Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21565, Levi Weatherhead, R.I.
Page 1

SERVICE
R. I.

Weatherhead, Levi
or
Wetherhead

NUMBER
S.21565
Page 2

21413

Rhode Island

Levi Wetherhead
of Providence in the State of R. I.
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Fisk of the Rgt commanded
by Col Arnold in the R. I.
line for 2 years


Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept
1833 and Sent B. Cowell Providence R I.


Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '34 - 40.00
$240.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book G Vol. 2 Page 135
Page 3

22170

Levi Wetherhead
R. I.


Private 2 years


16 06

July 17, 1833

P.  425


B. Cowell

Providence
R I
Page 4

BRIEF in the case of Levi Wetherhead
60   of Providence in the State of R I.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)


1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  open Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  72

4.  State his service, as directed in [blanked out]

Period.
Novem. In 1775 voluntd
August - 1776. voluntd
November "       "
                 1777..."
                   "       "
Octo.          "   drafted
                   "   enlisted
Spring 1778           "
Summer 1778 drafted
Aug            "      "
June 1780 enlisted

Duration of Service.
1 Month, 15 Days
3 Months
3 Months
1 Month
1 Month
1 Month
2 Months
2 Months
3 Months
1 Month
6 Months U. S. troops
2 years 0 -- 15

Rank.
As a
private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. 
Cap Pond Col Forgotten
Cap Fisher       "
Cap Fisk   Col Arnold
"                       "
Cap Waterman  Forgotten
Cap Peck
Cap Ballow            "
Cap Whipple
Whipple forgotten Col
Cap Ballow George Taylor
Burlingame
Col Green

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Wrentham Mass

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary one Living witness

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  The papers are not properly attached

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

Examining Clerk.
Page 5

Levi Wetherhead

22170
Page 6

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Rhode-Island District, SC.  August Term 1832

On this Eighth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session -- Levi Wetherhead a resident of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 72 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, viz. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born September 15th 1759 in Cumberland which he thinks is on record in Cumberland - lived in Wrentham Mass when he entered the service & since the War have lived in Cumberland R. I. -where he now lives

and this applicant further States that in November 1775 he volunteered for One and a half months and served at Roxbury in Cap Ponds company - the Colonels name he has forgot - Massachusetts Militia and this applicant further States that in August 1776 he again enlisted for three months in Cap Samuel Fishers company the Colonels name he has forgot  Massachusetts Militia and was stationed at White Plains - West Chester, East Chester & at North Cartle in the State of New York - and this applicant further States that in November 1776 he again enlisted for three months in Cap Fiske's company and Col Arnolds regiment of Rhode Island Militia and was on Rhode Island where the British landed & served his time out at Tiverton --
and this applicant further States that in the Spring of 1777 he enlisted for one month in Cap Fishers company the Colonels name forgot of Massachusetts Militia & was stationed at Providence -
and this applicant further States that in the Summer of 1777 he enlisted for one month in Cap Elisha Watermans company of Minute Men belonging to Rhode Island and was stationed in Providence --
and this applicant further States that in October 1777 he was drafted for One months in Spencers expedition in Cap Pecks company of minute men 
and this applicant further States that in the Winter of 1777 he enlisted for two months in Cap Reuben Ballow's
Page 7

he was drafted for One month in Spencers expedition in Cap Pecks company of minute men
and this applicant further States that in the Winter of 1777 he enlisted for two months in Cap Reuben Ballow's company the Colonels name he has forgot & was stationed in Providence -
and this applicant further States that in the Spring of 1778 he enlisted for two months in Cap Amos Whipples company the Colonels name he has forgot & was stationed in Providence --
and this applicant further States that in the Summer of 1778 he was drafted three times a month making three months in Cap Amos Whipples company the Colonel forgot & was stationed in Providence half of the time and this applicant further States that in August 1778 he enlisted for one month in Cap Reuben Ballows company the Colonels name he has forgot & was in Sullivans expedition --
and this applicant further States that in the Same June 1780 he enlisted for six months in Cap Burlingame company & Col Greenes regiment of the Continental Army & R. I. Line & was stationed on Rhode Island & on Connecticut --
all which several enlistments & drafts he served out as a private & was honorably discharged - but never had any written discharge --
nor has he any documentary evidence

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his names is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  Levi Weatherhead
witness B Cowell Clk

We, Samuel Haskell a Clergyman, residing in Cumberland and Nathaniel Aldrich residing in Providence hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Levi Weatherhead who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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.
Nathaniel Aldrich
Samuel Haskell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
B Cowell Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting interrogatories 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 Samuel Haskell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Cumberland and that Nathaniel Aldrich who also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit & that Henry Alexander who has testified as aforesd is resident in Providence & a crdible person & his statement is entitled to credit being such that he could not attend Court.
I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Weatherhead for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 29 day of December AD 1832
Benjamin Cowell Clk
Page 8

21565
Revolution
INVALID.

File No. 21,565
Levi Wetherhead
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32"

Index :-- Vol. 2, Page 441

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 9

I Henry Alexander of Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island &c Gentleman do certify to whom it may concern, that I was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant of a Militia Company belonging to a Regiment commanded by Colo William Richmond in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776, that I am acquainted with Levi Weatherhead who then and now belongs to Cumberland in Said County & State that Said Weatherhead enlisted for Three Months in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Sqier Fisk which Company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colo Arnold of Smithfield in Said State, Said Weatherhead enlisted in Said Company for Three Months from the last of November 1776 that said Weatherhead marched with said Company to Tiverton, and was on the Island of Rhode Island and Bristol and Faithfully served out the Three Months that he enlisted for as a Soldier and was honorably dismissed from the States Service.
Providence Sc. Providence August 7th A.D. 1832.
Henry Alexander
[seal affixed to page]

B Cowell
C Clk

Providence Sc. Providence August 7th A.D. 1832.
Personally appeared the above named Henry Alexander and made Solemn Oath to the above certificate by him Subscribed before me.
Stephen Martin
Justice of the Peace
Page 10

State of Rhode=Island and Providence Plantations.

Providence sc.

I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Stephen Martin is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Providence in said county and State:--that he is by the laws of said State, authorised to administer oaths and take depositions:  and that the signature to the annexed document, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Martin --

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Providence, this 23rd day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two --

Wm. R Watson

[seal affixed to page]
Page 11

22170

Levi Wetherhead

Cumberland

further testimony
of service of Colo
Greenes Regiment
produced



B Cowell Esq
Providence
R I
Page 12

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Levi Wetherhead which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant   resides?  yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII.  Has he made relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
Page 13

                                        2

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  yes

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI.  +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes



[rest of page is EXPLANATORY NOTES on how to complete certain sections of form]
Page 14

                                        3

[top of page is further EXPLANATORY NOTES on how to complete certain sections of form]





The applicant must obtain further evidence in regard to his service.  His name does not appear on the Rolls of names of Col Green's Regt
Page 15

I Amaziah Weatherhead of Cumberland in the County of Providence on oath do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Levi Weatherhead of said Cumberland an applicant for a pension & have Known him for the last 60 years - and I further testify that in the year 1780 I was orderly Sergeant in Col Greens Regiment of Continental Troops - I enlisted in June & served six months from that time untill my time expired and I well remember said Levi was a private in said Regiment at the same time said Levi enlisted into the same Company & for six months & to my Knowledge served untill his time expired & was orderly discharged
Amaziah Weatherhead

Rhode Island District
In Providence July 30 1833

Sworn to before by the said Deponent and I further say that said Deponent is well Known to me and he is a credible witness -- Benja Cowell
Commiss. Dist Court
R I Dist