Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23839, for Pardon Peckham, Massachusetts
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SERVICE Mass. 
Peckham, Pardon 
NUMBER S.23839

CONTENTS
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Buffalo 24.430 
Pardon Peckham [illegible] in the State of New York was a private in the Company commanded Captain Carpenter of the regt. commanded Col Pincher in the Mass [illegible] line for 8 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Buffalo the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Decr. 1833 and sent to Hon M. Filmore H. Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 - 13.33 --- 
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$80.00 
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk 
Book C Vol. 4 Page 12

[written sideways, on the left:] Date of death not [illegible] A B
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Pardon Peckham 
20377 
Wants to be paid at Buffalo 
admd 
8 mos pri 
$26.66
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[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. ]
State of New York, Erie County, ss.}
On this Eighth day of November 1832 personally appeared ^(at Buffalo in said County), [crossed out: in open court] before ^(James Stryker one of the Judges of the) Court of Common Pleas [crossed out: now sitting at Buffalo] in said County, Pardon Peckham --- a resident of Clarence in the County of Erie and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 69 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, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated 

He was born in the Town of Middletown in the County of Newport in the State of Rhodisland [Rhode Island] in the year of 1763.  Has no record of his age except what he copied from his fathers Bible which he supposes to be correct. his record is in his bible. 

He was living when he entered into the service of the United States the Town of Munson in the County of Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, he moved from the Town of Munson aforesaid to the Town of Randolph in the County of Orange in the State of Vermont and then into the Town of Bloomfield in the County of Ontario in the State of New York and from there to the Town of Clarence in the County of Erie and State of New York aforesaid where he now resides. 

He enlisted in the year 1778 in the Town of Munson aforesaid into the militia of the State of Massachusetts for eight months under the following named officers. his Colonels names was Pinchen, he does not remember his first name, he had no General or Major his captains name was John Carpenter, the Lieutenants name was Chapin he never met with them but twice before he died.  the Ensigns name was Lilly, the Sergeants name was Collins ^(2d Lieut [illegible[) he does not remember the 2d Sergeants name, they had but two sergeants and two corporals and one of this Corporals name was Philip Lyon but the others he does not remember. 

Immediately after he enlisted at Mason aforesaid he received orders to march to Old Springfield in Massachusetts where they passed muster, but cannot tell where before, and he said about Eighty others were picked out and detained there to guard the Stores and the others were marched to West Point.  He enlisted the third day of May  and was dismissed out the ninth day of  [illegible] 1779.  After serving his time out, he received a written discharge from his Captain which he has since lost. 

He further States that Henry Johnson & Benjamin Clark are
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Immediately after he enlisted at Munson aforesaid he received orders to march to Old Springfield in Massachusetts, where they passed muster, but cannot tell whom before, and he and about Eighty others were pickked out and detained there to guard the Stores and the others were marched to West Point.  He enlisted the third day of May [illegible] and was dismissed out the Ninth day of Jan. [illegible] 1779 after serving his time out.  He receved a written Discharge from his Captain which he has since lost 

He further States that Henry Johnson & Benjamin Clark are persons to whom he is known & who reside in his present neighborhood & who he offers as witnesses as to his truth & veracity and as to their belief as to his being a Soldier of the  Revolution

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, 
Pardon Peckham

Sworn and subscribed this Eighth}
day of November 1832}
before me James Stryker Judge of the County Court
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We, Henry Johnson
residing in the town of Clarence and County 
of Erie and Benjamin Clark, residing in the same place, hereby certify,
that we are well acquainted with Pardon Peckham --- who has subscribed
and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 69 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.
Henry Johnson
Benjm Clark

Subscribed and sworn this Eighth}
day of November 1832}
before me
James Stryker
Judge of Erie County Court

[entire printed paragraph crossed out:]
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 [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a [blank] resident in the [illegible] and county of [blank] and that [blank] who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of [blank] and county of [blank] and is a credible person, ant that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Noah R. Spraque, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify,
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter 
the application of [blank] for a pension
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] 
day of [blank] 183  
[end of crossed out text]

And I the said Judge do hereby certify and declare my opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant [illegible]
Revolutionary and find as he states.  As to the said
Judge do further certify that it appears to me that Henry Johnson 
and Benjamin Clark who have signed the foregoing certification
are residents of the said Town of Clarence and that they are credible 
persons and that there and each of their statements are entitled 
to credit. And I the said Judge do further certify that the
forgoing contain the original procedings had before me in the
matter of the application of the said Pardon Peckham for a pension, 
[end of page cut off]
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Judge do further [llegible]
...son [Johnson] and Benjamin Clark who have signed the foregoing certification
are residents of the said Town of Clarence and that they are credible
persons and that [illegible] and each of the statements are entitled 
to credit.  And I the said Judge do further certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings had before me in the
matter of the application of the said Pardon Peckham for a pension.
And I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me
that the said Pardon Peckham could not without too great inconvenience 
procure the attendance of a Clergyman before me to testify 
to his character and service and make the Certificate
required by the War department.  And I do further certify that in
consequence of the prevalence of the Cholera in the City of Buffalo
in August last when a term of the Court of Common Pleas of said
county should have been held, the Court was not held, and
that on a representation of the peculiar Circumstances which 
rendered it proper the War department deemed it expedient to permit 
[illegible] the said Judge to receive a pension application and take 
evidence thereon until the next term of [word crossed out] the said Court in 
in December [illegible] and no longer which permission or authority was communicated to me the said Judge by a letter bearing date on 21st day of September 1832.  And I do further certify that the foregoing proceedings have been had and allowed before me and by virtue of the authority or permission aforesaid and that I have in consideration of the age and infirmity 
of the applicant deemed it highly proper and expedient that the
said proceedings should be so had and taken or allowed before me
under and by virtue of the said permission and authority of the War
department.  [illegible word in a circular ring] under my hand and seal at 
Buffalo this 8th day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty Tw [Two]
[small, round seal on a diamond-shaped paper]

James Stryker
Judge of Erie County Court

[written sideways, at the bottom left:] Peckham ..ratio
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Erie County}
Clerks Office Ss:}

[on the left: large seal stamped over ribbon and serrated round paper]

I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County of
Erie do hereby certify that the Hon James
Stryker before whom the foregoing proceedings
in the matter of the application of Pardon
Peckham for a pension were had, was on the
day of the date thereof, and still is, a Judge
of the County Courts of said County of Erie,
[illegible] appointed and given, and that the signatures
[illegible] said Judge to the [illegible] of the deposition on
[illegible] of the said Pardon Peckham and of the
[illegible] of the certificate or permit affidavit of Henry
Johnson, and Benjamin Clark, and to the Certificate
of the said Judge following the same are all the
genuine signatures of the said Judge

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 12th day of December
1832-
Noah P. Sprague Clerk
of Erie County
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20377 Buffalo
Pardon Packham
Erie County
New York

admd

Warrts to b paid
at Buffalo N.Y.
[illegible]

H. K.
Hon. Fillmore [crossed out: & Hall Buffalo]
N. York.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
May 27-- 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 show 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. 

[Table Heading] A Statement, shewing the service of Pardon Packham, Erie county, N. York 
[column headings: (1) Period when the service was rendered., 
(2) Duration of claimant’s service. - Years., - Months., - Days., (3) Rank of the claimant., 
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
(5) Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched.
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declaration is supported.] 

Enlisted 1778 | 8 months | private | Capt Carpenter | Col Rusher | [blank] | Springfield Massachusetts | 69, Northampton, Mass. | Tradition
[end of table]

 I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, mucicians [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 } ss.
On this  ___  day of  ___   personally appeared (a) before  ___   A. B. a resident (b) of  ___  in the count 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 provision 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. [hand with right-pointing finger icon] 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 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 and subscribed the days 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 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 the 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 will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 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 the 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 inquiry 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. 
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[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 the 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 apartment to determine to what amount of pension he is entited. In a case where the applicant, by by reason of the 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, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with 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 [in italics] "about 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 a 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.

[in italics] 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.

[in italics] 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 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. ☞ Then the notes from [a] to [i] area all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
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December 18, 1930
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Celina Peckham Wood
650 East 12th Street
Pomona, California

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.23839, that Pardon
Peckham was born in 1763, in Middletown, Newport County,
Rhode Island.  

While residing in Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 
he volunteered May 3, 1778, served as a private in
Captain John Carpenter's Company, Colonel Pinchen's Massachusetts
Regiment, was stationed as a guard for the public
stores at Springfield, Massachusetts, and was discharged
January 9, 1779.  The above is the statement of the soldier. 
A report of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
on file in this claim gives the services of Pardon Peckham 
as private of a company of guards stationed at Springfield 
under the command of Captain John Carpenter from
June 12 to September 12, 1780, and also in same company
from September 13, 1780 to February 13, 1781.

He moved to Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, date
not given, then to Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York,
and then to Clarence, Erie County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of
Clarence, New York.

Children are referred to, their names and the name of
his wife not stated.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

[handwritten on the left:] Date of death not on A B
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Certificate
of E.D. Bangs
Secy Mass. in case of 
Pardon Peckham
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Novemr 24th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Pardon Peckham, as a private,
is borne on a "Pay Roll for the first three months
of a Company of Guards, station'd at Springfield
under the command of Capt. John Carpenter."
where he is allowed from June 12th to Septr 12th 1780,
three months.--- .--- .---

Pardon Peckham's name is borne on a Pay
Roll of Capt. John Carpenter's Company of Guards,
stationed at Springfield, where he is allowed from
Septr 13th 1780, to Feby 13th 1831 five months.-- .--

Edard D Bangs Secy
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State of New York}
County ss} On this 13th day of June AD
1833 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace
in & for the County of Erie personally appeared Pardon
Peckham of Lancaster (late Clarence) in the said
County who being by [illegible] duly sworn deposes &
says that he is the same identical Pardon
Peckham named in the annexed declaration
made by him on the Eighth day of November
last past, And he further says that on the
3d day of May 1778 at Munson Northampton
County Massachusetts where he then resided
entered the service of the United States under the 
Officers named in the annexed declaration. that
the 5th day of the same month he marched
from home & went to Springfield Massachusetts 
[illegible] twenty miles Distant where he arrived
the same day. that he continued to do duty
under said [illegible] at & about Springfield
^(under said engagement under the [illegible]) until the 9th day of January in the year
1779 when he was discharged & has a discharge 
signed by his Capt, Capt Carpenter
This discharge he kept about 30 years [illegible] 
lost in Vermont but dont know how it was 
lost or destroyed unless it was torn up or destroyed 
by the children-- After he got to Springfield 
he was engaged in & [illegible] arms (taken from 
Burgoyne in part) & guarding the two large 
Arsenals the [illegible] Commissary 
Stored & in going as a guard with horses from 
Springfield to different places & back - that
with horses once to Big Meadows 8 miles above
West Point in the State of New York & went to Enfield 
& Old Hartford twice in all the all the time made Springfield 
there quarters [illegible]. Whose [illegible]
to Big Meadows they carried provisions & 
ammunition & had along about 25 ox Teams 
To Hartford carried provisions & stores for the use of the
Soldiers
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That while he was at Springfield five company 
of Artillery Marched from Boston to West
Point & staid at Springfield a day or two [illegible] 
March there were no Regular soldiers stationed
at Springfield while he was but recruits 
[illegible] marched through. There was only his company stationed at Springfield while he was there &
knows of no regular officers who were stationed there. 

That Henry Johnson & Benjamin Clark named in
his said declaration were & are persons who did
& do reside in his present neighborhood & whom
I am acquainted with his character for the truth
& veracity the opinion of the neighborhood
as to his having been a soldier of the 
Revolution - And this Deponent further says 
that both before and since making the
said annexed declaration he has made
considerable Enquiry & cannot find or hear
of any living person who can testify to 
his service mentioned in this the said
annexed declaration or any part thereof
& that he has no written documentary or 
other Evidence to prove the [illegible] 
That he Entered the service as a volunteer
and that should have [illegible] & is inconvenient 
for him to produce at Buffalo a Clergyman
to make the certificate required by the War
Department
Pardon Peckham

sworn & subscribed before me
this 13th day of June AD 1833
Harry Slade J. P.

State of New York
County of One Clerks Office ss.  I Noah P. Sprague Clerk 
of said County do hereby certify that Harry Slade Esq
whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was
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at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in
and for said County duly elected & sworn and acting as
such And further that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature
Harry Slade subscribed to said affidavit to be his
genuine signature

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of said
County this fourteenth day of June 1833
Noah P. Sprague Clerk
By J. Record Dep

[on the left: round seal stamped over a star-shaped paper]
Page 19

Revo
New York
Suspended [illegible] p 32
letter 26 Oct 1833
to
H K Hall
Page 20

Pomona Nov 28 1930
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions

I would like a statement
of the Military History
of Pardon Peckham, &
Cap Philip Peckham as
a Soldier in the Revolution
War.  they are buried
one mile East of
Lancaster N.Y. they
have special markers at 
ther graves put there
by the Dar of Buffalo
N Y  I am 87 years
old a Daughter of a Union 
veteran & a Civil War
widow

Daughter
Son
Page 21

(2)
Pardon Peckham was
my Great Grandfather
Cap Philip Peckham
my Grandfather.

I have a statement
of [underlined] Nathan Brown
who was a Revolution
Soldier he was my
Mothers Father

I would like the statement
to hand in to Pomona  
Chapter D A R
of which I am a member

Celina Peckham Wood
650 E 12 st
Pomona Calif

PS did Pardon & Philip Peckam get a pension
[round date stamp:] DEC 2 1930 U. [illegible]
Page 22

[roman numeral] III
[underlined] Pardon Peckham
Pension Rolls 1833 - 35 also 1840.
Born in Rutland, Vt. Aug 1, 1763
Died in Lancaster, Erie Co., N.Y.
Sept 15, 1851

[round date stamp with oval O] JUN 11 1903 U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
Page 23

23839
Pardon Peckham

[crossed out: June 13, 1833] 
Mar. 8, 1832
Lancaster Ny
age 69

Born 1763 Middleton R.I.

June 12, 80 Munson Mass
Copr. Jno. Carpenter
Col -- 
Pvt. - 3 m

Sept. 13, 80 Copr Do
Col -- 
Pvt. - 5 m

No [illegible]
[illegible] 24, 4 30 - 32
[illegible] Dec. 19, 33. Buffalo, Agy
Page 24

[two column page]

[left side]
[written sideways, on the left] Revolution

23839
INVALID.
File No. 23,839
Pardon Peckham
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 318

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
June - 15 - 1903 - [illegible]
Francis [illegible]
Buffalo Ny

July 13, 1904 [illegible]
Robt. H. Hall City

1930 Dec 18/ Hist to
Celina Peckam Wood [illegible]
Page 25

JRW

Inv. 23839: Rev.
July 13, 1904.

Sir:
In reply to your request, you are advised that Pardon Peckham,
aged sixty-nine years, residing at Lancaster, New York, applied
for pension November 8, 1832.  He stated that he was born in 1763,
at Middleton, Rhode Island, and that he enlisted at Munson, Massachusetts, 
as a private, and served eight months from June 12, 1780,
under Captain John Carpenter, in the Massachusetts Line.  Name of
Colonel is not stated, and no battles are mentioned.

There is no record of a claim filed by or on account of the
service of James Mullett.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Gen. Robt. H. Hall,
The Portland, 14th St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.