Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,936, for Samuel Leeman, Massachusetts
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN, SS.
On this 27th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before John Ruggles [Esq] of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Samuel Leeman a resident of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty nine 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated-
that that is to say he enlisted and entered the service in the Massachusetts line on the first of
May 1781 the year Cornwallis was captured, was enlisted by Luit Lithgow in the company commanded by Captain Benj. Lemont for six months - was verbally discharged in November following after serving out the time for which he enlisted
During that time the said company was stationed at Cox'es Head at the mouth of the Kennebeck River in Maine.
Col. Samuel McCobb was Commanding officer of the Regiment, and he enlisted at Coxes Head. Samuel McLain was a corporal
under Capt Parker in the same Regiment, and will be able to testify to the above service, which was in protecting the coast from the depudations of the enemy with whose
boats they had several skirmishes

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war Department, he answers, that he was born in Woolwich
Maine, April 1763 - has no record of his age unless it be on the town records of Woolwich - that he was living at Woolwich before
his enlistment and continued to live there for five years after the war and has ever since resided in Bristol in the County of Lincoln
Maine, where he now lives & that he had no written discharge.
That Samuel Gates & Henry Chamberlain Esqrs of said Bristol are his neighbours and can testify to his good character and to his reputation of having served as above.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name if not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, Samuel
John Ruggles Judge of said Court