Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10823, Reuben Heath, N.H. Continental
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Service
N.H.
Continental

Heath, Reuben

Number
S.10823

Carded
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Vermont
18869
Reuben Heath
of Windsor Co in the state of Vermont 
who was a Pvt in the company commanded
by Captain Hosea of the Regt commanded 
by Col Reed in the New Hampshire Militia.

9 o Private - $30

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont
at the rate of 30 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Oct 
1833 and sent to J Converse Bethel, Vt

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $75.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mch 1834 $15.00
$90.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J T Sprague - Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 70

Date of Death 
not on AB
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Reuben Heath
9 No 2605
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State of Vermont
Windsor County 

On this tenth day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Reuben Heath, a resident of the county of Windsor and state of Vermont aged Seventy-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 7, 1931.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That at Hampstead in the state of New Hampshire where he then resided he enlisted in the latter part of April 1775 - The precise day not recollected  - in the state troops of New Hampshire and he thinks in the company commanded by Capt. Hosea Hutchinson, Lieut. Emerson (Name of the Ensign not recollected) that at the time of his enlistment he intended to enlist for eight months only - but was afterwards informed by his officers that he with the rest of the company in which he enlisted was referred to as nine months men and that he served out the nine months although a part of the company left the service at the end of eight months because they said that was the time for which they enlisted and they would serve no longer - the regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col Reed  - that he does not remember the names of the Lieut Col and Major - but that he belonged to Gen Starts Brigade - that at the time he enlisted he was required to find his own gun and equipment and one pound of powder and balls sufficient for the same for which he was to received pay when his time was out but has never received such pay - that soon after his enlistment he joined the army at Winter Hill so called Massachusetts where he was stationed during the time of his service. That on the 17th day of June of the same year the battle of Bunker Hill was fought - although he was not in the battle as that part of the regiment in which he was in was not in the engagement. That there was stationed at and near him while their other troops - Gen Warren was in command there and was killed as it was said in the Bunker Hill battle - that not longer after this battle he thinks the first part of July after of the same year Gen Washington came
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there and took command - that at the close of the said nine months viz in the month of January 1776 he was discharged at Winter Hill - but received no written discharge - he was born at Hampstead in the state of New Hampshire the 9th day of September 1753 - that he knows of no record of his age unless it be as said Hampstead - that he has resided in said Bethel for more than 20 years last past.

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

Reuben Heath

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - L A Marsh - Register

We Washington Granger a clergyman residing in Bethel and Mills May residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Heath who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy-nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary and that we concur in that opinion.

Washington Granger
Miles May

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - L A Marsh - Register

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary solder and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Washington Granger who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Bethel Vermont and that Mills ay who has also signed the same is a resident in said Bethel and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Lyndon Marsh Register of the court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Reuben Heath for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of August AD 1832.

L A Marsh - Register

SEAL
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April 17, 1936

BA-J/EEL
Reuben Heath S.10823

Grace E Chamberlain
166 Grand Avenue East
Highland Park, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Reuben Heath who served in the New Hampshire troops War of the revolution. You state that you believe that either the soldier or his widow drew a pension.

The record has been found of one soldier only named Reuben Heath or similar spelling who served in the New Hampshire Troops in the revolutionary war. That history is furnished you herein as found in pension claim S.10823 based upon his military service in that war.

Reuben Heath was born September 9, 1753, at Hampstead, New Hampshire, the names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Hampstead, Reuben Heath enlisted late in April 1775 served as a private in Captain Hutchins' company, Colonel Reed's New Hampshire regiment, marched to Winter Hill where he arrived soon after the battle of Bunker Hill and served nine months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while residing in Bethel Windsor County Vermont where he had resided for more than twenty years. There is no claim for pension on file made by any person as the widow of the above named Reuben Heath.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Reuben Heath (S.10823) you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, tis city and cite the following data:

{Written in the margin)
He stated that he was in Capt. Hutchinson's Co but could not tell whether the name was Hosea or Hezekiah. A.H. Long Vol 1 shows he served under Capt. Hezekiah Hutchins' Col Jas Reed's Regt - no admitted Christian name of Captain.
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Reuben Heath, Certificate No. 1[Illegible], issued October 17, 1833,rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832.
Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Left Side Page

10823
INVALID
Rev War

File No 10823
Reuben Heath
Pri Rev War

Act June 7th, '32

Index Vol A page 170

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

1936 April 17 - Hist to Mrs. Grace E Chamberlain
1936 May 8 - Grace E Chamberlain inf that this is the only Reuben Heath on record in this office
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Reuben Heath
Affidavit
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State of Vermont
Windsor County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for said county of Windsor Reuben Heath who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has made his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 which declaration was sometime since transmitted to the War Department and by said department returned but which  he intends to send with this affidavit. That on the letter enclosing said declaration from the department there is a note stating that there are errors in said declaration as it respects the duration of the service and the officers. That after the most mature reflection and careful attention to the subject he is satisfied that the said declaration contains one error and which escaped his notice when the said declaration was originally drawn. That he did not arrive at Winter Hill so early as is stated in his original declaration. That owning to old age and loss of memory he cannot now tell every particular in relation to his service but from the best of his recollection the Bunker Hill battle was on the 17th day of June which he thinks was on Saturday and that he arrived at said Winter Hill the next Wednesday evening after said battle. But that he enlisted in the latter part of April as stated in said declaration and was all the time after such enlistment subject to his officers and were drilled and disciplined by their officers as much as in the regular service and was constantly in readiness to march so that he could do no business of any kind except that of a soldier even after he enlisted. That he enlisted and served as a soldier. That a part of the company to which he belonged marched under Lieut. Emerson to Cambridge whereas he understood they arrived before the Bunker Hill battle but that part of the company which march with him were und the command
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of Capt. Hutchinson,
That he served as stated in his said Declaration till the next January before he was discharged which made about one month over the term of eight months for which he intended to enlist. That he received no written discharge.
That owing to old age and loss of memory he cannot now recollect the name of the Ensign of the Company in which he served, nor is he positive in relation to the give names of the Capt. and Lieut. of the Company.  In his original declaration he stated that the given name of the Capt. was Hosea but upon
reflection he thinks he is mistaken.  That now thinks his given name was Ephraim but of this he is by no means positive.  He knows however, that the sir name of the Capt.
was Hutchinson and that of the Lieut. was Emerson and that he belonged to Col. Reeds Regiment in Genl Stark's Brigade.
But the name of the Major he has forgotten.
That he served not less than nine months from the time he enlisted and not less than seven months after he went to said Winter Hill.
That then were stationed on said Winter Hill while he was there a number of Regiments
that he was discharged at said Winter Hill but received no written discharge.  That he served with an embodied corps called into service by
competent authority and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.  That he knows of no person now living by whole he
can prove his service
Reuben Heath
Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of September 1833
Jonathan Marsh Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that I have for many years last past personally known the said Reuben Heath as he has lived in my neighborhood for twenty years or more, and that the said Heath has always sustained a good moral and religious 
character and is a credible witness.
Jonathan Marsh  Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County
I, Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County
Court do hereby certify that Jonathan Marsh
is a Justice of the Peace in for said County
duly commissioned qualified, and that his
signatures above & foregoing are genuine. 
Given under my hand, and the seal of said
Court at Woodstock this first day of
 October 1833.
Benj. Swan Clerk
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We the undersigned, Select Men and Civil Authority of the Town of Bethel hereby certify that we have long been personally acquainted with Reuben Heath who has applied
for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832. That the said Heath has for many years he resident in said Town of Bethel.  That the said Heath has ever sustained and still does sustain an irreproachable character and that his
statement is entitled to the utmost credit.  That we have frequently heard it reported in the neighborhood that the said Heath was an old Revolutionary Soldier, and we
have no doubt of that fact.
John Noble}
Enos Child  }     Select Men
Bethel Vermont
Sept 16. 1833
Thos P. Russell Justice Peace
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Reuben Heath
Bethel
Admit
[Illegible]
J. Converse Esq.
Bethel Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 8th 
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of _______
Period when the services rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service
Years.
Months.
Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. ┃
Names and Rank of the General ┃ and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Reuben Heath
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of }
County of                              } ss.
On this  ___day of ___personally appeared (a) before___A.B. a resident (b) of___ in the county of ___ and State, Territory or District of ___aged (c)___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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)___, with ___ and served in the___
(e) regiment of the___line, under the following named officers:________
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county  and State 
in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency      in the State of ____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I ____of the Court of ___ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ___for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this___day 
of ___&c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the___
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with___, who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be___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.
Sworn ad subscribed the day of and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the 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 A.B.___ who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the___
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,______ Clerk of the Court of___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter 
of the application of ___ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal___ of the office, this ___ day of ___ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of
services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated  I will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be a
attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of 
June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to this rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For___ year___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ _. For ___ months and ___days days, I served as a ___;and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine the precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of declaration is
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated the certificate  must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same,  as well
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
in the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may at his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia ne, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
(The following was handwritten at the bottom of the page)
The declaration as to the duration of service as well as officers has several mistakes which render the facts doubtful and make satisfactory proof of service [Illegible]
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May 8, 1936
BA J/MCS
Reuben Heath, S10823
Grace E. Chamberlain
166 Grand Avenue, East
Highland Park, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of May 1, 1936, in which you request information in regard to a Reuben Heath who served
in the Revolutionary War, moved to Scottsville, New York, as early as 1790 and died there in 1828.
This office has no record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land was made to the United States on
account of his military service.  The only soldier named Reuben Heath that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office is the
one (S.10823 ) whose record was sent you April 17, 1936.
As possible means of securing information relative to the military service of the Reuben Heath in whom you are interested, it is suggested that you address The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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(Received Stamp May 4 1936)
#166 Grand Ave. East,
Highland Park, Michigan.
May 1, 1936
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sirs:
Rev. War Section
I thank you very much for your letter of
April 17th relative to Reuben Heath, the New Hampshire soldier, which I had always supposed was connected with the Chamberlain
family.  However, your letter disproves this, when you state the N.H. soldier was of Bethel, Vt. for many years.
The soldier Reuben Heath, whose war record
I desire, is a Reuben Heath who went to Scottsville, N.Y. as early as 1790, and lived and died there in 1828.  It is said in a Scottsville history that this Reuben Heath was a Revolutionary soldier from N.H.
I find there was a Reuben Heath from
Belchertown, Mass. who was a revolutionary soldier, and it may be he is the one who went to N. Y.  Will you please give me the service of the Reuben Heath of Belchertown, Mass. who served in Jonathan Bardwell's Co., Col. David Brewer's regiment, and advise me if there is any family data about this man.  I understand from your former letter that only one Reuben Heath drew pension.  This is not the one I am tracing.
Again thanking you, I am,
Sincerely,
Grace E. Chamberlain
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(Written: Widow V)
#166 Grand Ave. East
Highland Park, Mich.
March 30, 1936
(Written: No C  no pendent  Jm 4/6/36)
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sirs:-
Will you please advise me what pension
papers may show of a REUBEN HEATH who enlisted in the New Hampshire line.  I believe he drew a pension, or at least one was drawn
by his widow.
He died in Scottsville, N. Y.  Aside from his
military record I am very anxious to know what may be stated of his first wife, if stated, that is her maiden name.  He was a widower
with three children when he married Mary Farwell in Scottsville, N. Y., and it is through the first wife that I am related to the soldier
Reuben Heath.
Thanking you for any data available, I am,
Yours very truly,
Grace E. Chamberlain

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 Mar. 31 1936
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