Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,825, for Ichabod Peck, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)

Service
Continental
R.I.

Peck, Ichabod

Number
S.43.825

Contents
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[Left side]
2185
New York 
Ichabod Peck
Capt Pearson
Private 
Massachusetts ^ [handwritten star] Line 
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of
New York at
the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 of July 1818-
Continental [handwritten star] R.I.  [illegible]
Records correct [illegible]
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of Aug. 1818.
and sent to Aaron Haring Esq
Judge C.C.P. Montgomery Co NY
Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818.
1 Mo 13/30th  $11.46
{Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818}
1 year
[check mark] Reed
Palatine, Montgomery Co
Continued
[Right side vertical]
[illegible] sent Nov. 22 1820 to John L. Lobdell
Johnstown, Montgomery Co New York
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State of New York
Montgomery County } [illegible]  In conformity with the provisions of the act of congress of the United States of America passed 18th March 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War the following declaration in writing is made under oath by Ichabod Peck Junior of the town of Palatine in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York before the Hon Aaron Haring Esquire one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery in the said State in which the said Ichabod Peck doth reside that is to say ---
I Ichabod Peck aged Fifty Nine years on the twenty Sixth day of November last of the town of Palatine in the County of Montgomery and State of New York on this twenty third day of July one Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare that I served against the common enemy in the Army of the Revolution for one year Nine Months and a half on the continental establishment, and that I am a resident citizen of the United States to wit in the town, county and state aforesaid and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in Life I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support. that I served in the said Revolutionary War in the capacity of a Private Soldier. that I enlisted at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Pearson, Colonel Joseph Reeds Regiment and Massachusetts Line on or about the first day of January
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one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and continued in said corps until on or about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when I was discharged from service at Trenton in New Jersey. that I again enlisted at Cumberland in the State of Rhoad [sic] Island into the company commanded by Captain Johnson Colonel Toppens [Topham] Regim and Rhoad Island Line on or about the first day of June one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and continued in said corps untill  the sixteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy Eight when I was discharged from service at the point opposite New Port in the State of Rhoad Island my time being out, that I enlisted by the name of Ichabod Peck Junior my fath at that time being alive and in the service, that I received no ^ written [above line] discharges having served out my term of time and received a verbal discharge from the commanding officer.  that I have been at the Battle of Dorchester heights and [written above a crossed out word] Trenton ^on Long Island [written above] in the first enlistment and the retreat of Sullivan from Rhoad Island in the second enlistment and that I have no other residence now in my power of my said services. In witness of the truth of this declaration I have subscribed and sworn to the same on the day above written 
Subscribed & sworn to this 23rd day of July 1818 |  Ichabod Peck [signature]
 Before me a Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas in the State of Newyork Aaron Haring
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Ichabod Peck
Certificate No. 2185
Aug '18


[illegible]
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PRESENT the Honorable [handwritten] Aaron Haring Esq first Judge. [/handwritten]
State of New York Montgomery County |ss.  Be it Remembered, That on the twentieth [handwritten] day of October [handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the [handwritten] Court of Common pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid at the Courthouse in the village of Johnstown in the County aforesaid [/handwritten] in open court, the said court being a court of record for the [handwritten] County aforesaid having the power of five and imprisonment and proceeding according to the court of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount. keeping a record of their proceedings ---[/handwritten] Ichabod Peck [handwritten] aged sixty one [handwritten] years, resident [handwritten] Palatine in the County aforesaid --- [/handwritten] who being first duly sworn [handwritten] according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: [handwritten] that on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at the town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts he enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year into Captain Parsons company and Colonel Joseph Reeds Regiment and Massachusetts line and that he served out his said time of service when he received an honorable discharge at Trenton in New Jersey that in the year 1778 he served under Captain in Colonel Crarys Regiment in Rhodeisland [sic] line during nine month and a half in the expedition of General Sullivan that he was in the battles of Dorchester Height Long island Trenton and the retreat of Sullivan from Rhodeisland [sic]that he has been placed on the pension Roll of the United States under the act of 18th March 1818 [/handwritten]
and that his original declaration is dated the [handwritten] twenty third [/handwritten] day of July [handwritten] one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen [handwritten] and that his pension certificate is No. 2185.
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AND I do solemnly swear [handwritten] that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,”  passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit: Schedule [handwritten] 
Real property I have none ____ 
Personal property 1 Two year old heifer 1 sow & three pigs 1 old chest, 1 old table 1 small iron pot 1 Broken Dish Kettle 1 Broken bake kettle 3 Plates 1 Bowl, 3 cups & saucers 1 cream 1 old shovel & tongs, 1 Trowel 2 old shoes, one small looking glass one Big ax, one scythe snath one old razor. two knives & forks, 1 Butcher knife and one water pail _____
I am by occupation a labourer and am infirm being afflicted with the Rheumatism, I have one son aged eleven named Alexander who I support and is hearty I have no other means of support than above mentioned except my pension which I recieved [sic] from the United States and which has been paid up to the fourth of March last 
Ichabod Peck
Subscribed sworn to and declared this 20th day of October 1820 in open Court |
 Jno. McCarthy Clerk.
[/handwritten]
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I, John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for Montgomery County in the State of New York Do hereby certify, That the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty Dollars - 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twentieth day of October 1820
Jno. McCarthy
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                                                                                                      January 13, 1940. 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Mr. Roger F. Williams   |    BA-J/ady                                             	                                           
2 Rock Street |     Ichabod Peck       						                                           	
Alexandria Bay, New York |  S. 43825					 
                                            am [handwritten]
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Ichabod Peck, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
The record of the only Ichabod Peck that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43825, based upon his military service in that war. 
Ichabod Peck, the son of Ichabod Peck was born November 25, 1758, place, and the name of his mother are not shown. 
Ichabod Peck enlisted in Roxbury, Massachusetts, January 1, 1776, served one year as private in Captain Payson's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's Massachusetts Regiment; was in the battles of Dorchester Heights, Long Island and Trenton. He enlisted in Cumberland, Rhode Island, served nine and one half months as private in Captain Johnson's Company, Colonels Crary's and Topham's Rhode Island Regiments and was in General Sullivan's expedition and the retreat from Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Palatine, Montgomery County, New York. 
In 1820 his son, Alexander, was eleven years old. No reference was made to soldier's wife, and there are no further family data. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
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Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Ichabod Peck, Certificate No. 2185, issued August 10, 1818, rate $8.00 per month, commenced July 23, 1818,
Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency”.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Admitted
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State of NewYork, Henry Dimmick of Palatine in the County of Montgomery being duly sworn says that he is personally acquainted with the aforesaid Ichabod Peck and lives within two miles that he this deponent does not believe that the said Ichabod has any lands this deponent never heard he had any and is convinced & believes if he had any he should have heard or known it, that the said Ichabod has but very little personal property & consists of household furniture & one cow & has not the least doubt but he is in very indigent circumstances and stands instead of the assistance of his country for support. Subscribed & sworn to this 23rd day of July 1818.|   Henry Dimick [signature]
Before me 
Aaron Haring the aforesaid Judge 
State of New York ss. I Aaron Haring the judge aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ichabod Pecker did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid mentioned act of Congress Aaron Haring
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[Left Side]
43825
INVALID.
[illegible]
File No. 43.825
Ichabod Peck
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:-- Vol. 3, Page 390
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right Side]
June- 6 -1902
C. K. Allen [illegible]
1911 Mch. 3. History to
Mr. G. W. Carnrick
1940 Jan.13. Hist to
Roger F. Williams
A.D.Y.
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R [upper left corner]
[letterhead including black and white picture of mountains and a lake]
The Twin Lakes Land & Water Company,
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Andrew Cant, President W.L. Hartman, Vice Prest Chas E. Clark Sec’y of Treas. C.K. Allen King Asst. Sec’y. OFFICES: 227-8-9 CENTRAL BLOCK, PUEBLO COLO. ORDWAY COLORADO AND 319 MOONEY - BRISBANE BLDG. BUFFALO N.Y.
[right of picture]
Director James A. Roberts, Henry Koons, Andrew Cant, Dwight W Hodge, W. L. Hartman, Charles E Clark George Urban Jr. 
[under picture]
Ordway, Colo. 190’
[handwritten letter] 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC 
Dear Sir,
Will you please give me record of Ichabod Peck Jr. who was a soldier in the Revolution and died a pensioner He enlisted with the Vermont troops and took part in the battle of Bennington afterwards sent to New Jersey to reinforce troops at Trenton and was present at surrender of the Hessians to Genl Washington - he died a pensioner and was buried in Fulton Co New York 
Yours Truly 
CK Allen
[Black ink stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
MAY 15 1902
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G. W. CARNRICK CO.
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS
29-81 SULLIVAN STREET
NEW YORK,
February 24th, 1911.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
Will you kindly favor me with the
military history of Ichabod Peck (5) and his son
Ichabod Peck ( 6 ).
The records I have are as per enclosed
copy.
Also please let me know if your
records verify this.
Sincerely yours,
G W Carnrick [signature]
GW/EM.
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A. [illegible initials top left]
3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by
A. [illegible] 8. 28 /2’ /11
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant [handwritten] two soldiers asked for [/handwritten]
Soldier Ichabod Peck [name handwritten]
Service [Mass. Vt. NY. NJ. Crossed out]
Additional Service Rev. [handwritten]
No. claim, State records
No claim, combination records
REMARKS:
No West, any service
Rej, atall
No Rev. Sur as above except
S.43825
6-1944 Chief Division
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[top left corner missing]
[words missing] y to your request of ………..received……
[words missing] ment of the military history of [handwritten] Ichabod Peck Jr. [/handwritten]
[words missing] f the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
[words missing] as contained in his [crossed out](or his widow's)[/crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.           S. File 43.825 
[column headers] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN | COLONEL. | STATE. |
Roxbury Mass. Jany 1. 1776 |1 year | Pri. |(Samuel) Payson | Joseph Read | 13 Contl. |
Cumberland, R.I. June 1. 1778 | Mch. 16, 1779 | “ | Johnson | Topham or Crary | R.I. |
Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Dorchester Heights, Long Is., Trenton & in Sullivan’s retreat. [/handwritten]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, --- 
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] July 23, 1818 – Allowed – [/handwritten]
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Palatine, Montgomery Co. N.Y. [/handwritten] 
Age at date of application, [handwritten] b. Nov. 26, 1758 [/handwritten]
Remarks: He states that he enl. as Ichabod Peck Jr. because his father was alive and in the service at the same time - no particulars given. In 1820 he referred to one son Alexander aged 11 yrs. No further family data. “Only Ichabod Peck etc.”
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Ichabod Peck ( 5 ) son of Ichabod ( 4 ) resided
in Cumberland, R. I. He enlisted in the
War of the Revolution; was promoted to a
Lieut. Col.; was wounded and died of his
wounds. He is said to have been a brave
officer. (The Peck Genealogy, P. 46.)
Ichabod ( 6 ) sone of Ichabod ( 5 ) settled
first in Marlborough, N. H., then in Fulton
County, N. Y. near Johnstown, N. Y., where
he died May 1st, 1848. He was buried between
Caroga and Lasellsville, opposite
the Christman School.
Ichabod Peck, Cumberland, R. I., Private
in Capt. Samuel Payson's company, Co. Jos.
Reede's ( 20th ) Regiment, Muster Roll dated
Aug. 1st, 1775; enlisted May 8th, 1775;
served three months and one day.  (Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War,
Vol.  p)
" He afterward enlisted with the Vermont
troops and took part in the battle of Bennington.
Afterwards he was sent to New Jersey to re-enforce
the troops at Trenton, and was present at the surrender
of the Hessians to General Washington. He
lived and died a pensioner."
[vertical over stamp]
Only one Sur
S 43825
[Top of stamp]
ACK MCH 2, 1911 c
[Black ink stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
D FEB 25 1911
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2 Rock St 
Alexandria Bay, N. Y. 
December 27, 1939 
Veterans Bureau 
Washington, D.C 
Gentlemen:  – 
Ichabod Peck [underlined] was a soldier of the American Revolution He drew a pension for his services in said War. In 1840 he lived in Ephratah, Fulton Co. NY. at the age of 79 
If your records contain such information I would like a copy of his Pension papers with War Record, family data etc.
 I trust I may hear from you soon
Sincerely, Roger T. Williams
[stamped as follows]
RECEIVED
Dec 28 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 7
VETS ADM