Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], James Dean, N.H.
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SERVICE
N.H. 

Dean, James

NUMBER
Dis.
No papers

CONTENTS
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Dean, James
his name appears on a list of applicants for invalid
pension returned by the District Court for the District of
New Hampshire, submitted to the House of Representatives by the
Secretary of War on Feby 28, 1795 and printed in the American State
Papers, class 9, page 160.

Rank Private.
Regt; Col. Nichols Captain Stone Company.
Disability: Wounded by a musket ball which passed through
his thigh.
When and where disabled: 1777, Bennington.
Residence; Marlborough
To what pension entitled. One fourth.
Remarks; Militia
Evidence complete

Allowed. 1835 list
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June 13, 1933
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James Dean is
BA-J/AW

Mr. F. R. Barnes
Grand Forks, Box 417
North Dakota

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information relative to James Dean,
Joseph Rich, Josiah Rich and Joseph Ives, all of
New Hampshire, and soldiers of the War of the Revolution.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this
office are obtained from claims made to the United States
for pension and bounty land based upon the
military service of soldiers in that war.

A search of the records has been made in your
and no claims for pension or bounty land found
ed on the Revolutionary War service of a
Joseph Rich as described by you, or of any Josiah
Rich and Joseph Ives.

You are furnished herein the record of the only
James Dean (Deane or Deen) of New Hampshire on file
in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

From the records of this office it is shown
that James Dean of Marlboro, New Hampshire, served as
private in Captain Stone's company, Colonel Nichols'
New Hampshire regiment, was wounded at Bennington in
1777, by a musket ball, which passed through his thigh.

James Dean was allowed pension, from August 26,
on account of disability resulting from the
above noted wound.

There are no further data in regard to this James
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this James Dean, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned.

It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information relative to the military records of Joseph Rich, Josiah Rich and Joseph Ives, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Box 417, Grand Forks, ND. May 30, 1933.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, DC

Gentlemen:
In regard to the Revolutionary War service of
James Dean:  only of N.H.

My information is taken from History of Cornish, New Hampshire,
wherein it is shown that he had come to that vicinity
from Connecticut and that he was a soldier of the
Revolution--also that he had six children, among
them being Elkansh.

You will oblige me if you will kindly ascertain from
your files what the exact service was of this individual
, where it was performed, what town he came from,
and especially what the names were of his immediate
relatives, as fully as possible.

My special interest in the inquiry arises from a hope
that therefrom information may arise in regard to an
Avis Dean, -- possibly his daughter or a sister or
cousin -- who married my great-grandfather Joseph
Rich, son of Josiah Rich who was one of the earliest
settlers of the region where Cornish, NHis. My
further belief is that this Josiah Rich had about
1768, come up the Connecticut River, with his cousin,
Joseph Ives, from Meriden, Connecticut, to Claremont,
New Hampshire, not far from Cornish above named.
It is possible that your investigation will
disclose some knowledge that the James Dean above
mentioned came from Meriden, too, or from that vicinity.

Whatever you have to report by way of fact or
constructive suggestion will be valued
Respectfully,

F R Barnes
[Note: received stamp can be seen]
[stamp reads:  RECEIVED
June 2 1933
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