Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42365, for Levi Spaulding, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                                   NUMBER
Continental (N. H.?)    Spaulding, Levi     S. 42365

CONTENTS
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New York Roll
No. 1858 (on Rolls)   (No. 1856.)
Levi Spaulding
Colo.Reed
Captain
New Hampshire Line - 1776. 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of May 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of July 1818 and sent to John Russell, Esqr.
Cooperstown N. York.

Arrearages to 4. Sept. 1818.
4 months 4/30
$82.66

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}

Reid  [illegible]
Continued
Plainfield Otsego Co. NY
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Notification sent September 6th 1820 to 

John Russell Cooperstown, New York
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State of New York,
OTSEGO COUNTY

Levi Spaulding aged 81 years being duly sworn, saith that he is a resident of the 
town of Plainfield in the County aforesaid, and has served as a commissioned officer ["private soldier" stricken] in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the United
States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been
heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to
himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war,” passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent
doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States
in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers
under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and
manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his
knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say, he the said

Levi Spaulding on the first day of January 1776
received a commission of a captain under the
Congress of the United States signed by John
Hancock President-- which commission directed him to take the command of a company in Colonel James Reed's regiment belonging to the New Hampshire line - served in said Regiment as a captain under said Commission until January 1777 when he was discharged by General Washington of Princeton in [illegible]. 
This deponent was in the Battle of Trenton. 

This deponent further saith that his commission has in part been discharged and the remaining part is hereunto
annexed together with two original payrolls or receipts. 

And this deponent further saith that he has it not in his power to offer other evidence of his services

Levi Spaulding

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1st day of May 1818. 

John Russell
Judge of Ostego Com Pleas
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Levi Spaulding
Plainfield No 1850
x
31 July 1818
Sep 1818
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District of New York ⎬
Otsego County,} ss.
On this 212st day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record of the county aforesaid, Levi Spaulding age 84 years, resident in Plainfield in the County of Otsego in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as Captain in Colonel James Reids regiment, belonging to the New Hampshire line: And the date of his original declaration was on the first day of Mary 1818 on which he has received a pension certificate, No. 1856
And I do solemnly swear 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 or 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, 1818; 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.
ARTICLES OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
I have no real estate & no personal Estate - I have a wife & we have both lived with my son Sewall and depended on him for support for ten years past
At present I depend on my pension for Support
[signed] Levi Spaulding

Sworn to & declared on this 21st June 1820
Before the Court
[signed] G. Morell Clk
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE, } ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely 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 No dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 24 day of June 1820
[signed] Geo Morrell Clk
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BA-J/ILL
Levi Spaulding
S. 42365

Mrs. D. F. Potter
485 Auburn Avenue
Buffalo, New York

Dear Madam,

Reference is made to our letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Levi Spaulding.

The record of that officer is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.42365, based upon his service in that war.

Levi Spaulding was commissioned January 1, 1776, Captain of Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire regiment, served at Crown Point in July 1776, and at Mount Independence in September, was in the battle of Trenton and remained in service until January 1777.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at which time he resided in Plainfield, Otsego County, New York.  He was then aged about eighty-one years; the date and place of his birth, names of his parents, and his residence at the time of his service are not shown.

In 1820, captain Levi Spaulding and his wife lived with his son, Sewall, in Plainfield, New York.  The name of his wife is not shown, nor the age of this son; there are no further data regarding the family of this officer.

Captain Levi Spaulding died March 1, 1825.

In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General,
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General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 

Levi Spaulding
Certificate #1856 or #1858
Issued July 31, 1818
Commenced May 1, 1818
Rate $20 per month
Act of March 18, 1818
New York Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
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Josiah Spaulding
Maine Roll
No. 6318
$892
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S.42,365
Levi Spaulding
May 1818 res Plainfield
Otsego Co. NY age 81
Jany 1. Capt of
Col James Reeds regt
N. H. Line
bat Princeton
dis. Jany 77 at Princeton NJ

(Commission rolls)
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[stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 18 1904
FILES.

Freeport, Ill, June 14, 1904

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly send transcript of application for pension of Capt. Levi Spalding of New Hampshire who was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, to
L. Z. Farwell, Esq.
Freeport, Illinois
Also same of Absalom Farwell and Richard Farwell, also of New Hampshire in Revolution.
Thanks for the courtesy.

[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE 
A
JUN 17 1904
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485 Auburn Avenue
Buffalo N Y

Bureau of Pensions
American Revolution
Gentlemen:  May I have a copy of the Pension
papers of Levi Spaulding Capt of the 9th Co 3rd Reg. New Hampshire Troops-
B 1737 - 1825 -
Yours truly
[signed] Georgianna Field Potter
Mrs. D. F,
October 28, 1935
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O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.........189....
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Levi Spaulding, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

Jany 1, 1776
He was commissioned Captain by the Continental Cong, and comend [commanded] a Co in Col James Reed's NH Regt until
Jan 1777 when he was hon [honorably]  disched [discharged] by Gen Washington
at Princeton N.J

Battles engaged in, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, NH Town not given
Date of application for pension, May 1 1818 Otsego Co
Residence at date of application, Plainfield, NY.
Age at date of application, 81 years
Remarks: His pension was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

 W H Grant
194 Pleasant Ave
St Paul Minn
7941 b -- 3m
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42365
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,365
Levi Spaulding
Capt Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index:  Vol. 3, Page 483
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.
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1894 Jan 9 Hist 
to W H [Grant?]
St Paul Minn

July 29, 1904 Hist to
L. Z. Farwell, Freeport Ill.

1935 Nov. 1 -Hist. to Mrs. D.F. Potter. I.L.L.
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Found mutilated
Nov. 26, 1910.
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Captain, by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this of a future Congress the [1?] of January 1776
By Order of the Congress,
[signed] John Hancock PRESIDENT.

42365
Attest [signed] Chas Thomson Secy
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Crown Point July 11th 1776
we whose names are hereunto Subscribed
have recd in full of our wages for the month of May of Capt Spaulding
William Jack
Ephraim Ralf
Jesse Lund
Jonathan Mash
David H. 
Oliver Johnson
Moses Chase
John McMitchell
Jack Dutton
Samuel Stiles
Asa Wilkins
Thomas Hardy
William Baldwin
John Woodbery

George Aldrich Lt.
Thomas Baffe [Bosse?] Lt
William Lee Ensn
Nehemiah Hutchinson Sarg
Robert B. Wilkins Sar
James Campbell
Solomon Leonard
John Dutton
Thaddeus Prentice
Rebart Downe
John Sewlefin
Daniel Solovan
John Carking
Stephen Prentis
Nehemiah Parans
William Mosher
Abijah Gilson
James Simonds
Moses Tomson
Samuel Wheeler
Joseph Thompson
Stephen Abeat [Abbot?]
Archelaus Wilkins
Samuel Avory
Damuel Leeman
William Richardson Jun
Epheraim Smith
Ezekiel Demery
Luke Metcalf
Daniel David
Nathaniel Whitcomb
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Mount Independance September ye 14 1776
We whose names are here unto subscribed have Recd of Capt Levi Spaulding the Holl [whole] of our wages for the months of June and July as witness our hands
Asa Wilkins
John Calkin
George Aldrich Lt
Stephen Abbot
Thomas Baffe [Boffe?  Bosse?] Lieut
Wm Lee, [illegible]
Moses Thompson
Robert B. Wilkins Serg
Joseph Thompson
arselas Wilkins
Saml Leeman Corp
John Dutton
John Solovan
Jacob Dutton
Thaddeus Prentice Corpl
Epheraim Robb
Solomon Leonard
Samuel Stiles
Jonathan Marsh
John Woodbery
Samuel Avory
Daniel Solomon
William Richardson
James Campbell
Stephen Prentice
Samuel Wheeler
Ezekiel Demery
Nehemiah Pearce
Nathaniel Whitcomb
Joseph Hand
John McMichel
William Baldwin
Ephraim Smith
Luke Metcalf
Jesse Lund
William Mosher
Nehemiah Hutchinson
Moses Chase
Thomas Hardy
James [Sizemore?]
Oliver John[son?]
DavidJohn[son?]
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Levi Spaulding

Correct
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State of New York, 
OTSEGO COUNTY,} ss.
I John Russell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Levi Spaulding served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid against the common enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said Levi hereunto annexed - And I do further certify that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named Levi and also that the evidence on which I have founded my judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said Levi
Given under my hand at Cooperstown this first day of May 1818
[signed] John Russell
Judge of Court of  Com pleas