Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,373, for Joseph Peck, Connecticut
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Conn.       Peck, Joseph      S. 29,373
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21020
Massachusetts
Joseph Peck
of Hampden in the state of Mass. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt commanded by Col Durkee in the Conn line for 12 months.

Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 40 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Aug 1833 and sent to George Colton Springfield Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $80.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $20.00
$100.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk
Book E Vol 2 Page 65
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9283
Joseph Peck
Private 12 months
Proof of ? required
May 14 1837
P. 395
Geo Colton
Springfield
Mass
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9283

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Peck
of Hampden Co in the state of Mass.
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? - A COURT
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? NA
3. How old is he? 75
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.
Period - Feby 76
Duration of Service - 1 year
Rank - Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - 
Lt. Osgood
Capt. Allen
Col Durkee or Durgy

5. In what battles was he engaged - NONE MENTIONED
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - ASHFORD CT
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - TRADITIONARY ALONE
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? - RIGHT

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Wm C Easton - Examining Clerk
18 Feby 1833
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden SS

On this twenty seventh day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Oliver B Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate non sitting in Springfield, Joseph Peck a resident of Munson in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy five 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, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That in the month of February 1776, he enlisted to go in to Company of Connecticut Militia under the Command of Lieut. ?? and marched to Roxbury Massachusetts ? after there ? about three weeks that he enlisted under Capt. Daniel Allen for the term of one year and served in Col. Dungees or ? Regiment in the Connecticut line, that we marched with the main army after the British evacuated Boston to White Plains, General Washington commanded the Army General Putman was with the army and General Sullivan that he served out the full term of one year and was discharged at White Plains, had a written discharge but has lost it. does not know of any person now living who served with him.
That he served the term of one year by enlistment.
That he was born in ? Connecticut in the month of ? 1757, and believes that the time of his birth is recorded on the records of said town.
That he resided in ? Conn. when called into service and for some years afterwards that for thirty years past he has resided in the town of Munson and that he now resides in Munson.
That he had a written discharge and has lost it, never held a Com.
That he volunteered first and then enlisted for one year
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We Jonathan Torrey Esq. and Azariah Butler both residents of Munson hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Peck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
signed:  Jonathan Torrey
              Azariah Butler

And the deposition of Rec. Alfred Ely and Rufus Flynt is annexed both residents of Munson

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Dep. 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 Jonathan Torrey Esq. and Azariah Butler are both residents of Munson and that Alfred Ely who has signed a deposition which is annexed is a clergyman Rufus Flynt who has signed the same deposition is a Deputy Postmaster in Munson that they are all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit & I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the ? of the application of Joseph Peck for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Justin Willard
Register
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9283
Joseph Pecks declaration and Deposition of Rev. Alfred Ely & Rufus Flynt Esq.
Geo Colton
Springfield, Mass.
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Comptrollers Office
May 29th 1833

I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut do certify that it appears by the books of the late Pay Table, that Daniel Allen was a Captain in a regiment, received by this State in June 1776 for one year, & commanded by Col. Andrew Ward; & that no pay rolls of said company or regiment have been discovered in this office, or any other evidence of the services of said company or regiment, than the accounts opened with the officers thereof. 
Signed: E. Phelps
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We Alfred Ely a clergyman, residing in Munson in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts& Rufus Flynt of said Munson Esquire, hereby certify that we are sell acquainted with Joseph Peck of said Munson; that we believe him to be about seventy five years of age that he is refuted & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution; & that we concur in that opinion
Signed:  Alfred Ely
               Rufus Flynt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hampden SS
August 24th 1832
Then Alfred Ely & Rufus Flynt above named personally appeared & made oath that the above certificate by them subscribed was just & true.
Before me
Erasmus Norcross  Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hampden SS
I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Erasmus Norcross Esq. before whom the above certificate was certified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden that that his name thereto subscribed is his true & genuine signature.
In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Common Pleas Court of Springfield on this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
John Ingersoll, Clerk
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Alice E. Smith
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28 Willetts Avenue
New London Conn.
May 31, 1896

the Commissioner of Pensions;
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly furnish me with the war record of Joseph Peck, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, who died in Munson Massachusetts, in the yar 1855.
Sincerely Yours,
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29373
INVALID.
Rev.
File No. 29,373
Joseph Peck
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 32
Index:-- vol. 9, Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 6, 96 send ? to Miss Alice E Smit
New London Co
LB
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C. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
I. 29373.

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. June 6th, 1896.

Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Joseph Peck, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 27th, 1832,
at which time he was residing at Munson, Mass., and 75 years of age, and his pension was allowed for one years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Daniel Allen and Col. Durkee.. He enlisted at Ashford, Conn.
Very respectfully, 



Commissioner.

Miss Alice e. Smith,  
28 Willetts Avenue, 
New London, Conn.