Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,503, for Nehemiah Leavitt, New Hampshire
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SERVICE
NH

Leavitt, Nehimiah

NUMBER
S 44503

CONTENTS
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13909  R
New Hampshire 
Nehemiah Leavitt
of Meredith in the state of N. Hampshire
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel of the N. Hampshire line for the term of three years

Lnscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 24 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issue the 8 of July 1819
and sent to William Badger, Esq.
Dover  New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819                 82.89
semi-anl. all'ce ending  4 Sep. 1819    48.00
'0 Mo. 7/30  4/31                              $130.89
Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818.
Amt. due from 24 Apl.1818 to 4 Mar: 1819, as
(cut off)(illegible) he was @ $8 per mo..,$82.89
(illegible)& paid as an Invalid pensioner at
(illeg) per mo: for the same period......41.45
Dif(?) between Invalid & Reg(??)pension, 
(?) to the 4 March, 1819....                   $41.44
(illegible) 4 Sept 1819____________         48.---
                                  Dolly                   89.44

[Handwritten text to right side of document]
Died
Feb
23, 1829
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Nehemial Leavett
13909
Con
Sept. 1819.
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, on the third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Nehemiah Leavitt aged sixty-eight, resident in Meredith in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income--his necessary clothing and bedding excepted--as follows:--
eleven acres of poor rocky wood Canoe, a mall & poor house & barn, one cow, 4 sheep and three lambs, 1 hog & 1 pig, 1 shovel- 1 pitch fork- 1 hoe-1 low chest of drawers-1 table 3 chairs-Shovel & tongs, 1 pot   1 frying pan  1 tea kettle   1 skillet- 1 churn   12 articles of crockery & glassware
1 Looking glass
& his debs amount to ninety dollars to various persons.
Nehemiah  +(his mark) Leavitt
And the said Nehemiah Leavitt in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the follow oath by him duly taken and subscribed:--vix.
I Nehemiah Leavitt 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, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish if 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 contain in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Nehemiah  +(his mark) Leavitt
and the said Nehemiah Leavitt hath here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, vix.
as a private in the company commanded by Capt Michael McClary in Col Scammels Regiment-New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment from March or April 1777 till March or April 1780 and again from March or April 1781 till after the peace & was discharged at Newburgh N.Y.-was in the battle of Bunker Hill of Stillater & of Monmouth--
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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 24, 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 13.909:-- That his occupation is that of a farmer disabled from labor by the rhumatism in one hip :--That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
a wife Sarah Leavett aged 62 & one son Emerson Leavitt aged 23 years only occasionly residing with me
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the
18th day of July  1820.  Nehemiah  +(his mark) Leavitt
Attest, A. Peirce   Clerk.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE...Strafford  SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18th day of July 1820 before
 Daniel M. Durell, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
Valentine Smith, and Samuel Quarles, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Nehemiah Leavitt having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of the said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is eighty dollars..dollars & nine cents subject to the payment of said Leavitt's Debts.  Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest,  A. Peirce,   CLERK.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE......Strafford  SS.
I, Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court there, are true copies from the Records and files of said court. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18th day of July  1820.
A. Peirce, CLERK
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2960
Nehemiah Leavitt
private
Col Scammell's Regiment
New Hampshire Line
1777 - 3 years
(illegible)
Admitted

Nehemiah Leavitt will be inscribed on the pension list in comformity with the Law of the 18th March 1818 as soon as he transmits to the War Dept., his formen certificate
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State of Newhampshire
Strafford  SS-------}
On this 24th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County personally appears Nehemiah Leavitt aged sixty seven years resident in the Town of Meredith County and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the late out of Congress entitled.  An out to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and (illegible) service of the United State in the revolutionary war: That he the said Nehemiah Leavitt enlisted into said service in the Town of Chichester in said state in the month of April 1775 for eight months in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Kinsman and Regiment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor  Newhampshire Line that he continued to serve in said corps the eight months out and then was dismissed at Winterhill in the State of Massachussetts-that he enlisted again for three years in the Town of Gilmant;on in (illegible) State sometime the first of April 1777 in the company commanded by
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Captain Michael McClary and Regiment commanded by Col. Alexander Scammel and line aforesaid that he continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States from April 1777 until April 1780 when he was discharged at Danbury in the State of Connecticut.  Sometime in the year 1780 he enlisted again for three years and about six months before the war closed he enlisted for during the war and continued to serve until June 1783 when he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York that he received a discharge at the end of the first three years and another at the end of the during the war enlistment which he has since lost and has no reason to believe that either of them are now in existence that he was in the battle at Bunker Hill in 1775 the last battle at Saratoga in 1777-Monmouth in 1778 and at King's Bridge and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support--sworn to and  declared before me the day and year aforesaid.    William Badger
I William Badger Judge in aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nehemiah Leavitt did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine month in the
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Continental establishment 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 intentions of the aforementioned act of Congress---
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to the same  this first day of Sept1818
William Badger
Attest  Dan Waldron   Clerk of the Court of Comm Pleas for said County of Strafford.
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December 14, 1934

Mrs. Frank E. Johnson
18 Andrew Road
Swampscott, Massachusetts

BA-J/EEL
Nehemiah Leavitt-S.44503
Miles Dolloff-O.W. Inv.File 20735

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Nehemiah Leavitt, of New Hampshire, a soldier of
the Revolutionary War and Miles Dolloff, also from New Hampshire, who served in the War of 1812.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file
in the respective claims for pension based upon the military services of those soldiers in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

Nehemiah Leavitt
S. 44503
.
The date and place of  and the names of the parent of Nehemiah Leavitt are not shown

Nehemiah Leavitt enlisted in Chichester, New Hampshire, in April, 1775, served eight months in Captain Aaron Kinsman's (handwritten note- *1) New Hampshire Company and in Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill: he enlisted in April, 1777, served in Captain Michael McClary's Company, Colonel Alexander (handwritten note-*2) Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battles of King'
Bridge, at the last battle of Saratoga and battle of Monmouth and was discharged in April, 1780:  he again enlisted, sometime in 1780, and was discharged in June, 1783; names of officers for 
service are not shown. His service was rendered as private and corporal. He received a wound while in the service, engagement in which said wound was received and the nature thereof are not stated.
He was allowed pension from December 28, 1811 on account of

Handwritten notes in margins of original typed document:
*1 "Capt. Kinsman has in 1 'illegible' & Col, Poor in 2"

*2    "identified 2ol in Kinsman's Co-Stack's Regt & under McClary Scammel."
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disability resulting from the above noted wound. He was then residing
in the state of New Hampshire. Nehemiah Leavitt was also allowed pension on account of his military service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and resided in Meredith, New Hampshire.
 
In 1820, he stated that his wife, Sarah, was aged sixty-two years and his son, Emerson, was aged twenty-five years. He did not give the maiden name of his wife nor the date of their marriage and there are no further family data.

The soldier died February 23, 1829, place not shown.

The above is the history of the only soldier named Nehemiah Leavitt that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
. . . . . . 
Miles Dolloff
O. E. Inv.File #20735
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Miles Dolloff are not shown.
Miles Dolloff enlisted at Conway, New Hampshire, May 21, 1812, served as a private in Captain Jonathan Stark's Company, 11# United States Infantry, went on an expedition to Canada and suffered much from cold and exposure, in consequence of which he was taken sick and on December 3, 1812, received a furlough in order that he might go home and recover his health but did not do so sufficiently to enable him to again enter the service.
He was allowed pension from November 19, 1831, on account of disability resulting from the above noted illness. At that time,
he was residing in Conway, New Hampshire.
In 1851, he was living at Chatham, New Hampshire, and gave his age as seventy-two years.
The soldier referred to his family but gave no names and there are no further family data.
● ● ● ●
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
???tive Assistant to the Administrator.
Found
him on
Invalid
ho??
1835 list
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Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
May I respectfully make a request for information, regarding certain Revolutionary Pensioners, as follows?
One Nehemiah Leavitt (some say three ) of Meredith, N.H. was a Pensioner. N. H. Rev. War Rolls is quoted as having Nehemiah Leavitt, at
Meredith, N. H. in 1816, as aged 77, that pension was increased in Apr. 24, 1816.
(Corporal ) I should have said pension commenced 1811, Dec. 28. . invalid
July 15, 1812 . . etc. and 'DIED Feb. 23, 1829 "   ( Vol. XXX, p. 298 ) making birth abt. 1739 )

Also: -- from a record in N. H. Hist. Soc. Library, Concord, N. H. purported to have been copied from the original records at Washington. . .
Nehemiah Leavitt (Corporal ) Meredith, N. H. (only Nehemiah) Dep.age 67, Apl. 24, 1818, and in 1820, wife Sarah dep.age 62, and son Emerson age 25, occasionally resided with him.
making birth of Nehemiah as abt. 1751 )

In N. H. War Rolls there are at least 22 items, referring to a
Nehemiah Leavitt . . different towns, and different dates, tho obviously some
concern same man, but there must be three or four Nehemiah's involved.
Will you be so kind as to inform me as to the pensioners, and give the correct dates, as evidently in our N.H. records, there are two who had a pension, or else a mixup in dates has occurred.
One Nehemiah Leavitt, of Raymond, recorded as having died 1778, in an English Prison, tho I dont know just where the record came from,
I am trying to make a genealogical chart, and these Nehemiahs are hopelessly mixed, so far as I am concerned, hoping you will be able to set me straight, on at least, one of them.

Thanking you,
Very truly yours,
Henrietta S. Johnson
Mrs. Frank E. Johnson
18 Andrew Rd. Swampscott,
Massachusetts.

Nov. 30. 1934.
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Additional . 


Nov. 30, 1934.


Will you please tell me if one Miles Dolloff of Conway, N.H. who was a pensioner, June 1840, and before as in 1831, a Miles Dolloff is given as
age 61. .  I believe he was in war of 1812, is there any record in regard to this Miles Dolloff?

Mrs. Frank E. Johnson
18 Andrew Rd. Swampscott, Mass.

handwritten notes near Mrs. Frank E. Johnson:
? of D.J.      Signature?
handwritten note in top right margin:
--Rev  
O NAR Inv
File 20735
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44503
INVALID
Re
File No.   44503
Nehemiah Leavitt
Priv. Rev. War
Act:  18 March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 292
(Arrangement of 1870.}

1934 - Dec 14 - Hist
to Mrs. F. E. Johnson-EES
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Know all men by these presents that I Nehemiah Leavitt of Meredith in the County of Strafford and State of Newhampshire doth in order to obtain the benefits of the late act of Congress entitled act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war hereby relinquish all my pretentions title and claim to all the benefits that I am entitled to by an act of Congress of the fifth of July 1812 entitle
An act concerning invalid Pensioners entitling
me to as a Soldier of the revolutionary army
to the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per
month and also since that time to the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per month in consequence of a known wound received in the aforesaid revolutionary war
I relinquish the above in case I am entitled
to the provision of the above late act and receive the benefit of the same otherwise this instrument to be null and void. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of April AD 1818 in presence of us
Benjamin More
Benning Mantton
Nehemiah  x(his mark) Leavitt
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War Department.

I Certify that in conformity with an Act of Congress of the 5th. of July 1812, entitles, "An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners,"-Nehemiah Leavitt, who was a Corporal in the New Hampshire Line of the late Revolutionary Army, is placed on the Pension List of the United States and Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, "at the rate of Two dollars and Fifty Cents per month, to commence on the Twenty-Eighth day of December, One thousand Eight hundred and Eleven."...
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20th day of October, 1812.
W.E(illegible)