Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22200, James L Dean, Conn.
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(3 - 1776) 

SERVICE 
Conn. 

Dean, James L 
or 
Deane 
Deans 

NUMBER 
S.22200 
B.L. Wt. 56505-160-55 

CONTENTS
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Vermont 
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James L. Dean
[illegible] Windsor [illegible] in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the -------- commanded
by Captain ------ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Butler in the Connecticut
line for 2 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents (crossed out) per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 18341.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec
1832 and sent to L. Converse
Bethel Vt.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 1833  40.00
$160.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J M Duffield Clerk
Book D Vol. 4 Page 53
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Date of death
not on Ag. B.K.
J.L.L.
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268. 133 
Act Mar 5 [illegible
Feb. 2, '75
James L. Dean Pri.
Capt. Sheldon
Col. Butler
Conn. Ma.
AW:160 Act Feb 1757
Boynton
Revy War.
Pens Act 7 June 1832 3399
Special by Commr
Feb. 4, '57
S. Cole
C.C.
Harvey Tilden
Barre Vt.

56,505 Feby 10/57
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[illegible signature]

Col D 67
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James L. Dean
3 yrs.

Admitted
Private 2  yrs
$80.00
Julian Converse
Beth
Vt.
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STATE OF VERMONT }
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS. }
On this Tenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court a Hartford District now sitting, James L. Dean, a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Sixty nine years, 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 United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in Capt. Sheldon's Company in Col. Butlers Regiment in the last three years service of the Continental Troops. He belonged to Windham in the State of Connecticut when he enlisted. He served part of this time in the State of New York and remained there [until] he was marched to the south under Capt. Weed in Col. Hamilton's Regiment and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. He was born the 29th day of February 1763 at Windham in the State of Connecticut and he removed into the State of Vermont immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War. He served out the full period of his enlistment. He applied for a pension under the Act of the United States of the Eighteenth of March 1818 and was placed on the pension list, Roll of the Vermont Agency twelfth day of October 1818 and was stricken from the Roll on account of his property as he supposes. He then lived in Bethel in the County of Windsor and now lives in Stockbridge in the same County of Windsor where he has resided for five years. Last part - That under the Certificate granted & as overpaid he drew most two years pay before he was stricken off as above. And that he
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has never applied for a pension under the act of Congress of May 15th 1828.

 He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. Except the State of Vermont. 
Jeams L Dean 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
L. A. Marsh, Register 

We, Washington Granger a Clergyman residing in Bithel and Mills May residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James L. Dean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Washington Granger
Mills May
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, 
L. A. Marsh, Register 

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 Washington Granger who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Bethel and that Mills May who has also signed the same, is a resident in Bethel aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, Lyndon A Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James L. Dean for a Pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of August A. D. 1832

L A Marsh Register
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Claim of James L. Dean
TO BOUNTY LAND
ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855.

Reply to Harvey Tilder Barre Ct.

War of the Revolution 268.133
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March 3, 1855.
Declaration for Bounty Land.
OFFICER or SOLDIER.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Printed at the Patriot Office,
Montpelier, Vt.

Form of Declaration for surviving Officer of Soldier.

STATE OF Vermont }
County of Washington S.S. }
On this 26th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty Seven personally appeared before me, L. C. Wheelock a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, James L. Dean aged 93 years, a resident of Williamstown in the State of Vermont who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical James L. Dean who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sheldon in the _____ regiment of _____ commanded by Col. Butler, in the Revolutionary War (declared by the United States on the - crossed out) that he enlisted at Windham in the State of Connecticut on our about the _____ day of _____ A.D. for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at _____ on the ____ day of _____ A.D. and he further states that he now draws a Pension of Eighty dollars a year for his serviced rendered in the Revolutionary War, that his Pension Certificate bears t he date the 20th day of December A.D. 1832 and is Recorded in Book D, Vol. 4, page 53, of the Pension Records (that he has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act of September 28, 1856, and received a land warrant, No. _____ for _____ acres, which he has legally disposed of and cannot now return. - crossed out) and he hereby appoints Harvey Tiler of Barre his lawful attorney.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. He also declares, that he has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant (except the one above mentioned. - crossed out)
Wells Davis - Guardian for James L. Dean

WE, Lester Tilden and Asa Bates, residents of Barre in the State of Vermont upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Wells David Guardian in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Lester Tilden
Asa Bates

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
L. C. Whitclock Notary Public

STATE OF VERMONT }
Washington County, SS. }
I, Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk of the County Court for the County of Washington in the State of Vermont, which is a Court of Record, hereby certify that L. C. Whitlock Esq., is an acting Notary Public within and for said County, duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer Oaths for general purposes, that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and believe his signature to the foregoing to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereby set my hand and affix the seal of said County Court, at Montpelier in said County, this 29th day of January A.D. 1857.
Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk
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March 29, 1935.

BJ-J/ILL aw
James L. Dean
S. 22200

Mr. F. R. Barnes
Hotel Vendome
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Dean of Connecticut.

The record of James L. Dean is given herein as shown in his claim for pension, S. 22200, based upon his service in that war. It is the record of the only James Dean of Connecticut found on the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

James L. Dean was born February 29, 1763, in Windham, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Windham, Connecticut, he enlisted March 20, 1781, served as private in Captain Selden's company, Colonel Butler's Connecticut regiment, march south in Captain Weed's Connecticut company under Colonel Hamilton, was in the Siege of Yorktown, was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged December 31, 1783 from the Connecticut line.

The soldier moved immediately after the close of the war from Connecticut to Vermont.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he resided in Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont. In 1832, he resided in Stockbridge, Windsor County, Vermont, having lived there five years. In 1857, the soldier resided in Williamstown, Randolph District, Vermont; at that time, one Wells Davis of Williamstown was guardian for the soldier, no relationship between them stated.

No reference was made to wife or children of James L. Dean.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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August 2, 1934.

BA-J/ILL
James L. Dean
S. 22200

Grace L. McFadden
171 North Main Street
Rutland, Vermont.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Dean, a pensioner of Vermont.

The record of James L. Dean is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 22200, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

James L. Dean was born February 29, 1763, in Windham, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Windham, Connecticut, he enlisted March 20, 1781, served as private in Captain Selden's company, Colonel Butler's Connecticut regiment, march south in Captain Weed's Connecticut company under Colonel Hamilton, was in the Siege of Yorktown, was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged December 31, 1783 from the Connecticut line, at West Point, New York

The soldier moved immediately after the close of the war from Connecticut to Vermont.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he resided in Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont. In 1832, he resided in Stockbridge, Windsor County, Vermont, having lived there five years. In 1857, the soldier resided in Williamstown, Randolph District, Vermont; at that time, one Wells Davis of Williamstown was guardian for the soldier, no relationship between them stated.

No reference was made to wife or children of James L. Dean.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Hotel Vendome
OFFICIAL AAA HOTEL
GARAGE SERVICE
FIREPROOFED
A. H. CHADBOURN, MANAGER
ACCOMODATIONS FOR 500 GUESTS

STAMP
RECEIVED
MAR 25 1935
MAR[ILLEGIBLE]-DIV.
READER 19
VETS. ADM.

Minneapolis, Minn.
March 23, 1935.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen;
You will oblige me if you will kindly enlighten me in regard to one of the Revolutionary soldiers, namely
James Dean, (only one of Conn - handwritten)
of Connecticut.

My interest in the matter arises from my effort to establish the lineage of Avis Dean, my own great-grandmother; and it is possible that she was a daughter of the soldier above named.

He is referred to in History  of Cornish, New Hampshire, Vol. II, P. 130, as follows:
"The Deans of Cornish have descended from James Dean of Connecticut, who was a Revolutionary soldier throughout the War, was with Washington at Valley Forge and died in Vermont (?) aged 102.---"

The Avis above referred to removed in 1800 from near Claremont, New Hampshire, as a young married woman; wife of Joseph Rich and was born about 1768. She was buried in Copenhagen, New York, in 1854. Claremont is in the same locality as Cornish.

We have no information further as to her lineage. It is possible that your files contain the names of the children of the soldier and that Avis was listed as among them.

If your department is not the correct one to which to turn for the desired information, will you please be so kind and see that my inquiry is advanced to the right channel?

Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
F. R. Barnes (signature)
F R Barnes.
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171 North Main Street.
Rutland, Vermont.
July 16, 1934.

Pension Bureau.
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me a copy of the pension of James L. Dean who came in under the Conn. Pensioners Act of 1818, residing at that time in Vermont. (pg 639 in Conn Rev Rolls) He was private Reeds Co., Butlers Regt. Residence Windham, Conn.
Very truly yours,
Grace G. McFadden (signature)

STAMP
RECEIVED
JUL 17 1934
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ENVELOPE


FREE

STAMP
BARRE VT.
JAN 30

Hon. George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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v.
56,505

Rev Army
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3566.
Vermont Roll
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James L. Dean
Butler's Regt.
Private
Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence  on the 24th of March 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of October 1818 and Sent to Dudley Chase Esq. Judge Randolph, orange Vermont.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mos & a year - 34:93
Semi-anl, all'ee ending 4 March 1819 - 48:--
3 years $82:93

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

Bethel. Windsor
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State of Vermont }
Randolph District SS. }
Atte Probate Court holder at Washington, within and for same District on the 24th day of January A.D. 1857
Present H. A. White Judge
Wells Davis of Williamstown in said District was appointed Guardian unto James L. Dean of Williamstown in said District an insane person and the said Wells Davis appeared in Court accepted said truth and gave bonds for his fidelity [illegible] in the source of five Hundred Dollars with Luther Gelf as security and a Letter of Guardianship was issued him in [illegible] form of law.
A true record
Attest. A. Cleveland Register I hereby certify the above to be a true copy of the record of the appointment of Wells Davis as Guardian unto James L. Dean, as appears of record & examined by me this 26 day of Jany AD 1857.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sest my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Washington in said District, this 26 day of January AD 1857.
Attest H. A. White Judge
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Payable on the 4th March and
4th September of each year, by
D. Robinson - Agent Bennington
Va.

12th October.

Recorded.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim.

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, Of the Eighteenth day of March 1818
James L. Dean late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 24th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 12th day of October one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR GENERAL KNOX,

Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES ON HUDSON'S RIVER.

James Deane  Soldier in the Connecticut Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honorably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.

Given in the State of New-York,
the 31st Day of December 1783.

By the General's Command, KnoxMGeneral (signature)

REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, (signature)
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Decl. of James L. Dean
of
Bethel Windsor Co
Vermont
21 April
Correct by a
discharge signed
Knox
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} On this 24th day of April AD 1818 before me the subscriber Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont personally appeared James L. Dean, aged fifty five years, resident in Bethel, in the County of Windsor, State of Vermont 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" That he the said James L. Dean, about the 20th of March AD 1781 being resident in Windham State of Connecticut, then & there enlisted into the Army of the United States and soon after joined the sd Army at White Plains, and first served in the company of Capt. Selden, Col. Butlers Regiment Connecticut Line' That he continued to serve in the Army of the United States in the Connecticut Line on the continental establishment for about three years, that being the term for which he enlisted, when on the 31st day of December AD 1783 he was honorably discharged by Maj. Genl. Knox at West Point in the State of New-York, by the name of James Dean; and that he is the same person [unk] in said discharge, which discharge is herein enclosed; That is the same person mentioned in the certificate of E. V. Wales Lieut commanding Connecticut Troops, also enclosed; That he was in the siege of Yorktown & at the surrender of Cornwallis and his army; That he is and ever has been a resident & citizen of the United States & served as a aforesaid as a private soldier; and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to & declared before me the sd 24th day of April AD 1818
Dudley Chase Chf Judge Sup. Ct. State of Vermont
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Dudley Chase Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, State of Vermont do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid James L. Dean did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of two years & nine months as is here in before specified on the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, [unk]
the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Dudley Chace Chief Judge S.C. State Vermont