Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3274, Samuel Deane, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Deane, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 3274
carded
CONTENTS
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7752
Ohio Pittsburgh
Samuel Deane
of Cleaveland [Cleveland] in the State of Ohio,
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Cooke of the Regt commanded
by Col. Ruggles in the Mass.
line for nine months,
 9 mos. $30.00
15 days  1.56
$31.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsbg [Pittsburg]
at the rate of 31. Dollars 66 Cents
per annum 1833 to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Mar
and sent to
P. Hoadly
Cleaveland [Cleveland] Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33. 63.32 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.83
=
$79.15


Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk
Book E Vol. 8, Page 109
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let to Hon C Danagh July 24 '45
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Entered
Samuel Deane
20203
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736
The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County
In the Common Pleas
Novem Term 1832

On this fifth day of November 1832 before
the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally came Samuel Deane
late of Rockport, now residing in Orchid in sd [said] County, aged seventy five, Aug 4. 1832,
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an 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 at Hadley Hampshire County
Massachusetts he entered the service with the Massachusetts militia as a substitute for one  Oliver Partridge
and served three months and was honorably
discharged Dec 1. 1776 at Ticonderoga. His officers
were Capt. Samuel Berrey, Col Bruner
Major Taylor
In 1777 he served two months by draft
as a militia man in Hadley aforesaid, marched
to Ticonderoga, was there when it was [illeg]
to the British. He served under Capt. Samuel
Parker Lt Ebenezer Mattour (since Maj Gen [Major General])
Col. Leonard who died of the small pox
and Col Mooney preceded Col Leonard Col
David Long was commandant.
In the same year 1777
he volunteered
at Hadley among the Massachusetts troops, the
inside
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of July and was in the service four + months until
December of the same year. His officers were Capt Samuel Cooke Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge of
South Hadley, marched first to S Kenesborough, then to Bennington there to Saratoga, was in the last decision battle before the surrender of Burgoyne and saw the British lay down their arms
Marched to Albany & then to White plains and
was then discriped, the term afforesaid having in paid
He has no documentary evidence, was
always honorably discharged, and knows of no living witnesses to certify to his services
The applicant was born in Mansfield
Windham County Connecticut, when three year old moved to South Brimfield, Hampshire County Massachusetts when nine years old, moved to old Hadley. In 1782 moved to Westfield same county.
In 1802 moved to Martinburgh, Scain county,
N.Y. In 1816, moved to Rockport, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio, and continued there until 2d Feb
1832 when he went to Eustid in the same county.  where e now resides temporarily. He is well known to Samuel Williamson Esq, Judge of the Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County, Philo Taylor late Justice in Dover an adjoining township, to Honorable Alfred Kelly, Canal Commissioner for
the State of Ohio, and to his brother Isaac Kelley merchant in Chidon, and Datus Kelly, later county asesor [assessor]for Cuyahoga county, being
in sd [said] Rockport, said Datus Kelly is my son in law
He hereby relinquishes any claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except
present and declares that his name is not
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on the Pension roll of the Agency of any
State  
Samuel Davis
Sworn to and Subscribed in open
Court November 7th 1832 - Horace Perry
⎬Samuel Davis
Clerk Com Pleas
Master
We Irad Kelley of Clevland [Cleveland], late post Master Henry Taylor of Dover
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Deane and have known him
for nearly twenty years, who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that we
believe him to be seventy five years of age,
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution and we concur in that opinion
Henry Taylor
Irad Kelley
Sworn to and Subscribed in open
Court Nov. 7th 1832
Horace Perry ⎬
Clerk Com Pleas
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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 Henry Taylor & Irad Kelley who have signed the within
certificate are residents in the County of Cuyahoga and are credible
persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County
Ss
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Deane for
a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name and affix the
Seal of the Court this fourteenth day of November one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two.
Horace Perry - Clerk C P
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20203
7752
Samuel Dean
Ohio
Admitted for 9 months & 15 days from 1776
$37.66
3.33
1.66

P Hoadley
Cleaveland [Cleveland] Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Deane
County of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio
(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? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Sub In 1776
drafted 1777
Voe 1777

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
3
2
4 
Days 15 
Rank.
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Barrey Col
Capt Parker Col Leonard
Capt Corte Col Ruggles
3. In what battles was he engaged? Ticonderoga, Saratoga
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Co [County] Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
Chs W. Forrest
Examining Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSION
Washington, D.C.  -----, 19---
In reply to your request of ---, received--- for a statement of the military history of Samuel Deane a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's0 apllication for pension on file in this Bureau
S.3274

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1776
1777.
July 1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
3 mos
2 Mos.
4 Mos.
RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Bonney
Parker
Samuel Cook
COLONEL.
Brewer
Leonard
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
STATE.
Mass.
Battles engaged in, Ticonderoga; Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Old Hadley, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 7. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Euclid (late of Rockport), Cuyahoga Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, b. Aug. 4. 1755, in Mansfield, Windham Co. Conn.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family other than
he was dead leaving a widow in 1841. For date of last pay etc.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
Office Note: Vol. IV. P. 619 - Shows Capt Benjamin not Samuel Bonney
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Law Division
JP
June 16, 1915.
Mr. W. D. Kelley,
care of Kelly & Kelley,
Engineers, Builders and Contractors,
Twelfth st., near Vernon Ave., New York, N.Y.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 18th instant
requesting the a copy of the application for pension of
Samuel Deane, Massachusetts Troops, Revolutionary war,
Survivor's File No. 3274, you are advised that under the
act of August 24, 1912, said copy will cost $1.20 uncertified, and twenty-five cents additional if it is desired that the copy be certified as correct under the seal of Bureau.
Upon receipt of the proper amount, which should be
forwarded by certified check, draft, money order or cashier's check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, you request will receive further consideration.
If a certified copy be ordered it will be necessary to
attach thereto a tea-cent internal revenue documentary stamp,
which stamp you wast forward with your remittance.
Respectfully,
S. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
JP/EGA
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Wm. D. KELLEY, PRESIDENT
MEM AMER, SOC. C.E.
H. D. COWDEN, VICE PRESIDENT

ALL AGREEMENTS SUBJECT TO DELAYS CAUSED BY STRIKES OR OTHER UNAVOIDABLE HINDRANCES

J. R. KELLY, SECRETARY
FRED ROFFE. C. E. TREASURER

KELLY AND KELLEY
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
ENGINEERS, BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
12TH STREET NEAR VERNON AVE. BOROUGH OF QUEENS, N. Y. CITY
NEW YORK
TEL. 3870 HUNTERS POINT

Rev Sec c1
June 13, 1915
Bureau of Pensions
Wash. D. C.
Sirs-
Re. M.B.H.
S. F. 3274
Rev. War
Yours of Jan 25 /15
As above, you sent me the military
History of Samuel Dean(e). I am informed
that his original pension application
may contain more complete information

Therefore would be pleased to
receive a complete copy of his
application for pension-
Born at Mansfield, Windham Co. Conn Aug 4. 1755
Enlisted from Old Hadley, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Residence at date of pension application Euclid (late of Rockford) Ohio
Pension No 7752, issued Mar 28, 1833
respectfully
W.D. Kelley
US PENSION OFFICE
JUN 14 1915
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3 -- 050.
(Old No. 8 -- 464. )
Rev. War Section 
Aul exr.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington. D.C June 15, 1915.
Respectfully referred to
Chief Law Division
siting attention to attached
letter of W.D. Kelley of
12 St. war Vernon Ave
Borough of Owens, N. Y. City 
requesting copy of application for pension in Rev War Claim Survivor's File
No 3274. Samuel Deane,
Mass Troops.
Number of words is 736
W E Witson
Chief section
9-4
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A.D. Kelley
(envelope stamped Yonkers NY)
12 ST Near Vernon Av Borough of
Queens N. Y. City.
letter dated June 13, 1915
requeste copy of application
of Samuel Deane Mass.
S3274.
letter sent to Law Div
June 1, 1915 for reply 
no of words 736 that is
everything on application 
A. W June 1, 1915
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Does Chester Dean or Datus Kelley appear on Pension rolls of war of 1812 - 1813?

173 Roberts Ave, Yonkers, N. Y.
Jan. 18th 1915.

Pension Department,
Wash. D.C.

Will you please inform me if the records
in your Department show that SAMUEL DEAN (any one of the following) was granted a pension from service in the Revolutionary
War. And if so, where was the pension money sent? and was it sent to him or to widow, and name of widow who received
the pension if any.
(I) Samuel Dean. Greenfield, Mass. private in Capt. Agrippa Wells company, Colonel Samuel Williams regiment of minutemen, who marched 20 April 1775 on alarm of 19 April 1775/
served ten days; Reported as enlisted into the army  I May 1775.
(2). Samuel Dean. From list of men raised in Hampshire Co, Mass, as returned by Noah Goodman for said County, engaged 18 Jan
1781 for three years. Also private in Capt. John Williams company; Col Joseph Vose's (1st) Reg. Muster rolls for May 1781 and Jan 1782; also muster rolls for March 1782
dated York Hutts.
(3). Samuel Dean. Record unknown and which I am trying to get. Born probably at Mansfield, Conn. Aug. 4, 1755, married
Mary Weller 17 May 1784. They lived at Westfield, Deerfield Brimfield, Mass. moved to Turin or Martinsburgh, N. Y.
about 1803, and in 1826 went to Rockport Ohio, Died there April 8, 1840.
Did you ever send any pension to such
a person at Westfield, Mass. or Martinsburgh, N. Y. or to
Rockport, Ohio?
5.3.274
(4). If not asking too much, where did you send any pension money to anybody of above name, or to the widow.
Thanking you for any information
I remain, yours respectfully,
W. D. Kelley
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Rev Sec &c
Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Wash D.C.

YONKERS NY 1915
JUN 12
1030PM
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REv Way
3274
INVALID.
File No. 8274
Samuel Deane
Pri Mass Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index Vol. A Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1915: Jan 25 history to Mr W.D, Kelley 
MBH
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J
C Danagh
July 23d 45
Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington, D.C,

PITTBURG Pa
Jul 20

Wid Saml Dean
Ohio Park
[illeg]
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Pittsburgh 20th July 1845
H. L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions 
Sir
an old widow Lady named Dean
was directed to me by the Hon
William Wilkins to enquire if
she is entitled to a pension-
Her husband Samuel Dean
was a soldier in the Revolution
and obtained a pension
His name as a pensioner
as I am informed is on the rolls
of the Pension Office.
I wish to know if the
name of Samuel Dean appears
on the rolls of your office and
if so whether his widow is
entitled to a pension
also at what time her marriage
must have taken place to come
within the law
very respectfully
Your obt sevt 
C Darragh
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Deane
which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
in the
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 [amount] 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? No
XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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?
this
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 2,6,7.
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 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.
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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 objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn [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.
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.