gene
W. K. Fuller
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Hon J.L. Edwards
Comr Pensions
[the following is written vertically from top to bottom along the right edge of the page]
Sarah Cleveland
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Rome July 9th 1837
Hon J L Edwards
Sir, Enclosed is the certified copy of the record of the marriage of John Cleveland & Sarah Scofield, as required by your letter 17th January 1837 to the Hon Wm R. Fuller.
Most respectfully your obt servt
B P Johnson
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I Jay Hathaway of Rome N.Y. Attorney for the heirs of John Cleveland decd, an Ensign in the Connecticut line for Continental troops, have recd this day from the Secretary of War said warrant No 2334 for 150 acres of Land, in favor of the heirs at law of said John Cleveland.
J Hathaway Atty
Rome May 13, 1843
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Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Sir.
Herewith I send you a Letter
directed the me & written by Gerry Castle
which I wish you would examine & answer
his enquiries [inquiries] & direct same to me.
Respectfully your 
obt servt
O Robinson
House of Repsd-
Apr 10, 1844.
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Hon O Robinson
April 12 '44
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Pen off
Apr 12 44
Sir
In answer to the letter of
your correspondent herewith returned
I have the honor to inform you that
upon a re-examination of the papers
of Sarah Cleaveland decd who was
allowed for 12 mo. service as a private
& 12 mo as Ensign it is apparent that
a mistake has been committed by
awarding the pension upon the
certificate of the [illegible] Connt. which
confounded the service of two John
Cleavelands in the Connt. Line, instead
of adjusting it by the rolls-- One was
entitled to more than she recd & the
other to less. When satisfactory evidence shall be
adduced to identify her late husband
with either of the two soldiers of the same
name, the rolls will enable the Dept to
determine whether Sarah Cleaveland has
recd more or less than she was entitled to.
Children have no claim in their own right
and each must receive their distributive 
share of what is due a deceased parent
Hon O. Robinson H. R.
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State of New York
Oneida County  Ss.
Personally came before me
Ebenezer Knibloe a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Oneida Hannah Cleveland
to me known, who being first duly sworn says
that she is Fifty five years of age, that she was well
acquainted with Ensign John Cleveland of the Town 
of New Fairfield, Connecticut, that she was a resident
of said Town and for several months lived in his
family, that she knew all his children, that their names
are Nehemiah, James, John and Sarah, that she has
often at different periods heard him converse as to his
services in the Revolutionary army, both before & since her removal
to this State, which was in the year one Thousand Eight
hundred and Eight, and that said John Cleveland
also removed into this State the year following, she has
very often seen him and his family, and well knows
that Sarah his wife has received a pension for the services
of said Ensign John Cleveland from the United States, and
that she is now deceased. That said Ensign John Cleveland
was the only person bearing that title, that she ever knew
in Connecticut, and that Sarah the daughter of said
John Cleveland is now married to Abiathar Buck
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 26th day of April 1844              Hannah Cleaveland
I certify that said Hannah
Cleveland is a credible witness,
and by reason of her present sickness
is unable to journey twenty miles
to the Surrogates office, words "before &" interlined above
Ebenezer Knibloe, Justice of the Peace
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P. Off [illegible] Jun 3d
Hon O. Robinson
D Sir

Mr Nordich Cleaveland
of Constantin employed on me 2 mos since to obtain from
the war Dept the bounty land patent due his late Father 
Ensign John Cleveland, for Revolutionary services, I have
prepared the papers & sent for the proof, & recd in
return land warrant No 2, 334 for 150 acres of land,
& prepared
of
search with to obtain a plent aHon A. Robinson
D S
a
Rone June 3
A Nordich Cleaveland
of Constantin employed on me since to obtain from
the war Dept the bounty land patent due his late Father ┃
Ensign
John Cleveland, for Revolutionary services, I have
prepared the papers & sent [illegible] the proof, & recd in
return land warrant No 2,334 for 150 acres of land
& prepared a power of attorney for their
any for their (the heirs) signatr.
to be sent back with the warrant to obtain a patent
but their expectations are [illegible] curtailed , as they
were expecting not less than [illegible] acrs., & they would
prefer hearing from you that there is no mistake
at the office, as they have seen men who were in the 
same Regt, who have drawn [illegible] acrs. in Onondaga Co.-
Mr. N.C. has also showed me your letter to G.
Castle containing the result of your application for
information at Pens off-& as I happen to be
the very person who can explain the can, at his
request I have prepared an affidavit & send
it herewith, that you may please oblige him &
the other heirs by [illegible] it before the Comr of Pens
& request him to correct the mistake which
he says has been made, viz: that Sarah C.
mother of N.C. & wife of Ens. J. C. that the
mistake of the Compt of Ct. did not receive
the amt of pension that was due to her by law,
& that he please to forward to me by mail, the
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papers necessary to entitle the heirs to obtain the balance
due to the day of her death- & also to advise you
or me, whether the residue of the time [illegible] make up
[illegible] years pens is not payable to them, dating from her
death.--The proof which I lately transmitted
Mr Edwards, goes to the point that the Ens. J.C. who
was the husband of Sarah C., was known by the deponent
as Ensign C. in Ct. & in this State, & was the only one
known to dept.- & the [illegible] of mine, is to show
the other "John Cleaveland":-& must I think be 
satisfactory.-
Will you be pleased also to
ask for me, what length of service the rolls 
show was performed by the John Cleveland who
served the shortest period, & did not get 5 yrs.
commutation pay.
private
very Respectfully
your obt Sevt
Jay Hatheway
[illegible]
[the following is written upside down at the bottom of the page]
Mr [illegible]
Hon O Robinson
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State of New York
Oneida County} ss.
On this 3d of June 1844, personally came before me George Bainard a Just. of Peace in said county, Jay Hathaway to me known who being duly sworn saith, that he was well acquainted with John Cleveland, formerly of Plainfield Connecticut, who was a soldier in the troops of that state in the Revolutionary war, as he had of [unk] [unk], & by common tradition; that this deponent does well know Mary Cleveland, wife of said John, & daughter of Doctor Peirce of the same place, & that said John & Mary are both deceased, also that this deponent married a daughter of said John & Mary. He for the [unk], that some 8 or 10 years since he saw a list of soldiers & officers, said to have been copied from the books in the war department, containing the name of John Cleveland, stating that card or arrears of pay were due the several individuals named, that he then supposed that the John therein married was his brother in law, & made inquiries to ascertain of it were so, for the benefit of said Mary, then his widow, but became satisfied that it was an other person of the same name, then having deceased, in Orange County, leaving a widow named Sarah Cleveland, this deponent has seen her, & is acquainted with her children, &
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is fully persuaded that he is the Ensign John Cleveland of the Connecticut line, & the same person who recd the five years commutation money, & that he was a resident of Stamford in Cont. & he further certifies that from the family tradition of his brother in law said John Cleveland of Plainfield, he was in actual service from one to two years only, & further this deponent saith not.
Jay Hathaway
Subscribed & sworn on the day & year first above mentioned, before me, & I certify that said Jay Hathaway is a credible witness.
George Barnard Justice

State of New York
Clerks Office Oneida County} ss.
I Delos Denoy Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that George Barnard Esq was on the 30 day of June 1844 a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and duly authorized to act as such, and that his signatures to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 5th day of June 1844.
Delos Denoy Clk
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Rome New York
March 31st 1845
Sir
I ask pardon for again addressing you concerning the claim of the widow of John Cleaveland who was a Ensign in Revolutionary War but as your letter of the 26th Feb informs me, that he (said John Cleaveland) served 12 months as Ensign with the balance of two years as private, in the Ct line, his widow was therefore entitles to $160 per annum as has been allowed.
I respectfully ask your indulgence (hat this claim for an increase of pension, may he asserted. It appears from the records ([unk] records I include are in your office) that he enlisted 28 April 1777 for during the war served as sergeant, and was promoted to Ensign 4th Jany 1780.
Can it be otherwise than that he served to the close of the war, from the facts that it is asserted that he recd his commutation, and Bounty land has of late been allowed for his services. If he served to the close of the war as Ensign from the 4th Jany 80 is not is widow entitled to a full pension of an Ensign.
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If only one year service was as Ensign, the additional service as sergeant must entitle his widow to more than has been allowed.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your obliged & obt servt
W G Wade



Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D C
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W. G. Wade
April 7 '45
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Pen Off
Apr / 45
Sir
In answer to your enquiry in the case of Sarah Cleveland I would inform you that her declaration was made after obtaining the certificate of the Comp. of Connt. and there is no evidence whatever to identify her husband as the John Cleaveland designated in that certificate. There are two in the rolls of that line, & she has appropriated the service of the one affording the highest pension.

W. G. Wade Esq
Rose 
N. Y.
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May 3, 1845
Recd
Sarah Cleveland



Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

In attention
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Rome New York
April 30th 1845
Hon J L Edwards
Sir
By the kindness of Jay Hathaway Esq late at your Office, I am informed that "proof of Sarah Cleaveland having been the widow of Ensign John Cleaveland of the Conn line, who enlisted for and served during the war," is required, in order to establish the claim to a full pension of an Ensign.
Permit me very respectfully to say that since the above information has been recd, upon investigating the matter for the purpose of furnishing such proof, I find, that full and satisfactory evidence, establishing every particular, has been forwarded to Washington, for the purpose of establishing the claim to "bounty land" which has been granted.
May we be permitted respectfully, to refer you to such papers, for satisfactory testimony as to the particulars necessary to be proved.
If after a careful examination and impartial decision, those papers appear deficient, please favour as with the particulars points, in which the testimony, appears deficient, and
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you shall be immediately furnished with the requisite testimony, being confident in the justness of the claim, and fully aware, that satisfactory evidence can be furnished to convince you of the facts, if that on file is not, which it has been acknowledged to be, in as much, as "Bounty land" has been allowed upon the strength of the same.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your obligd & obt servt
W. G. Wade



Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pens
Washington
D C
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Pen Off
May 6th '45
Sir
In reply to yours of 30 all refering to the papers & proofs upon which the heirs of Ensign John Cleaveland were allowed Bounty Land, to establish the identity of Sarah Cleaveland decd as the widow of said officer it is sufficient to remark that no other proof was adduced than the correspondence of the service & grade with the rolls in this office, without it being known to the examining clerk that his widow had obtained previous to the assertion of any claim a knowledge of the service audited with that name. There seemed be no difficulty as he lived to 1824 to prove by respectable eneighbors his acknowledged character as a continental officer. His failure to apply for either pension or bounty land strengthens the
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considerations which render the required proof of identity necessary.

W. G. Wade Esq.
Rome
N. Y.



W. G. Wade
May 6th 1845
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[unk] Rome, N. Y.
May 14th
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. P.
D. Sir
I sent you 2 or 3 says since, and affd Toas Blackman in the case of Mary Collins. There expected nothing further in the war of proof, to day an affidavit has reached me, & a letter explanatory, which I deem of importance as explaining what may & did seem strange in relation to the "record" in question, this leaves the case clear, & as it seems to me, satisfactory.

Mr Nehemiah Cleveland of Orange Co son of Ensign John Cleveland, came to see me yesterday, his father as you may recollect, is proven by the records at Dpt to have served 2 years as Ensign & recd connt money, his mother as you know has been pensioned at the rate of $160 per year, instead of 220 Dolls, her name is Sarah Cleveland.
Mr. Nh C. has much sustenance & connotation on the subject of his mothers pension, as by reasons if the bad conduct of his brother James an inebriate & one [unk], whereby his mother was defrauded of more than half her pension, it left Nehemiah to support her, which her money was squandered by others. He now has instructed me to address you today, & to say that he does not consent that any person beside myself shall act as his attorney or a goal & that he does not know Mr. Wade. Mr. C. is fearful that he may witness more fleecing
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if his business is instructed to those he does not know, says he supposes Mr Wade a gentleman, that has not seen him, or made any contact whatever with him, & will not.  I knew Mr Wade, & told Mr. C. that I presumed Mr. W. would do his business for him well & fairly. He fears that he (W,) has some secret understanding with James, who is unfit to do business, & therefor [unk] any & every thing Waid may do, & will not sanction any of his proceedings.
He further desire me to ask of you Sir, what steps are requisite to pursue (the proof of service being certain & of record at the Dept) by the heirs in the matter of claim to pension they consider due to the heirs for their fathers service, under act of 1818 or any subsequent act (he the sd Ensign was in poor & destitute circumstances, living in an obscene place, & very much [unk] & broken down, & know not of the provision made by the act mentioned) to the time of his death I think in '25 or '6, the particular date of his death they have lost, & desire that it may be mentioned in your letter, as it is given in the papers on file, also what form of paper you require to be used to obtain the $60 per annum additional due to their mother Sarah from the date of her pension certificate to her death.
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I intend no interference with Mr Wades agency, in any case, & in this case have yielded to the importunity of Mr N C, rather than any wish to do the business for him. He is a man ignorant of business, & unusually jealous, & as he has been a [unk] in the former transaction is exceedingly caution in every subsequent steps.
I have written Mr. Wade how matters stand, & he will doubtless requience ground he apprehended wrong intention, as I fully believe.
I regret Sir to have been obliged to fo so much into detail in that matter, & certainly am far from intending in any instance unnecessarily to trespass upon your time, & trust I shall rarely, or were here after have to do so but hope you will in this instance carefully as far as is consistent, with the [unk] & wishes of Mr. C. who is a very clever & upright man.
With much regard your obdt servt
Jay Hathaway
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June 7, 1845
Re at of
Sarah Cleaveland
for increase
see within
Rose N Y

Free
Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Rome New York
4th June 1845
Sir
In the claim of the heirs of Sarah Cleaveland late the widow of Ensign John Cleaveland for an increase of pension under the act of 4th July 1836, very respectfully I beg leave to say that by request of the heirs of Sarah Cleaveland decd that the correspondence with the Pension Office, will hereafter be done in the name & by Jay Hathaway Esq of Rome, as one of the heirs, had not been favoured with all the correspondence and being personally acquainted with Mr Hathaway was anxious that it should so be done. But please be assured that all that I have done, was done by request of the heirs and untill recently supposed to the knowledge and perfect satisfaction of each, and all concerned.
As Mr Hathaway informs me, that he had mentioned, the cause of this dissatisfaction, an explanation is omitted by me.
I am
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I am Sir very respectfully yr oblgs & obt servt
W. G. Wade

Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pension
Washington
D C
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COPY

Pension Office
June 23, 1845

Sir:
********

In a case of Sarah Cleveland, decd, you are referred to Mr. Wade, who has been the agent hereto fore for claimants, for the objections to granting the increased pension asked for.

Jay Hathaway
Rome
New York
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State of New York
Oswego County } ss.
On this third day of July 1845, personally came before me Noah Stevens to me known, wo is a resident of Richland in said County and is a credible witness and who after being duly sworn according to Law saith, that he was personally acquainted with Ensign John Cleveland and his family in the State of Connecticut, the said Cleaveland married Sarah Schofield of Stanford Connecticut and after some years moved into the town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County Conn where I worked for the said Cleveland as a musen at different times for years, and then learned from him that he commenced his serves as a soldier of the Revolutionary war in the first year of the war and was not discharged until the close of said war, that he has often heard the same statement in relation to the said Cleaveland from Ely Stevens the father of this deponent who was also a soldier in the said war and from other persons.
And this deponent further saith that he is well acquainted with the children of the said John Cleaveland and Sarah his wife deceased, now living, to wit, John Jr, Nehemiah, James, and Sarah now the wife of Abiatha Buck. That he knows that the said Sarah the mother of the said children aforesaid, after the decease of her husband, drew a pension of one hundred and sixty dollars per year from the Government of the United States. That he has
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known the said children from infancy as sustaining good characters and deems that either is to be believed under oath.
Sworn & subscribed before me.


State of New-York
OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE} ss.
I, John Carpenter Clerk of the County of Oswego, do hereby certify, that John B. Watson Esq whose name is subscribed to the Transcript of Judgement hereto annexed, was, at the date of said Judgement, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county- that I am well acquainted with the hand=writing of said Justice, and believe that the signature to said Transcript is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11th day of July A. D. 1845.
John Carpenter Clk
By H. D. Freeman Dep
(Clk absent)
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known the said children from infancy as sustaining good character and deems that either is to be believed under oath.
Noah Stevens
Sworn & subscribed before me this 3d day of July 1845}
John B Watson
Justice of the Peace
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Madison County ss.
State of New York} I Asabel C. Stone of the Town of Smithfield in the county aforesaid do hereby depose & say that I was formerly acquainted with Ensign John Cleveland & his family there residing in same town aforesaid, that said Cleveland left this part of the country according to my best recollection about the year 1816 or 17 since which I have not seen him- that during the time I was so acquainted with said Cleveland I have often heard him tell of having been in the "Revolutionary War" & of having served during the whole or nearly the whole of said War- I have also frequently heard said Cleveland speak of his being entitled to military bounty land said Cleveland was a poor man & supported his family by labors- has never returned to this county since the time he left, before mentioned & is reputed to be dead. I also depose that I was well acquainted with Sarah his wife and have always understood that her maiden name was "Sarah Schofield" and further that I am well acquainted with the heirs of said Cleveland now living viz John, Nehemiah, James and Sarah, wife of Abiatha Buck, that they are persons of good moral character & entitled to full credit for truth & veracity as was also Ensign Cleveland before mentioned. I have also been informed that Sarah wife of Ensign John Cleveland drew a pension of $160 per annum from the United States on account of her husband's Revolutionary services, which pension was obtained by
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B. P. Johnson Esq of Rome in the State aforesaid, as her attorney and further saith not.
Asabel C. Stone
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11th day of July 1845
Isaac Van Vleck a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid

State of New York
Madison County Clerks Office} ss. I Zadock T. Bentley clerk of said county hereby certifies that Isaac VanVleck Esq the magistrate before whom the foregoing affadavit purports to have been sworn to was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the Peace in & for said county of Madison duly elected and qualified and that i am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature above to the Jurat of said affadavit is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of Officer this 13th day of July 1845
Z. T. Bentley Clerk
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Madison County
State of New York} ss.
Gerrit Smith of Peterboro, County of Madison, deposes & says, that he has been well acquainted with Nehemiah Cleveland of the town of Constantin, County of Oswego, & State of New York, for about twenty six years, and that he knows him to be a man of veracity and respectability. This deponent further says that he has for the aforementioned period known James Cleveland & Elm Cleveland, the brothers of the aforesaid Nehemiah Cleveland.
Gerrit Smith
Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th day of July 1845.
Isaac Van Vleck a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid
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Rome July 12 1845
J. L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Sir
The undersigned for themselves & for the other heirs of John Cleveland late Ensign & husband of Sarah Cleveland deceased, hereby request you to correspond with Jay Hathaway of Rome, who is fully authorized to act for us in the matter of obtaining the residue of pension due out late mother Sarah Cleveland, & to obtain the Land patent due to our Father: & to send him a cert of pension, or such other document as is customary for such arrears. 
Also to send him a certificate for pension due to our Father the said Ensign Cleveland, from the passage of the act (1818) to the time of his death, on his form of the declaration &c.
Your obdt servts
Nehemiah Cleaveland
James Cleaveland
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State of New York
Oneida County } ss.
On this 12th day of July 1845, came before me George Barnard a Justice of the Peace in & for said county, Nehemiah Cleveland of Constantia, who being duly sworn according to law testifies, that he is son of Ensign John Cleveland formerly of the Connecticut line of troops in the Revolutionary War, that he is 58 years of age, & has often heard his father speak of his revolutionary services, as a soldier in the line, & as an Ensign in the said line of the army, that he has never heard of any other Ensign John Cleveland, as belonging to the Connecticut line, that he is the same person who received commutation pay for services during the war, as he has been informed- that he has heard him declare that he was in several actions against the British as an officer, with the soldiers of his command, & that he served to the end of the war, but that he cannot recollect the name of his Superior officers. That my said Father married Sarah Schofield of Stanford Ct., after which he removed to New Fairfield Ct. That he afterward removed to Paris N.Y., & afterward to Smithfield, Madison Co, N.Y. That he was frequently speaks of visiting Canada & Vermont to look after a debt due him there, & left his residence for that purpose in 1817, & was absent from that period, & was in Canada a portion of the time, & in Vermont a part of the time, up to the time of his death, & so situated as to be unable to make proof, if he did in fact know that a pension law had been passed, & that he
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never returned to his home, but died in Vermont as he the deponent believes, in 1824 or '25, that at the time he left home for Canada, his property consisted of one cow, & a few articles of household furniture, no land or other property, & that he did not succeed in his enterprise at Canada & was undoubtedly  very poor at the time if his death. That my mother, Sarah Cleveland has received a pension for services, of my sd father for 1 year as a private, & one year as an Ensign, say $160 per annum but that I am informed & believe it is true, that my sd Father served at least two years, as an Ensign, & such fact is proved by the commutation pay allowed him, as per letter from Peter Hagner Esq.
Nehemiah Cleveland
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written, before me
George Barnard Just Peace

State of New York
Clerks Office Oneida County ss.
I Delos Denoy Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George Barnard Esq whose name is subscribed above was at the date of the above instrument a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly authorized to act as such & that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my official seal this 15th day of July 1845.
Delos Denoy Clk
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Hon Wm L. Marcy
Secretary of War
Washington



Rome, NY 8 Sept 1845
Jay Hathaway, appeal, from the decision of the Commr Pension in the claim of Sarah Cleveland for a pension.
A 321
11 Sept 1845
Pension Bureau
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Rome N.Y.
8 Sept '45
Hon W. L. Marcy
Secy of War
Sir,
Ensign John Cleveland of the Connecticut line of Rev army served to the end of the war, recd commutation pay, was entitled to a pension under act of 1818, died in '24 or '25, without making application, his widow Sarah Cleveland was pensioned, but for an amt less than she was entitled under the act, the rolls showing her so entitled, an application is now pending for the increase amount due her, & is repassed on the ground as alleged that notwithstanding she has been pensioned, & her children have lately made proof, & obtained the bounty land due to said Ensign J. C., their father & her husband, it is not clearly shown that she is the widow of said Ensign J. C.
From this decision, in behalf of the heirs, I respectfully appeal, & have to ask the respected head of Department, to send for & receive the papers in file in her case, including these upon which the Land warrant issued, in which will be found that the difficulty in relation to two John Clevelands in Ct. line is explained, showing that but one J. C. was an Ensign, & that he was the husband of Sarah Cleveland above named, as will also several affidavits sent with (& subsequently) the heirs declaration.
Being personally acquainted with facts in this case, the one John Cleveland (not the Ensign) being my Father is law (decd), & the Ensign having a family in this vicinity to me known, I know certainly that Sarah C. was not the wife of the
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John C., who is my father in law; and she is by universal tradition in this region the widow of Ensign C. as proven in the papers aforesaid.
I had the honor of presenting to you in April, a letter of introduction from my brother in law Judge Beardsley of Utica, & many ask to have my statement credited.

I am very respectly your obdt servt
Jay Hathaway
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Jay Hathaway
Sept 27. 1845
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War Department
September 27, 1845
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 8th inst appealing from the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions, requiring additional evidence in the claim of the legal representatives of Sarah Cleaveland, widow of John Cleaveland.
On receiving the testimony, I concur in the opinion of the Commissioner, that it does not satisfactorily establish the identity of John Cleaveland; the husband of Mrs Sarah Cleaveland, with John Cleaveland the Ensign, who served to the end of the revolutionary War.

Very respectfully your obed servt (crossed out)

Secretary of War (crossed out)

Jay Hathaway Esq
Rome, New York (crossed out)
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It is very satisfactorily shown that there were two persons named John Cleveland in the Connecticut line- one was a Private of Butler's regt. and closed his service in 1780; and the other was Ensign in Durkee's regt. and served to the end of the war. When the claim was first presented by the widow, the pension was granted on a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut, which embraced the source of both there persons. The Clerk, for want of experience, admitted the claim without a due examination and properly understanding to rolls. Hence the error in allowing the claim originally. It remains now for the claimants to show satisfactorily that their father was the Ensign who served to the end of the war.
I am &c

Jay Hathaway Esq
Rome, N. York
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Sarah Cleveland
W.G. Wade
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Sarah Cleveland
Late a pension
see Conn. letter May 6. 1845
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford July 11th 1850

I certify that on application for evidence of the service of John Cleveland, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the Books and Documents remaining in this Office, and find the name of John Cleveland.
1st In a Pay Roll under the following heading viz "Settlement with the 2d Connecticut Regt. Zebulon Butler Esq, Colonel before January 1st 1780," and opposite his name are the following entries viz "(Rank Private) commencement of service Jan. 1st '77/ Term of Settlement Jan. 1st 1780 (Term 3 years) Aud. of waged L 73/ money due for blankets L2.14/ value of money pd for clothing & refreshments L202/ value of money pd for supplies to Families L 3.14.6 Amt. of debt L 80.10.6/ value of money recd for wages L 14.11.3/ value of money recd from U. S. Connecticut & Towns L 0.10/ Amt. of supplies to Families L24.17.7/ value of clothing & refreshments supplied L 10.3./ amt of blankets supplied L 0.19.6/ amt. of credit L 54.1.5/ Balance L 29.9.1/ John Cleveland whose service is certified above, belonged to the town of Stamford, as is proved by the certificate of his three years service, given by the Select Men of that town, which is filed with his receipt for the balance due him on this settlement.

2nd I find the name of John Cleveland in a Pay Roll under the following heading, "Settlement with the 4th Connecticut Regt. John Durkee Esq Colonel before January 1st 1780" and opposite his name are the following entries (Rank Serjeant) commencement of service, April 28th '77/ time of this settlement Jan. 1st '80/ Term 2 years 8 mos. 3 days/ amt. of waged L77.0.7/ money due for blankets L2.8/ value of mo. pd. for
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clothg & refreshments L2.2/ value of money pd for supplies to Families L3.13.5/ amt. of debt L85.4.2/ value of money recd on acct of wages L14.2.1/ value of money recd from U. S. Connecticut and towns L1.17/ amt of supplies to Families L27.10/ value of clothing & refreshments supplied L10.3.1/ amt of blankets supplied L0.19.4/ amt of credit L54.44.6/ Balance L30.12.8
In a settlement with the 4th Connecticut Regt John Durkee Esq Colonel for the year 1780, I also find the name of John Cleveland and opposite his name are the following entries viz. (Rank Sergeant) commencement of service Jan. 1st '80/ time of this settlement Oct. 24th '80/ term 9 mos 24 dys/ Rank Ensign/ commencement of services Oct. 24th '80/ Time of this settlement Jan. 1st '81/ term 2 mos 6 dys/ amt of wages L36.14.6/ value of money pd for clothg & refreshments 2d/ value of money od for supplies to Families L0.2.8/ amt of debt L36.18.4/ value of money recd in acct of wages L0.2.6/ amt of supplies to Families L14/ value of clothing & refreshments supplied L3.16.10/ amt of credit L17.19.4/ Balance L18.19.
In a alphabetical list of names of men who have received supplies from towns, John Cleveland Serjt whose service is last certified to is entered as belonging to the town of Canterbury.

3d I find also the name of John Cleveland in a "Settlement with the 4th Connecticut Regiment, John Durkee Esq Colonel before January 1st 1780" and opposite his name are the following entries viz (Rank Private) commencement of service Apl 22d '77/ Time of this settlement, Jan. 13th '78/ term 8 months 23 dys/ amt of wages L17.9.4/ money due for blankets L0.18/ value of money of for clothing & refreshments L0.8.7/ amt of debt L18.16.1/ value of money recd on acct of
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wages L6.3.2/ value of clothing & refreshments supplied L2.3.7/ amt of blankets supplied L0.18/ amt of credit L9.4.9/ Balance L8.11.4.
The following are copies of the certificate of the Select Men, and the receipt for balance due on this acct,
"These certify whom it may concern the John Cleveland Junr of Canterbury was enlisted and served in the Connecticut Line of the continental army in Col. John Durkee's regiment before the 1st day of Jany last.
Canterbury July 31st 1780
certified by as
Jabez Ensworth
Danl Frost} Select Men
Hartford Sep. 7th 1780
Received of Pay Table Committee, their order on the Treas and of this State, to secure the payment of eight pound eleven shillings and four pence, being the balance due to John Cleveland Junr late deceased, on the first day of January last, as stated by the Committees of the State and of the Army, received in behalf of Eliazer Cleveland parent and natural guardian of said deceased, L8.11.4."
Ebenezer Felch

R. G. Pinney Comptroller 
by Geo. Robinson Clerk


Will commr of Pension please favour me with an answer to the case.
Very truly yours
W. T. Jackson
H of Reps

Washington
Augst ?, 1850
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9 Augt 1850
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Pension Office
August 9th 1858
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut transmitted by you a few days since, to be used as evidence in support of the application for increase in the case of Sarah Cleveland is a duplicate of one already on file which has been [unk] by the Secretary of War, upon an appeal from the decision of this Office, to be insufficient to authorize an enlargement of the allowance made to her.

Hon W. T. Jackson
House of Reps
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appointment 
by 
heirs of estates of 
Sarah Cleveland
Pens Oct 36-New York
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We the undersigned heirs of the estate of Sarah Cleveland late of Constantia N. Y., U. S. Pens., deceased. hereby authorize & request Willis G. Wade to procure the claim of said Sarah for an increase of pension & request the Comr. of Pens. Washington, to accredit it being as our agent, & permit him access to the documents in his office, which relate to the case.
Witness our hands at Cleveland N. Y. this 19th day of May 1851.
Mariette Parker
Willington Cleveland
Byington Cleveland
Washington Cleveland
Adelia Mathewson
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John Cleveland
enlisted 28 April '77 for
the war, as private
Enisign 4 July 1780
Capt Bacus company
Col Durkees regiment
[unk]

John Cleveland
enlisted 1 Jany '77 for
3 years, discharged 1st
Jany 1780, Capt
Becuscompany Col
Webbs Regiment
[unk]

John Cleveland
enlisted 23 April ;77
in the war and 1779
Capt Becus company
of Col Durkees Regt
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John Cleaveland Connt Line- Ensign- Bounty Land 
14 Apl '45                    G.M.C.
Warrant No 2334, for 150 acres issued May 8, 1844, in favor of N. Cleavland & other heirs at law of Jno Cleaveland, who was an Ensign in Durkees Regt, Connt Line. He either served to the close of the war, or returned from service after the 1st Jany 1781
M.G.
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New York

Sarah Cleveland
widow of
John Cleveland

San Francisco
Lil. to W.K Fuller
jun. 17. 1837
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Let to J. Hathaway Apr 15 '45
to Hon Secretary of War
Sept 17 '45
[last two line unreadable]
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Let to Jay Hathaway 15 Aug 48
Hon Secretary of War
did not find Sept 17 '45

see [unk] Secretary of War 
[line crossed out]
[line crossed out]
J. W. Messanger Mch 8th 1866