Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,034, Caleb Blakslee, Conn.
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(3-1776)
Service  Conn.

Blakslee, Caleb
or Blackslee

Number  S. 34,034
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4978
Massachusetts Roll

Caleb Blakeslee
Private
Capt humphrey Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of June 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Dec 1818 and sent to Jona Leavitt Esq Judge Greenfield, Mass

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 [unk] 39.73
Semi-annl all'ee ending 4 March 1819 48
$87:73

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasurer
Washington City


Revolutionary Claims
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Document is faded and mostly illegible
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin &s. Clerks Office, Greenfield, June 16th 1828
I Elijah Alvord, clerk of the Judicial courts for the said county do certify that Solomon Reed Esq. on the day of the date of the within
certificate was and now is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified under the authority of this commonwealth to administer oaths; and that his signature to the within certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said  Commonwealth for said county, the day and year above
written.   
Elijah Alvord Clerk
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Document is faded and mostly illegible
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In reply to your request of              ,received
for a statement of the military history of          
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this bureau.

Battles engaged in,     
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application, 50 yrs
Remarks:
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34034
Invalid

File no. 34034
Caleb Blakeslee
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18

Index:-Vol 9, Page 42

[Arrangement of 1850]

1908 Mar 13. Hist to Mrs Martha Eggleston letter in W.F. 177489
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16
No of orig Pay 166
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
10 July 1828

Caleb Blakslee of Rowe in the county of Franklin in the state of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution." approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a musician in captain Humphrey's company, in the 2nd regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he was received as a pensioner since the 3rd of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By [illegible] Secretary
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Third Auditor's Offfice
11th July 1828

It appears by the records of this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Caleb Blakesley in the Connecticut line.
It further appears that Caleb Blakesley is now on the pension list of any agency, and has been so since the [illegible] 1826.
Peter Hagner Ano
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Caleb Blacksley
[illegible] Connt Rej
1779 tell the [illegible] war

See Rolls
[illegible]
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District of Massachusetts, SS.  Town of Greenfield in the County of Franklin in said District
ON this sixth day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which Circuit includes the Counties of Worcester, Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Berkshire, personally appears Caleb Blakslee a citizen of the United States, aged fifty six years, resident in the Town of Rowe in the County of Franklin in the said District, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:"  That he the said Caleb Blakslee, in July 1779 enlisted in New Haven in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by captain Elijah Humphrey of the Regiment of Colo. Meigs of the Connecticut Line that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the close of War when he was discharged from service in High Lands in the state of New York - that many years ago he put the Discharge which he recv'd. into the hands of one Jonathan Tuttle to whom he sold his claim to lands - and has not seen or known anything of it since and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.  And no pension has ever been allowed him by the laws of the United States.  Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid, being first signed by sd. Blakeslee
C Blakslee
Jona. Leavitt, Judge as aforesd.
To the Secretary of the Department of War.
I, Jona. Leavitt Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Caleb Blackslee [sp] did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy:  and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid, this sixth day of June A. D. 1818.
Jona. Leavitt,  Judge as aforesd.
And I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the before named Caleb Blackslee [sp] by reason of his service and circumstances in life in in need of assistance from his Country for support
Jona. Leavitt, Judge as aforesd.