Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22878, for William Lewis, Rhode Island
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
R. I
Lewis, William
NUMBER
S22878
CONTENTS
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24.578
New York
William Lewis
of Chenango Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Thompson of the Regt commanded
by Col Barton in the R.I was
line for 10 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Jan
1834 and Sent to
Jarvis K. Pike Clk. Norwich

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 5/4  16.66
$99.99


⎨ Revolutionary Claim, 
    Act June 7, 1832.          ⎬

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
took E Vol. 4 Page 105
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State of New York
Chenango County ⎬  Ss

In the Matter of  Wm Lewis a
Revolutionary Pensioner

Beriah Lewis of the Town of Norwich
in the County of Chengo being duly Sworn
deposeth and Saith that he is well
acquaited with the within named Wm
Lewis of the Town of Pharsalia named
in the aforesaid declaration that he Served
as a Soldier in the revolutionary army
as a Soldier under the command of this
depart who was a Capt and Commanded
the company on the Island at the time
Sullivans Expedition took place that the
Length of time this Wm Lewis served
as a Soldier he does not recollet and
further this dept saith not
Dated Oct 9th 1832
Beriah Lewis

Seen to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me
J K Pike Clk
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I hereby certify that I am acquanted with
Beriah Lewis who made the within affidavit
and that he is a credible person and his
Statutes entitled to credit
May 28th 1833
J K. Pike Clk

Witness my hand & seal of office this 11th
June 1833
J K. Pike Clerk

16328
Wm Lewis's
Pension Papers
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State of New York
Chenango County } Ss      Declaration
Under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
in Order to obtain a pension

On this the day of October 1832 personally
appeared in Open Court before John Tracy Levi
Begalaw Nathan Taylor Hezekiah Reed and
Charles York Esqs Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in the County of Chenango now sitting
William Lewis a resident of the Town of
Pharsalia in the County of Chenango and State
of New York aged Seventy two years who
being 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 7th 1832 that entered
the Service of the United States under the
following named officers and Served as herein
Stated

That he enlisted in the year 1778 in the month
of January for three months and Served under
Col Wm Barton capt Thomas Thompson
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3
Lieut Peleg Berry Ens Robert Rogers and
were marched to a place called Tivertown
and Stationed there to guard the place
and Served three months as a Soldier and then was dismissed
and went home

1
And after the aforesaid in the Same 1778 year in
the Month of August I was drafted as a soldier and
Called Out under Col Noyes Capt Beriah Lewis
Leet & Coes does not recollect and Served One month
and then was dismissed and went home

3
And in the year 1779 in the month of January
I Enlisted on board the Brigg Minerva under
Capt Wm Jagger Lieut Wm Norris and Sailed to a
place called Cape Francis and then returned
back and brought to our own Share and
landed after three months Service and then was
dismissed

6
And in the year 1780 I again Enlisted as a soldier under
Capt Coal Lieut Johnson Ens does not recollet and
was commanded by Col Greens and was marched
and Stationed on the Island of Newport and
there was employed in building the fast an
Butses hill, in the State of Rhode Island and after
Six months Served was dismissed
and retired home.
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And on the 2d day of August 1781 I enlisted
on board the Brigg Minerva under Capt
Samuel Champlin the Other officers does not
recollet and Sailed off to the South of Montauk
point and we took a Brittish Brigg Loaded
with Madera Wine and we put hands on
board her to Land her and before She got in
from the Brittish took her again and the
next day we were chased all day by a
Brittish Seventy four gunned ship and we
run our Brigg an to Cape Philadelphia
and they left us and we Sailed into New London
and was dismissed after one Months Service
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And I further declare that I have
no documentary evidece of my Servises
and that I know of no person who I can
procure who can testify to my servises
Except an month which affidant is
[illegible] 
annexed

1st
I was born in Town of Westerly county
of Washington in the State of Rode Island
in the year 1760

2d
I have a record of my age in my house
in the Town of Pharsalia in my Bible
Taken from my Fathers record

3d
when I entered the Service I was a residet
of the Town of Westerly County of Washington in
the state of Rhode Island and retieried there
after the war was over and resided there
Untill I moved to the now Town of  Pharsaia
where I now Live
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And on the 2d day of August 1781 I Enlisted
On board the Brigg Minerva under Capt
Samuel Champlin the Other officers does not
recollet and Sailed off to the South of Montauk
point and we took a Brittish Brigg Loaded
with Madera Wine and we put hands on
board her to Land her and before She got in
from the Brittish took her again and the
next day we were chased all day by a
Brittish Seventy four gunned ship and we
Run Our Brigg an to Cape Philadelphia
and they left us and the Sailed into New London
and was dismissed after one Months Service
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4th   I was drafted and dud served one month
I Enlisted in January 1778 and served three months
I Enlisted in January 1779 on board Brigg Minerva
served three months
I enlisted in June 1780
and served six months
I enlisted on the 2d of August 1781 on board the
Brigg Minerv and Served one Month

5th  I served under Cols Wm. Bartan & Noyes & Greene
Capt Thomas Thompson Beriah Lewis Wm Jagger
Coal & Saml Champlin
Lut Peleg Berry Wm Norris, Johnson
Ens Robert Rogers

6  I [never crossed out] recd [any crossed out] a written discharge from the
Six months service but have lost it

7   I am acquainted with Luke Babcok and Jerad
Chapel
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever
to a Pension or annuity Except the present
and declare that my name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any state
William Lewis

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year 
aforesaid

Judges of
Chengo Coun
Pleas

We Luke Babcock a clergyman residing in the
Town of Pharsalia and Jerad Chapel residing
in the same place hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with William Lewis who has
Subscribed and Swearto the above Declaration
and that he is a member of regular Baptist
Church and in good Standing and that we believe
him to be Seventy two 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
Luke Babcock  } Certifier
Jerad Chapel   }
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[right margin] } Peligru
Swearto and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Hu Read       } Judge Cengo Comm Pleas

I certify that the above named Loke
Babcok a clergyman & Jerad Chapel are
credible persons & their Statutes Entitled to credit
May 28th 1883

And the Said Court do hereby declare
their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogatories presented by the 
war department that
the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solder and Served as he States --
And the court further certifies that it appears
to them that Luke Babcok who has Signed the
preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of and that Jerad Chapel who has also Signed the
Same is a resident in the Town of Pharsalia
and are credible persons and that their Statutes
are entitled to credit
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State of New York Chenango County ss: I Jarvis K. Pike
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
do certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of William Lewis for a
pension and that Hezekiah Reed before
whom the within affidavit of Luke Babcock and
Jerad Chapel purport to have been sworn was at the
date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said County and that
I am acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe his name subscribed to the said
[blotted out] to be his genuine hand writing and
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this
ninth day of October 1832
P.B. Prinder, Dep Clerk

Wm Lewis's
Pension Papers
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10328
William Lewis
Chenango Co
New York

( i  j )
Witness not sworn before the
proper officers

Admitted
Private 10 months

Jarvis K. Pike Clerk
Chenango Co
New York
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Sir: WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office, 183 The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of William Lewis Chenango
New York

[Table of nine columns, headed:]
Period when the services were rendered || Duration of the claimant's service. || Rank of the claimant. || Names and Rank
of the Company officers under whom he served. || Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. || Battles in which the applicant was engaged. || Country through which he marched. || 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present.

January 1778 || 3 months || Private || Captain Thomas Thompson, Lieutenant Berry || Colonel William Barton || None || Rhode Island || 72 years. || Washington || Traditionary. One witness.
August 1778 || 1 month || Private || Captain B. Lewis || Colonel Noyes || None || Rhode Island || ___.
1779 || ___ || Captain William Jagger, Lieutenant Norris || ___ || None || ___ || ___.
June 1780 || 6 months || Private || Captain Coal, Lieutenant Johnson || Colonel Gacen || None  || Rhode Island || ___ || ___.
April 1781 || ___ ||Captain Champlin || ___ || ___ || Brig Minerva || ___ || ___. 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The Minerva was a private ship and such service does not
come within the provision of the law.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
    Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
        1. The Regular Troops.
        2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
        3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
        4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first 
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of   }
County of                                } ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
[blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [icon of hand pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
   Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.           A. B.
      {And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
    I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
            In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[blank] day of [blank] &c.

    If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
    Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
    (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] ,  who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
             Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
        {And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
    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 A.B.
[blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
      I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of [blank]
for a pension.

                 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
[blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
     If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
      The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
      1. Where and in what year were you born?
      2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
      3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
      4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
      5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
      6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
         { To un Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
      7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
       The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
       The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
      The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
      Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
      Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
      No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties  interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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see +͟ [written in left margin]
     {a} The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
     {b} The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
     {c} The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
     {d} The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
     {e} Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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."
      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 that 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 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.
     {f} The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     {g} The opinion of the Court is always required.
     {h} The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     {i} The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

                  Mode of authenticating papers.
     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 papers 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.

                 Proof of Service.
     {j} 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well is 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.
     {IJ} The notes from {a} to {i} are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note {j} applies to continental troops only. 
     {k} This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     {l} If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     {m} The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[handwritten bottom of page] 
+͟ {See 4th answer put by Court in declaration
Joseph Rowen Eac ck
The Clerk of the court cannot authenticate papers to be used in this
office in support of claims for pensions under the act of June 7th 1832
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
MCS/eel

December 13, 1928

Jessie V. Lewis
725 Highland
Salina, Kansas

Madam:
     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.22878, it appears that William Lewis was
born in 1760 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
    While a resident of that place, he enlisted and
served with the Rhode Island Troops as follows:
     From January, 1778, three months under Captain Thomas
Thompson and Colonel William Barton.
     From August, 1778, one month under Captain Beriah
Lewis and Colonel Noyes; he was in Sullivan's Rhode Island
expedition.
     In January, 1779, he enlisted on board the brig
"Minerva ", Captain William Jogger or Jagger, and served
three months.
    From sometime in 1780, six months under Captain Cole
and Colonel Greene.
    On August 2, 1781, he enlisted on board the brig
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"Minerva", Captain Samuel Champlin, and served one month.
      He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Pharsalia
, Chenango County, New York.
     There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Onaga, Ks
July 17, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C
Dear Sir:
Please send me
the Revolutionary War
record from your
office of a William
Lewis born in Westerly
Rhode Island, in 1760
- 6 - 24 and died 1835-
8 - 8.
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I have this record from
State Record Commission
R. I. -  A William Lewis
born in Westerly R.I., 1760,
served in Capt. Thompson's
Co., Col Barton's Regt., in
1778; also served in Capt.
Beriah Lewis' Co., Col. Noyes'
Regt., 1778; also served in
brig Minerva, 1779, also
served in Capt., Coles' Co.,
Col. Green's Regt., 1780; also
served on brig Minerva 1781;
became a pensioner, after-
wards residing in Chenango
County, N. Y.
    Even if you find the 
same record please send
it to me.
    The wife of this William
Lewis was Hannah
Thompson Lewis; his
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sons were Jeptha, Abel
& William. His grandson
was Edgar Sabin
Lewis who was a
Civil War soldier &
also a pensioner.
     Please send any
or all the information
you have concerning
this William Lewis.
     I thank you for
your due consideration
Sincerely
Jessie V. Lewis
Onaga, Kansas.
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Salina, Kansas
725 Highland
Mar. 6, 1928

File

Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C
Dear Sir:
I wish to get an account
of the services of a William
Lewis who assisted in the
establishment of American
Independence during the
War of the Revolution.
   This William Lewis
was born in Westerly, 
R.I. in 1760 -6-24 died
1835 -8-8. He was married
to Hannah Thompson 1781-12-22
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He served in the Revolution
from 1778-1781; was a pensioner
afterwards residing in Chenango. County
New York.
     His son was Jeptha Lewis
born 1794- 2-20 died 1849-12
and his grandson was Edgar
Sabin Lewis  born 1842-11-19
and died 1927-11-21. Edgar
Sabin Lewis was born Pharsalia
Chenango Co., N.Y. He served
in the Co. N.Y., He served
in the Col I, 76 regiment N.Y
during the Civil War. His
time of service was from
Oct. 1861 - Dec. 1864. He was a pensioner
     I think I have followed
the family correctly and 
wish to have the information
you may give me,
     I thank you sincerely
for the assistance you may
Copy to me.
Sincerely yours
Jessie V. Lewis
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Revolution
22848
INVALID.
File No. 22,878
William Lewis
Pri   Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 "
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 289
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1928, Dec. 13 Hist to
Jessie V. Lewis
M.C.S.
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-State of New York
Chenango County SS: } In the matter of William Lewis a 
Revolutionary pensioned_
Beriah Lewis of the town of Norwich, in the County of
Chenango, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he
is well acquainted with the within named William Lewis
of the town of Pharsalia, named in the aforesaid declaretis
that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army,
under the command of this deponente, who was a
Captain and commanded the Company on the
Island at the time Sullivans Expedition took place.
and that the length of time this William Lewis
served as a soldier, this deponent does not 
recollect _  and
further this deponent saith not
Beriah Lewis

Chenango County ss
      I certify that on this 4th day of December
1833 personally came before me the above names
Beriah Lewis and made oath to the above affidant
and that his character for truth and veracity is
good.
Charles York Judge
of Chenango County Courts

State of New York
Chenango County Ss   I Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the said
County do certify that Charles York before
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whom the preceding affidant purports to
have been sworn V" was at the date of the
same one of the Judges of the County Courts
of the said County. And that her signature
to the same is genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 4th day of December 1833
P. B. Prindle
Deb Clerk