Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,097, for Giles Parmele, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Parmele, Giles
NUMBER   S. 14,097
carded
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20275 – 20275
New York 
Giles Parmele of [unreadable] in the State of  N. York  who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Kelsey of the Reg commanded by Col. Swift in the N York line for 8 mos 28 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 29 Dollars 74 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug 1833 and sent to  A.C. Low Clk St Lawrence 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ’33  $59.48
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4 ’33  14.84
$74.33 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832} 
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles   
Book E. Vol 3 Page 71
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No 14596 
Giles Parmele St Lawrence County N. York 
Admd [admitted]  
June 27 – Decr 25 
16. P. 383 
May 9 ’55  
A C. Low Clk St Lawrence County Court N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of   Giles Parmele County of St. Lawrence
in the State of  New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?  68
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Subst In 1778   Duration of Service.  3 Months   Rank.  As a Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Kelsey  
Period.   Enlisted 1780   Duration of Service.   7 months 17 days   Rank.  Private  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Capt Stevens Col. Swift
5. In what battles was he engaged?   None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Killingsworth Conn
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?   Traditionary Evidence, Living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not connected as the regulations require
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
Dyer Castor  Examining Clerk
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In the matter of Giles Panniele  
application for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 
14596?  
found on Rolls of Swifts Regt from 27 June ‘80 to 25 Decr ‘80 
5. mo. 28. Days 
Admd [admitted] 
8 Mo 28 days pri
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. 
State of New York 
St. Lawrence County } SS On this twenty fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Giles Parmele a resident of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York aged 68 years the 17th day of November last, 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.   
That he first entered the service at Killingsworth in the State of Connecticut. where he resided during the Revolutionary war in October 1778 as a substitute for his uncle Asahel Parmele, who was drafted for a campaign of three months, upon a call for Troops to guard the coast upon Long Island Sound.   That he entered a company as such substitute commanded by Capt Aaron Kelsey, does not remember whether it was attached to any Regiment or not; that he marched directly with the company to New Haven, Connecticut and in in few days from there to Old Stratford
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when he remained upon guard a few weeks, and then returned with the company to New Haven where he served out the remainder of his term and was dismissed without any written discharge towards the latter part of January 1779. No continental troops were stationed near then.  This service he supposes was in the Connecticut State Troops.   
About the last of May or first of June 1780 he enlisted at Killingsworth aforesaid in a company commanded by Capt Aaron Stevens in the Regiment of Col. Heman Swift, Major Woodbridge on the Continental Establishment for seven months, as he is quite sure. His name might not have been enrolled among of continental troops until he arrived of Nelson’s point on Hudson River to which place he marched under Capt Stevens and Baldwin recruiting officers, and where he was first attached to Col Swifts Regt.  He marched down the river and crossed into New Jersey and went to Orangetown when he remained two or three months and during the execution of Major Andre, and was present, he then returned to the Highlands to winter quarters.   Shortly after he was ordered out with a company of others upon a week’s command to Fishkill.  While there his term of enlistment expired, but not being with his Regiment he was not discharged.  He went with
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British prisoners from Fishkill to Morristown, New Jersey and returned to his Regt in the Highlands after an absence of about 17 or 18 days after his period of enlistment had expired.  He received a written discharge there from Col Bradley of the Brigade to which he belonged as he thinks, the 14th of January 1780 together with orders to draw provisions on his return home.  His discharge is lost. He never was in any engagement. He knows of no person living who was in either of the above company with him. He lately sent to Vermont to prove the affidavit of a person who was with him in the first mentioned company, but heard that he was dead.   
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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. He moved to Wilmington Vermont soon after the war lived there 5 or 6 years then moved to Cambridge, Vt. lived there 15 or 16 years then moved to Potsdam aforesaid where he has lived ever since.
Giles Parmele
Sworn & subscribed  the day & year aforesaid
A C Low clk
We George Wilkinson, a clergyman and Jabez Willis one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas residing in Potsdam aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Giles Parmele who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age that he
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is reputed & believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
George Wilkinson 
Jabez Willis
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
A C Low Clk
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 certify that it appears to them that George Wilkinson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Potsdam, and that Jabez Willis who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Potsdam and one of the Judges of this said Court.   
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Giles Parmele for a pension.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.   A C Low Clk 
The word "fifth” erased.  
A C Low clk
I Alvin C. Low. the Clerk above named hereby certifies that the annexed papers are the same returned from the Pension Office to me and which through inadvertance were not properly authenticated.  Witness my hand seal the 21st day of May 1833.
A C Low clerk
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James Parmelee of the town of [unreadable] New York being duly sworn do depose & say am a Brother of Giles Parmele, was absent from home a few weeks, when I returned was informed by my fathers family that Giles had enlisted, do not recollect the precise time, believes in Captain Aaron Stevens Company in Col. Heman Swifts regiment, General Huntington’s Brigade, Connecticut troops, returned late in the fall or early in the winter, believes was absent about Seven months, corresponded by letter with him while he (Giles) was in the army and that it was well understood in my Father family at Killingworth and the neighborhood that he was in the army during the time he was absent.   
James Parmele 
Augt 9th 1832 
Sworn and subcribed to before me this 9th day of August 1832 
Chester Wales J Peace 
This may certify that James Parmele is a credible person and as man of undoubted truth and Veracity 
Dated August 9th 1832 
Chester Wales J Peace
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reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he 
State of New York 
Ontario County SS.}   I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Chester Wales, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of affidavit, and before whom the said affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signatures “Chester Wales" within to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal of office, at Canandaigua this ninth day of August, Eighteen hundred and thirty-two. 
Charles Crane
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Abstract of said Parmele's Services 
from October 1778   - 3 months
from May or June 1780 - 7 mo & 17 days
10 months & 17 days
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March 4, 1939   
BA-J/AWF 
Giles Parmele 
S. 14097
Mr. Clifton Parmele 
614 Wayne Street 
Peoria, Illinois 
Dear Sir: 
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 14097, based upon the military service of Giles Parmele in the Revolutionary War.   
Giles Parmele was born November 17, 1763, place not shown, nor are the names of his parents given. 
While a resident of Killingworth, Connecticut Giles Parmelee served from sometime in October, 1778, three months as substitute for his uncle, Asahel Parmele, in Captain Aaron Kelsey's Connecticut company.  He enlisted sometime in May or June, 1780, served as private in Captain Aaron Stevens' company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged January 14, 1781. 
Shortly after the close of the Revolution, he moved Wilmington, Vermont, lived there five or six years, and moved to Cambridge, Vermont, lived there fifteen or sixteen years, and moved to Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, New York. 
Giles Parmele was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, then a resident of Potsdam, New York.
James Parmele, brother of the soldier, Giles,
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Parmele, was a resident of Bristol, New York, in 1832.   
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data relative to family, 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data – 
Giles Parmele 
Certificate #20275 
Issued August 13, 1833 
Rate $29.74 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev War
14097 
INVALID. 
File No. 14,097
Giles Parmele
1931
Pri Rev War  
Act: June 7th 32 
Index: -- Vol. 1  Page 290 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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June 15 - 1901 W. J. Steube Peoria  Ill 
1913 May 2. History to George L. Parmele M.D. C. 
1923. May 28. Hist to Margaret Donelan AW 
1928 Nov. 2 Hist to Mrs. Carl E. Hoard AWF 
May 4 hist to Clifton Parmelee AWF
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[stamp] O.W. & N. DIVISION JUN 14 1901 RECEIVED
OW&N
Internal Revenue Service, 
Fifth District of Illinois, 
Deputy Collector's Office, 
Peoria Ill June 10 1901
Hon H Clay Evans 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.  
Sir
My wife is interested in the DAR Society and for the purpose of tracing her  genealogy she desires some information from your department.   
Giles Parmele was supposed to have been a drummer in the Continental Army and his son Seth Parmele a bugler. 
If possible, will you please give me such of their record as you can during and subsequent to the War of the Revolution and oblige. 
Truly yours 
W. J. Steube
Depty Coll
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE I JUN 12 1901
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TELEPHONES OFFICE, 3341-4
RES 8-8 GLASTONBURY 
GEO. L. PARMELE, D.M.D.,  
525 - No. 36 PEARL STREET, 
HARTFORD. 
CONSULTATION HOURS: A.M. UNTIL P.M. EXCEPT MONDAY OR BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT    
April 25. 1913. 
U. S. Bureau of Pensions. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Gentlemen:- 
Can you give me the military record of;  
GILES PARMELE, who was drawing a pension in September 1832. 
Respectfully, 
Geo. Parmele 
[stamp] FINANCE APR 28 1913 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev War Section
Stamp 2 cents
[unreadable] DONELAN
[unreadable] NEBR
[stamp] DEPT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED MAR 24 1923 DEPT OF PENSIONS [unreadable] MAILS & FILES
MAR 22 1923 
Interior Department 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:- 
Will you please send me the dates when my great, great great grandfather Giles Parmele served in the Revolutionary War.  I understand he was a pensioner of the Revolution any dates or facts you can give me concerning him I will be
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MRS. J. A. DONELAN 
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. 
glad to have as I'm tracing back my ancestors. Will you please look up the record of Quartus Parmele for me - he served in the War of 1812. 
Thanking you in advance for your kindness. I remain 
Sincerely yours 
Margaret Donelan
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Mrs. Carl Erling Hoard
32 Denwood Ave.
Takoma Park, Md.
Giles Parmele - S. 14097
Personal Request
Oct. 22. 1928
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Peoria Illinois 
June 23 1939 
Veterans Administration 
Washington D.C. 
Please send me record of the following soldiers who received pensions. Miss Ford 
Giles Parmele and Aaron Parmele (Mass. Berkshire Co) There were two Giles Parmele's in this War, one born 1731 and the other 1760 (or 1762). Do not know from where they enlisted probably Conn or Mass.   
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.   
Truly Yours 
Clifton Parmele
614 Wayne St. 
Peoria Illinois
[stamp] RECEIVED JAN 25 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER # 78
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
AWF/eel
November 2, 1928
Mrs. Carl Erling Hoard 
32 Denwood Avenue 
Takoma Park, Maryland 
Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14097, it appears that Giles Parmele was born November 17, 1763, place not stated. 
While residing at Killingworth, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: 
From October 1778, three months (substitute for his uncle, Asahel Parmele) in Captain Aaron Kelsey's Company; from May or June 1780, seven months in Captain Aaron Stevens' Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Regiment, and witnessed the execution of Major Andre.  
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, at which time he was living in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. 
It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
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a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S. 14097
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Oct. 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  Sub for uncle Asahel Parmele    RANK.  Pvt    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Aaron Kelsey   STATE.  Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May or June 1780 to Jan 14, 1781, 7 mos.     LENGTH OF SERVICE.      RANK.       OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Aaron Stevens  Colonel Heman Swift   STATE
was at [unreadable] witnessed the execution of Major Andre
Battles engaged in,  none stated   
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Killingworth Conn. 
Date of application for pension, Sept. 24 1832 His cl was al- [his claim was allowed]   
Residence at date of application, Potsdam St Lawrence Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, born 1763. 
Remarks:  it is not stated whether he was married. After war lived in Wilmington Vt. 5 or 6 years, then in Cambridge Vt. 15 or 16 yrs,  
[unreadable]
Very respectfully, OK 
Bro 
Commissioner.
1831
68
63
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March 4, 1939.
BA-J/ILL
Mr. Clifton Parmele 
514 Wayne Street 
Peoria, Illinois. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Giles Parnale, who was born in 1731 and Giles Parmale, who was born in 1760 or 1762, also the record of Aaron Parmele. 
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of an Aaron Parmele or of the Giles Parmele who was born in 1731. The record has been found of only one Giles Parmele; his record is furnished you herewith as found in pension claim, S. 14087. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Giles Carmell which require which those further proof or explanation.  
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making by making an addidavit 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 at service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades; For - months , and - days, I served as a- For -  months and  - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 about three or four months is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
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 claimants 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. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating 
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 paper 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 every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.