Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44238, for James Lewis, Vermont
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Continental (Vt) Green Mt. Boys
Lewis, James 
NUMBER S. 44238
 CONTENTS
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16833
New York 
James Lewis 
of Montgy Couy in the State of New York who was a Sergeant Major in the regiment commanded by Colonel Warner of the Congs Regt line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd of May 1821 and sent to Hon J.W. Taylor, House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 179.69 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48 
$227.69

22 mos
8
170 10/10 9/31
3.69
178.69

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 

Continued [in different handwriting]
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James Lewis
Rev Pensioner 
Certified Copy of oath & [illegible]

16.833 
Sept 1877 
$89.37

Con -
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court-House in Plattsburgh, in and for the County of Clinton, and State of New-York, on the third day of October 1829 Present: Elishacknold Nathan Carver and Allen R Moore. Judges of the said Court. COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this third day of October personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings in and for the County of Clinton, as ever aged seventy four years resident in the town of Platt in the said County of Clinton, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That in the year 1775 he vol. unteered under Col Ethan Allen to take seconderoga and contin and in service untill after the taking of that place in the course of the same year he enlisted in Col Warners Vermont regiment was at the taking of St Johns and some skirmishes Moss real that in the fall of 1776 he again joined Col Warner ment under the promise of a Lietenancy and in March 1777 he was regularly enlisted in Capt Brunsons Company in said Regiment for three years and confined to serve untill the men myton Battle when he was taken presence but afterwards escap went home on furlough & again joined the regiment in January 1778 was soon after discharged and appointed a Lieutenant in a regiment of Vermont state Congress the same March 1818 was made the twenty first day of April 1818 that he has received a pension certificate numbered 16833 and dated day of May 1820 And I do solemnly SEAT 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 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, hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Real Estate none personal estate excepting necessary bedding and twelve chains two tables one candle and two small glass then chests one set knives and for cups & saucers tea spoons if a dosen plat one pot dish Kettle & trane & one small double stove one shovel and one pair and irons two pewter barous platter 2 plates- $4787
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A ballance due me from James Lewis Junr of about forty four dollars  one [illegible]
 $43.87 
44.00
1.50
89.37 

That I was by occupation a farmer while I was able to labor for two or three years from age and infirmity he has been unable to labor that his family consists of his wife Mary Lewis aged fifty four years tolerably healthy woman and his son Chester Lewis is aged Eleven years a healthy boy but unable to earn much towards his support 
James Lewis
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Sworn to and declared on the third day of October 1820 before the above named Judges in open Court 
Chs Platt Clerk 

I Charles Platt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Clinton; do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 Eighty nine dollars and thirty seven Cents. I hereby certify that the last term of the said Court closed on the eleventh day of May last before the promulgation of the act of Congress of the 1st of May 1820 and that there has been in court in said County until the present term at which the aforesaid schedule and oath could be received

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this third day of October 1820 
Chas. Platt 
Clerk of the Court for the County of Clinton
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
SARATOGA COUNTY. ss.

One this twenty first day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and State of New-York personally appears James Lewis aged seventy one years, resident in the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery in the said state, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That the said James Lewis enlisted in March 1777 in the town of Sunderland in the State of Vermont in the company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner of the line of Vermont for the term of three years; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until January 1778 when he was discharged from service in Bennington and state of Vermont and that he was in the battles of Bennington and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services 

In addition to the above the said James Lewis further states that he enlisted for the first time in Sunderland aforesaid in the company and Regiment named above in the year 1775 for the term of four months and was engaged in the service down Lake Champlain to the taking of Montreal at which place he was discharged in common with the rest of the Regiment by a general order in this service he was engaged in the action at Longueil and did the duty of an orderly Sergeant In the second enlistment in March 1777 stated above he received from Col. Warner a sergeant Majors warrant and performed the duty of said sergeant Major in said Regiment untill he was discharged in January 1778 by procuring a substitute, which warrant and discharge he has lost. At the Battle of Bennington he was taken prisoner and carried to Ticonderoga from whom he made his escape after a detention of three days - returned to his Regiment gave information of the number of prisoners and British force, upon which a body our troops were sent to Ticonderoga and retook the other prisoners- 
James Lewis
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Avery Starkweather Judg of Com pleas Saratoga Co. 

I Avery Starkweather Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Lewis did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress April 21 1818. 

State of New-York,
Saratoga County, ss: In testimony that the above named Avery Starkweather is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, and that the above is his signature, I subscribe my name and affix the county seal, this 21 day of 1818
Wm Stilwell  Clerk of the County of Saratoga.

[image of a seal illegible]
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel 

August 14, 1929 

Mattie U. Dinsmore 
6 William Street 
Plattsburg, New York 

Dear Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.44238, it appears that James Lewis enlisted in 1775 and served under Colonel Ethan Allen, of Vermont, until after the taking of Ticonderoga. He enlisted again in 1775, in Sunderland, Vermont, and served four months as orderly sergeant in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company under Colonel Seth Warner, of Vermont, and was at the capture of St. John's and in an engagement at Longueuil. He enlisted in March, 1777, as sergeant major in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment, was taken prisoner at the battle of Bennington, was carried to Ticonderoga, but escaped and returned to his regiment and was discharged in January, 1778. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, at which time he was living in Broadalbin,
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Montgomery County, New York, aged seventy-one years. 
In 1820, he was living in Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, and at that time he referred to his wife, Mary, aged fifty-four years and a son, Chester, aged eleven years. Reference was made to James Lewis, Junior, but the relationship to the soldier was not given. 
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of James Lewis, who enlisted from Vermont and later lived in Clinton County, New York, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Very truly yours, 
EARL D. CHURCH 
Commissioner.
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stamp Enclosed 

6 William St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. 
May 16, 1929
Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
Can you give me the Revolutionary War record James Lewis, born 1755, served in the Revolution from Manchester Vt. and Pittsfield, Mass. Wife - Tryphena Barber Lewis. Children Sylvia, Calvin, Anna, James, Eli Minor, Tryphena.
Died in Clinton Co., N.Y. where he moved from Vermont to Beckmantown about 1790.
Yours truly,
 Mattie U. Dinsmore

[postmark May 20 1929 Pension Office]
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44238 
INVALID. 
Revy

File No. 44238 
James Lewis 
Serg Maj Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 
Index:-- Vol. 3, Page 292 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1929, Aug 14 hist to Mattie U. Dinsmore
W.C.S.
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Hon. W. Taylor of N. Y. 
Dep. 17 Nov [check mark]

Case admitted 
Pension Office 
War Dept 
19 Jany 1879

Claim of James Lewis to pension
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I Robert Averill of Charlotte in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont on oath testify and say that I am personally acquainted with James Lewis now a resident of Saratoga County in the State of New York that some time in the fall of 1776 I well knew that the said James Lewis enlisted into Capt Gideon Brownson's company of Colo. Seth Warners Regiment as a private Soldier in the Continental Service this deponent belonging to the same corps that the said James Lewis with the deponent was in Bennington battle and was there taken prisoner by the enemy and carried to Ticonderoga as also the deponant was taken prisoner at the same time. That to the knowledge of this deponant said Lewis continued to serve in said corps after the capture of Genl. Burgone and to the best of his recollection was regularly discharged from said Regiment sometime in the year 1778 when he entered into another regiment and further saith not - 
Robert Averill

State of Vermont Chittenden county ss. Personally appeared Robert Averill and made Solemn that the above by him Subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Robert Averill and that he is a credible witness 
Charlotte July 26th 1819. 
Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss 
I Phineas Lyman Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Zadock Wheeler Esq is Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court duly qualified and acting under the authority of the State of Vermont and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 31st day of July AD. 1819 -
Phineas Lyman Clerk

[seal on left side illegible]
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I Wyman Averill of Charlotte in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont on oath do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with James Lewis now residing in Saratoga county State of New York. That to the knowledge of this deponant the said James Lewis was in the service in the war of the revolution in Capt. Gideon Brownsons company Colo. Seth Warners regiment in the fall of the year 1776. That he (Lewis) was in Bennington battle and then taken prisoner That in the spring of the year 1778 the said James Lewis Joined Colo. Fletchers regiment in the same company to which this deponant belonged Said Lewis to the best recollection of the deponent having at that time regularly left Colo. Warners regiment to Join Fletchers in which he was made an Ensign and further saith not - 
Wimon Averill 

State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss. Personally appeared Wiman Averill and made solemn oath that the above by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth. And I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Wiman Averill and that he is a credible witness --- Charlotte July 26th 1819
Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court
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State of Vermont 
Chittenden County ss
I Phineas Lyman Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Zadock Wheeler Esq is Chief Judge of said Court duly authorised and acting under the authority of the State of Vermont and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 31 day of July AD. 1819.
 Phineas Lyman Clerk
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State of New York 
Saratoga County ss 
Be it remembered that on this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen came before me Avery Starkweather one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Saratoga Samuel C. Paine a person to me well known, of the town of Broadalbin in the county of Montgomery and state aforesaid.  Who being by me duly sworn & deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the circumstances of James Lewis of the town of Broadalbin in the county of Montgomery and state aforesaid named in the annexed declaration and knows him to be in reduced circumstances, and one who stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Samuel C. Paine

Sworn this 21st day of April 1818 before me Judge as aforesaid -
Avery Starkweather 

State of New York
Saratoga County ss. Avery Starkweather Judge as aforesaid, do certify as will from my own knowledge as from the above affidavit that James Lewis before mentioned is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for Support -
Witness my hand this 21 day of April 1818
Avery Starkweather

Let the Pension certificate be sent to the P.O at Galway Saratoga Co N.Y -