Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 613-100, for Benjamin Randall, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
Mass  Randall, Benjamin   B.L.Wt. 613-100
CONTENTS
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W. 613.
Benjamin Randall
Sergeant
Massachusetts Line.
Warrant issued to Benj. Randall
under date 20th February 1813
and transmitted the next day to
the Honble Elijah Brigham, M. C.
House of Representatives, in
a blank Cover.
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Letter of Atty from B. Randall
Elijah Brigham Esqr
In a
Land warrant.
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Know all men by these Presents. That I Benjamin
Randall of Worcester in the County of Worcester
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts late a Sargeant
in the third Massachusetts Regiment commanded by
John Greaton in the late revolutionary Army - do
constitute and appoint the Honble. Elijah Brigham
of Westborough in the County of Worcester aforesaid
a member of the Honble house of Representatives of the
United States, to be my Attorney for the purpose of
receiving from the proper office a certificate or
Warrant for the land which I am entitled unto as
Soldier in the late revolutionary Army and to all
those matters and things which I myself could do in procuring 
the same, if personally present, hereby authorizing
my said Attorney to make and execute any receipt
which may be necessary ratifying and confirming
all and whatsoever my said Attorney may do in
and about the Premises. In Testimony of all which
I the said Benjamin Randall have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Ninth Day of Feby AD 1813.
Signed Sealed and delivered
In presence of us -
Benj. X his mark Randall
Elisha Ward
Nath A. Paine &
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. At Worcester in the County
of Worcester on the Ninth Day of Feby AD 1813
Came Benjamin Randall above named
and in my presence acknowledged and executed
the above Instrument as his free act & Deed
Before me Nath Paine Jus Peace
This certifies that Nathll Paine whose
signature is to the above certificate is a Justice
of the Peace within the County of Worcester in the
State of Massachusetts Elijah Brigham M.C
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July 2, 1940
BA-J/AWF
Benjamin Randall
B. L. Wt. 613 - 100

Mrs. F. Randal Livesay
Clarkson
Ontario, Canada

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from claim
for bounty land, on file under B. L. Wt. 613-100 acres,
based upon service of Benjamin Randall, in the War
of the Revolution. There is no claim for pension
on account of his service in that war.
The date and place of birth of Benjamin Randall,
and names of his parents were not given.
Benjamin Randall enlisted, date and place not
given, served as sergeant in Colonel John Greaton's
Third Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged
June 8, 1783, having served six years, one month.
On account of the above noted service, Benjamin
Randall was allowed one hundred acres of bounty land
on his application executed February 9, 1813, at
which time he was a resident of Worcester, Worcester
County, Massachusetts.
There are no family data in this claim.
If you desire information in regard to the location
of the land above noted, you should apply to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, this city, and cite
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the following data:
Warrant #613 100 acres issued February 26, 1813.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Benj Randall Sergeant
in the third Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfully 
served the United States six years and
one month and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 8th day 
of June 1783
G. Washington [signature!!]
By HIS EXCELLENCY
Command,
J Trumball [?] [signature]
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
[indecipherable signature] Adjutar

THE above Benj Randall Sergeant
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six
Years faithful Service.
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B.L.Wt. 613-100
is
the only Benj. Randall
under any spelling
of the name
AW.
Apr. 28, 1913
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Box 128
Clarkson, Ont. Canada
Jan. 24, 1940


Stamp gone where rec. in Rev. 418 1/2 [indecipherable handwritten note]
RANDALL: or Rundell

Veterans Administration,
Washington D. C.

Can you add anything to data given below? To save time in
replying please give no. and I will have a duplicate.
(1) Benjamin Randall [the word 'more' written above); Private Capt. Bartholomew York's
(late Capt. John Rice's) Co; Col Edmund Phinney's ( 18th)
regt; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8
1776; enl. May 12, 1776 (also given June 1, 1776 by Capt
York); rept. in barracks and lame.
[handwritten note:] Is [?] [?] - [?] and [?] [?] today?
[left margin handwritten note:] Note that I have a John Rice and Randall ancestry.
( 2 ) Ensign B. R. Capt Stephen Penniman's Co. Palmer's
Brigade; dated Hill Aug. 5, 1776 ( re a communication
sent by Palmer to Council) [handwritten note:] Is "Hill" New Hampsure or VT?
( 3 ) B. R. 3rd Lieut Capt Benj. Lapham's Co, Col. Jonathan Reed
muster roll date May 9 1778; enl. March 27, 1778
also Lieutn same regt. service from Apr. 1 1778 to July 3
1778, at Cambridge. [handwritten note:] Is Cambridge VT. or Mass or N.Y?
(note; this man especially wanted; is he duplicated here?)
[handwritten note, left margin:] I think this is a VT list or is it Mass?
(4) B. R receipt dated Worcester, May 28 1782 for bounty paid
said Randall by Nathaniel Sawyer, chairman of class No 2
Westminster town, to serve for 3 yrs.
(especially wanted ) [handwritten note:] Is this Worcester Mass?
(5) B. R. residing Egremont; Capt Daniel's Co, Col Nixon's Regt
3 yrs.
(6) Benj. Randel enl. agreement to serve for 1 yr from last
of Dec. 1775.
(7 ) B.R. of Barre; Priv; Capt Prichard; Col. Greaton's Regt
pay accts for service Jan 1 1780 to Dec. 31 1780
(8) B. R. Falmouth, Capt Bradish, enl 1775 May 23 to date of
marching; dr with 46 days' allowance; also Capt Bradish
Col. Phinney (qy, is this same man as No I.? Or No. 3?)
order for bounty cost or its equiv. in money, dated
Fort No. 2, Cambridge, Oct. 28, 1775,
(9) Benjamin Randell (or qy Randolph): List of prisoners from Newport, R.I.
in the prison ship Lord Sandwich, landed Bristol,
March 1778. Is this likely to be a man b 1750 in Providence
This means he was captured by the British?
Yours very truly,
(Mrs) F. Randal Livesay
J. Randal Livesay [signature]
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[Blank page but for 2 stamps]
RECEIVED
JAN 27 1940 
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 12
VETS ADM

RECEIVED
JAN 31 1940 
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 10
VETS ADM
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Secretary,
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Clarkson, Ont. Canada
Jan. 24, 1940
Address: Clarkson, Ontario, Canada
[handwritten note:] 2 letters

Dear Sir:
[a stamp that says:] NAME AND ADDRESS CORRECT AS GIVEN
JAN 31 1940
TRANSLATON SECTION
MAIL SUB-DIVISION
VET ADMN

Can you give me anything on these two Reynolds
who may be listed under Rennels, Rannels, Randall? I
found the names in N. Y. Doc. History
Private Wm. Reynolds; Woodhull; Smith
wounded and captured Fort Montgomery, Oct. 6, 1777,
(Does this mean he was a British prisoner?)
In what American regt. (place) was he first enlisted?
Capt. Joseph Reynolds, Beekman's precinct 1775 (P. 281)
Sec. Lieut. Arnold Reynolds (two last may be Randall Rundle Runnells)

Yours very truly,
F. Randal Livesay
(Mrs.) J. Randal Livesay

[stamp that says:] RECEIVED 
JAN 8 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 15
VETS ADM
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[stamp that says:] RECEIVED 
JAN 27 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 12
VETS ADM

[another upside down stamp:] RECEIVED
JAN 30 1940
TRANSLATION SECTION
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13185 Compass St.
Detroit, Michigan
July 27, 1933

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
[handwritten note:] only one
Did Benjamin Randall or his wife Eunice Smith
Randall recieve a pension for his service in the
Revolutionary War?
Benjamin Randall died at Shelburne, Massachusetts,
September 9, 1828. His first wife was Anna Avery and
their son Avery served in the same war.
Benjamin Randall may have enlisted from Colchester,
Connecticut or from Shelburne, Mass. He apparently
moved to Shelburne during the war.
I shall appreciate it if you will send me any
record you have of him or his service.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. D.T.) Myrtle Randall
Detroit, Michigan

[stamp:]
RECEIVED
July 27, 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM
READER # 65
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WALLACE BASSFORD, SECRETARY
CLARENCE A CANNON, CLERK

CHARLES R. CRISP
PARLIAMENTARIAN

THE SPEAKER'S ROOM
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C.

April 26th, 1913.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I have a letter from the Adjutant General in reply
to a letter from me requesting information as to the service
of one Benjamin Randall who is said to have served in the Revolutionary
War, in which he states that he is unable to furnish the desired
information and refers me to you.
I will greatly appreciate any information as to this
man's service that you may have in your possession. It is thought
that he served in either a Rhode Island or Connecticut Regiment.
Thanking you for anything that you may be able to do in the matter,
wk.
I am,
Sincerely yours,
Champ Clark [?]

wk.
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[blank page except for stamp that says:]
PENSION OFFICE
APR 28 1913
U.S.
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July 2, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Benjamin Randall
B.L. Wt. 613-100 acres

Mrs. F. Randall Livesay
Clarkson, Box 128
Ontario, Canada

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you
request information in regard to Benjamin Randall,
whose name you found listed in various organizations
in the Revolutionary War, from Vermont, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, and New York, also, the Revolutionary War
records of Arnold, Joseph, and William Reynolds.
You state that surname is variously spelled Randall,
Rundle, Runnells, Rennels, Rannels, Randell, and
Reynolds.

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

The data furnished by you are not sufficient to
enable this office to identify the records of the
soldiers with that surname, in whom you are particularly
interested.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War
record of Benjamin Randall of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 3, 1933
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BA-J/ALB
BENJAMIN RANDALL
B. L. Wt. 613 - 100

Mrs. D. T. Randall
18185 Compass Street
Detroit, Michigan
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of July 27, in which you
request the record of Benjamin Randall, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this
office shows but one soldier named Benjamin Randall, whose
record follows.

He enlisted, date and place not shown, and served as sergeant
in Colonel John Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment, and was
discharged June 3, 1785, having served six years one month.

On account of the above noted service of Benjamin Randall
in the Revolutionary War, Warrant No. 615, for one hundred acres
of bounty land, was issued to him on his application executed
February 9, 1813, while a resident of Worcester, Worcester County,
Massachusetts.

There are no family data in this claim.

For information in regard to the location of the land
above noted, you should write to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, this city, citing the following:

Benjamin Randall, Bounty Land Warrant 613-199 was issued
February 26, 1813.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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April 28, 1913.

Hon. Champ Clark,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Clark:

In response to your letter dated the twenty 
sixth and received the twenty eighth instant, I have the honor
to furnish herewith the history of the only soldier named
Benjamin Randall, found on the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau.

Benjamin Randall Sergeant, 3d Massachusetts regiment
served six years and one month, (date of enlistment not stated
and was discharged June 8, 1783. On February 9, 1813, he was a
resident of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
He was allowed one hundred acres of bounty land under Warrant
No. 613, on account of the above service. There is no data
on file as to his family.

Very respectfully,
J.L Davenport
Commissioner.