Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,619, Isaac Blood, Mass.
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(3—1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Blood, Isaac
Lydia

NUMBER
W. 18,619

CONTENTS
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14290

New York

Isaac Blood
of Ontario in the State of NY. who was a private in the compy. commanded by Captain Dyington of the Regt. commanded by Col Wade - is the NY. line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40. Dollars —— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th. day of May 1833- and sent to Chester Loomis - Bushville Ontario Co NY

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 | $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4' Sep 1833. | 20.00
$100—

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 44


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May 28th. 1833- wrote to him and the agent at New York see letters on file.

"Letter to Calvin Blood Esqr. Cohocton Struben Co N York Sept 19th 1842.
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Reported
Dec 23/48
2467
New York Albany
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac Blood
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
40 Dollars --
cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 
23 day of Dec 1848
and sent to 
G M Phillips
Washington D.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4
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Isaac Blood
Application for Pension
23950
Chester Loomis Agent
Rushville, N.Y.
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State of New York 
Ontario County Ss
Isaac Blood being duly sworn doth depose and say that several years since he made application to the War Department for a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18 1818 and that his said application was allowed, and his name was placed on the pension Roll, as a Revolutionary Soldier. That he received such pension for one year, when his name was stricken from such Roll, as he has understood for the alledged reason that his services as a soldier of the Revolution were rendered in the state troops of the State of Massachusetts. He further saith That he was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution and that he served as such in Colonel Wade's Regiment of Continental, or State troops and which, the said deponent cannot recollect with sufficient certainty to determine The Lieut. Col. of the said Regiment was Henry Woods and deponent served as a soldier of Captain Joseph Byrington or Boynton Company in the said regiment.
The said deponent further saith that he now resides in the town of Naples in the County of Ontario aforesaid, and that he resided in the town of Bath in the county of Stuben and State of New York when his said application for a pension was made under the Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 as aforesaid
[signed] Isaac Blood
Sworn and subscribed to the 15th day of February 1833-
Before me
[signed] Chester Loomis
Judge of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid
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State of New York
Ontario County ss. I Charles Crane, Clerk of said County,
do hereby certify that Chester Loomis, whose name
is subscribed to the within certificate of affidavit
was at the date thereof a Judge of the Courts in
and for the County of Ontario, and that I am
well acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe the said signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office, this fourth day of March A.D. 1833.
Charles Crane.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed 7th of July 1838, entitled An act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows
State of New York City}
County of Steuben }     Ss  On this ninth day of January in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
four before me Constant Cook one of the Judges of the
County Courts in and for the County of Steuben aforesaid
personally appeared Lydia Blood a resident of the town of
Cohocton County and State aforesaid aged eighty three years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration. In order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July
7th 1838 entitled an a act granting half pay and pensions to
certain widow
That she is the widow of Isaac Blood who in the 
revolutionary war was a private soldier in defence of his country for
which he the said Isaac Blood received a pension under the
act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832, at the rate of forty
dollars per annum which he continued to receive untill
the day of his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac
Blood on the twenty sixth day of November in the year
one thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the town of
Pepperel [Pepperell]County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts
and that the marriage ceremony was performed by a 
clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of said town of Pepperel [Pepperell] by
the name of Bullard, that her maiden name previous
to her marriage was Lydia Shattuck that her husband
the aforesaid Isaac Blood died on the eighteenth day of
July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty two in said town of Cohocton and that she
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has ever since that period remained a widow as
will more fully appear by refference [sic] to the proof hereto
annexed
She further declares that she was not married to the said
Isaac Blood prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand
seven hundred and ninety four, viz [namely]; at the time above
the further declares that for proof of the service of her husband the would respectfully refer to his declaration and
proof on file in the war department under the act of
Congress of 7th of July 1882
And for proof of her marriage with the said Isaac Blood she would refer to to the
affidavits hereto annexed and also to the Record of the births ┃
of her children written by herself also annexed,
Sworn to and subscribed on the Lydia Blood
day and year aforesaid before me
and I certify that said Lydia Blood
from bodily infirmity is unable
to attend court and personally
known to me and believe her to
be a respectable citizen entitled to credit
the word "County" between the 9th and 10th line interlined before signing.
Constant Cook one of the Judges of County
Courts in and for said County of Steuben
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THE NEW TESTAMENT 
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE 
ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND 
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED,
BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES.
OXFORD
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS,
By W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, PRINTERS to the UNIVERSITY
And fold by W. Dawson, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse,
Paternoster Row, London. MDCCLXXXII.
CUM PRIVILEGIO.
This from Lydia Blood aged 83 years 3 months 16 days.
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Isaac Blood Born in 
Pepperell June the 12 1760
Lydia his wife Born May 19
1760
Isaac Blood son of Isaac & Lydia 
Blood Born February 13 1784
Asa Blood Son of Isaac B&
Lydia Blood Born November
the 12 1785
Israel Blood son of Isaac
& Lydia Blood Born
February the 26 1788
Calon Blood son of Isaac & Lydia 
Born May the 6 179X 1791
Lydia Blood Daughter of Isaac & Lydia 
Born October the 12 1793
Fradreck Blood son of Isaac and Lydia Born
April the 3 1796 Allin Blood son of Isaac and Lydia Born September the 10 1800
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20950
Isaac Blood
State of N York
Chester Loomis
Rushville Ontario
Cty N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
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, shewing the service of Isaac Blood 
Ontario County N York

Period when the service was recorded.
Duration of the claimant's service
Years. Months
Rank of the Claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Age of patient, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Period not stated 
---
Col Wade
Capt Byington
On the rolls of 1818 witness states the service of the applicant in two towns for 12 mo 
Witness Credible
Old Law
I am, respectfully,
Your obediant servant
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Enlisted 1777: 2 mo Capt Minot
Col Whitney
Enlisted 1778: 10 mo Capt Boyanton
Col Ward
Genl Sullivan
} His service stated by the Witness
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law had been construed to extended, 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 where 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 Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As roles of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department all parts claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, widows of privates, will [illegible] instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant rests. 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    day of    personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of      in the county of     and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)   years, who being first duly sword, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with    and served in the       (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers: 
[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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 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   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A.B.
[And then will show 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     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of    for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this          
day of     &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    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be      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 days 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. who was signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of &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 serve 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 service.
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?
6. To an 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the 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 opinoin 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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[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 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 by 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 authentication the papers is not written on the same sheer 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 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
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 is note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] The 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.
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10582
Lydia Blood
Jeremiah Russell
N.Y. 
Act 7 July 38
M 82 & 42
Rejected
Declaration made July 1844
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State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex, Ss: Asa Shattuck of the town of Pepperell
County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts being duly
Sworn deposeth and saith that he is Eighty one years of
age and is a brother of Lydia Blood widow of Isaac Blood
deceased. That said Isaac Blood and Lydia whose maiden
name was Shattuck were legally married on the twenty set
day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two by a Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of the name of Bullard. Deponent further
saith that he was present at the marriage and that
he was well acquainted with said Isaac Blood both before
and after his marriage with the said Lydia Shattuck
and that they lived together as man and wife in the
said town of Pepperell several years and then the said Isaac
Blood and his wife Lydia moved into the state of New York
where he died.
Deponent further saith that said Isaac Blood was a
soldier in defence of his country for which he was awarded
a pension, and that he died more than a year since in
the town of Conhocton County of Steuben in the State of
New York, and that she ever since the death of her husband
has not intermarried but remains a widow and is the
identical Lydia stood who is now
a pension for the revolutionary services of her husband
the said Isaac Blood deceased and further this deponent
saith not
Asa Shattuck
Sworn to and subscribed this 22nd day of November 1843
by the said Asa Shattuck
and believe his statement entitled to credit
Before me Asa F. Lawrence Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts
Middlesex County Clerks Office. Ss:
I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County of Middlesex aforesaid do hereby certify that Asa F. Lawrence before whom the affidavit of Asa Shattuck
purport to have been subscribed and sworn was on the
day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace
In and for said County duly appointed and
and that his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit are his genuine signature
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court, the twenty fifth
day of November 1843
E. Phinney Esquire
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Sol & Hon J Russell 10 April 1844
Act Hon J Russell June 28 - 49

Not entitled on account of the service -
Neither Wade no Wood belonged to the continental establishment
Hon Cull 12 July 1832
to W M Stewart
see letter to Hon W D Rochester, H. R. March 27 1822
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Lee Otto to Hon Wm D Rochester D B 9 Feb 1822
2950 is the [illegible] contended
New York Roll
Isaac Blood, H
Private
Massachusetts Serve '77. 11 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of new York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of April 1818
Vol Continental
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Sep 1818
and forwarded to Stephen Prentiss Esq. Bath Steuben Cy N York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 $30.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$81.33
Arrs 4 Mos. 5/30
Wood 
{Revolutionary claim,
 Act 18th March, 1818 }
Not Continued
Bath, Steuben Co
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Payment to be made at Albany by 
Thos W Olcott Esq
Agent for paying Pensioner, in the 
Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4
Leo Jenkins
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac Blood
who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty
dollars and twenty two cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 18th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
W L Marcy
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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No 10382
M Rese. 463
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac
NY
Act 7 July 1838 anm
joint resolution of 23 July
1845
Anms 9 mo 2 days per
$30 22 per anm
from 2 March 1835 to 4
march 1841
Hon S Gordon
House of Reps
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Lydia Blood
6098 N.Y.
Act 3rd Mar. '43
----
Adm'd
9m. 2d
priv
----
$30.22 per an
Hon Jeremiah Russell
Saugerties 
N.Y.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Middlesex
I Abraham Biglow - clerk of the judicial court in the county of Middlesex do certify that John Walton is a Justice of the Peace, acting under the authority of the Commonwealth, & his name set to the within certificate is his own proper signature. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this thirteenth day of March 1820
Abrm Biglow
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I Jonathan Barron of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that Isaac Blood formerly an Inhabitant of Peperell but now resident in some part of the State of New York was a fellow soldier with me at Rhode Island nine full months in the service of the United States near the commencement of the Revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Joseph Boynton whose served officers were, First Lieut Benjamin Lawrence, second Lieut --- Holden and Abel Packee now of Jeffery in the State of New Hampshire was Esquire. Said Company belonged to a Regiment under the [illegible] command of Col Wade whose Lieut Colonel was Henry Wood of Pepperell aforesaid. Said Blood belonged to the same company with me and the same mess and said service was done to the best of my recollection in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. And I further testify and say that I have [illegible] that he was in the service the following year. 
Jonathan Barron
Middlesex S. Pepperell Feb 18th 1820
Personally appeared the aforesaid Jonathan Barron who is a person of veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him subscribed.
Before me John Walton Jus of  t Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
No 120
Secretary's Office May 1 1844
I hereby Certify, that, from an examination fo the Books and Documents, relation to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
[illegible] Isaac Blood is borne upon a pay roll of Capt Joseph Boyton Col Wade from April 1778 to January 1779 9 moths & 2 days as a private
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And I further Certify, that, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
Wm Tufts PY
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Pension Office
April 10th 1844
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Lydia Blood has been examined and her papers filed. The family register affords satisfactory proof of the marriage before 1794, but the alleged service of her husband under Captain Joseph Boynton, Colonel Wade's Regiment should be established by the rolls in the Secretary's Office at Boston, discovered filed the adjustment of his pension
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10088
New York Albany
Lydia Blood
Widow of Isaac Blood
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 18 July 1842
Steuben in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain ---- of the 
Regt commanded by ----- in
the Revolution line for 9 mos. 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 40 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836, Increased from $30.22
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of
Dec 1845, and send to G W Phillips 
Washington D.C.
Total amount $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Leo Jenkins Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 1. Page 531.
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I Nathaniel Sartell of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify and say that Isaac Blood formerly of said Pepperell, but now a resident in some part of New York was a fellow soldier with me at Rhode Island in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and served with me nine full months at one time in a Company commanded by Joseph Boynton as Captain Benjamin Lawrence of Groton First Lieutenant Holden of Shirley Second Lieutenant and Abel Packee Esquire of Jeffery with the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire who is now living was Ensign. The Regiment to which we were attached was commanded by Col. Nathaniel Wade of Ipswich in the County of Essex and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts where Col. was Henry Wade of said Pepperell. Remain to the time abovesaid said Blood was act at the taking of Genl Burgess and said Blood and [illegible] was enlisted to the above mention at [illegible] for the term of Nine months and in said Town of Pepperell. For these saith not. 
Nathl Sartell
Middlesex Peperell February 11th 1820
Personally appeared the above named
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Nathaniel Sartell a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the aforegoing affidavit by him signed
Before me John Walton Jus of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the judicial courts in the county of Middlesex do certify that John Walton is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth & his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this thirteenth day of March 1820
Abrm Biglow
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Declaration
For increase of Pension under the Acts of Congress of 7th July, 1838 3 March 1843 - 17th June 1844th May, 1846 &* 26th June 1848 and for the benefits of the joint Resolutions of 28th January 1845 and 1st July, 1848; and for renewal of Pension under the Act of 2 February, 1848.
State of New York
County of Steuben SS
On this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, in and for the County of Steuben, State of New York, Mrs Lydia Blood, a resident of thee town of Cohocton, in the County of Steuben, State of New York, aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress and Joint Resolutions above recited. I am the widow of Isaac Blood, who was a soldier in the Massachusetts Line in the War of the Revolution, and who prior to his decease drew a pension from the United States at the rate of forty dollars per annum, under the Act of 7th June 1832, and who departed this life on the 18th July, 1842. I have drawn a pension under the Acts of 7th July, 1838 - 3 March, 1843, and 17th June, 1844, at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum. I further declare that I am still a widow. 
Lydia Blood
In presence of
Asa Blood
C J McDowell
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this nineteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
C J McDowell Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to be and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
C J McDowell Justice of the Peace
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5778
Rev
Lydia Blood
NY
AO Acts 7 July 1838,
3 Mch 1843, 17 June 1844,
at $40 per an. deducty
former payt, at $30
AO Act 2 Feb 1848 at $40
G W Phillips
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State of New York
Steuben County
I Paul C Cook Clerk of said County do certify that C J McDowell Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and by whom the written certificate purports to have been made, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand the seal of said County this 5th day of October 1848
P C Cook Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
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File NO. 18619
Lydia Blood
wid of
Isaac Blood
Priv Rev War
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Act: Feb 2d /48
Index: -- Vol. A Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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10088
New York
Lydia Blood
Widow of Isaac Blood
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 18th July 1842
of Steuben in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company 
commanded by Captain ---- of the 
Regt commanded by ------ in 
the Revolution line for 9 mo 2 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 30 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of
June, 1846 and sent to 
Hon S Gordon
[illegible]
Total amount & 131. 10
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 529

Reported
Joint Reso. 23
January 1845
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Reported Dec 18/48
2467
New York Albany
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac Blood
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
30 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
18 day of Dec 1848
and sent to 
Hon T Smith
Hoff R
Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4
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5778
New York
Albany
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac Blood
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 
28th day of June, 1844
and sent to Hon J Russell
Saugerties
N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1. Page 271

Reported
Cart is under 
Point Reso. 23rd
2 Aug 1843 see
Envelope within
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5778
New York Albany
Lydia Blood
widow of Isaac Blood
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843
Increased from $30 22 anni
Certificate of Pension issued to
23 day of Dec 1848
and sent to G.M. Phillips
Washington 
D.C.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 271
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June 18 1846
by 
Lydia Blood
&
Ruth 
Southard
Re Jan 25 1845

Hon S Gordon
NR
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the resolution of the 25th January 1845
Whereas the Act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. 
I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefit of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Isaac Blood who was a soldier in the war of the revolution. I have drawn a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per annum from the fourth of March 1843 and I now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1836, to the fourth day of March 1841, it being the time for which I made a declaration and sent proof now on file in the pension office. 
Lydia Blood
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this fourth day of March 1846
Jesse McQuigg Justice Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Jesse McQuigg
I Page C Clark Clerk of the county and courts of Steuben County do hereby certify that Jesse McQuigg who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the above affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature 
Witness my hand and Seal of Office the Fifth day of March A.D. 1846
P.C. Clark Clerk
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This application will give a pension for five years to Lydia Blood & the children of Ruth Southerland. Prevented from obtaining a paper under the Act of July 7 1855; in consider of the Act of 30 Arch 1844 & revised by the Resolution of Jany 23 1843: will allow them the pension.
Respectfully
[illegible] NY June 13 1846
Hony
Jeremiah Russell
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Saml Seward of Sullivan in the county of Cheshire in the stat of New Hampshire being seventy five years of age do testify & say that I lived in the town of Pepperell county of Middlesex of state of Massachusetts in the time of Revolutionary War with Great Britton of was well acquainted with Isaac Blood who lived in the same town with me & in year 1777 in the month of April he & I enlisted in Capt Mink's company & I think Col Whitney's Regt. & marched to Concord where we mustered & from there to Providence the term of two months this our time of enlistment.
I further testify that in the year 1778 in the month of Feb I enlisted with Capt Joseph Boynton of Pepperell & took filing orders of [illegible] a Sargent in who's Company & with others Isaac Blood enlisted &  marched with me to Providence where Gen Sullivan commanded & joined Col Wade's Regt. In the course of the summon we marched to Rhode Island had an action with the British & from thence we were ordered to engage & there stayed till from 1779 while made ten months that year Mr Blood was with me & the other two months making twelve I was knowing too
Samuel Seward
State of New Hampshire Cheshire S,
Sullivan Sept 7th 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Seward signer of this affidavit and made oath that it was just and true
Before me Samuel Locke Just. Peace
I hereby certify that Samuel Seward who subscribed & swore to the facts, contained in , the above affidavit, is a credible witness and entitled to belief.
Samuel Locke Just. Peace
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Cheshire Sept 5 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judical Courts in said County certify that Samuel Locke a Justice of teh Peace in and for said county and I believe that the within official signature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of out Superior Court of Judicature.
S Hale Clerk
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NY Roll
Isaac Blood pr
30 Apl 1818
To Stephen Prentiss
Bath Steuben Cy
Admitted
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State of New York
Steuben County
On this 30 day of April AD before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid personally appears Isaac Blood aged fifty seven resident in the town of Bath in the County & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisional made by the late act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for [illegible] persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Isaac Blood enlisted in the month of March in the year 1777 at Pepperell in the State of Massachusetts in the County of Middlesex in the company commanded by Capt Minot of a Regiment commanded by Col Henery Wood of Pepperell aforesaid which said Regiment was at the Massachusetts line in the Continental service that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until he was discharged from the service at Greenwich in the state of
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Rhode Island, that he was marched from Providence (after his said enlistment) pursuant to orders of General Glover to the Island of Rhode Island and was then stationed perhaps four or five weeks that it was not the faction of his to be engaged in any general battle that he was with that part of the army which made a retreat from the Island from thence was marched to Greenwich in the state aforesaid & then was stationed until the expiration of his term of service aforesaid & that he is in Reduced [illegible] to us & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support & that he had no other evidence now in his power of his said serving.
Sworn & Declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Wm Helm
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Steuben County
On the fourteenth Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen came before me Stephen Prentiss Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County of Steuben, Ebenezer Shattuck and Lucy Shattuck and being duly sworn and according to law saith that they are personally acquainted with Isaac Blood mentioned in the above certificate and were at the time of his serving in the revolutionary war in the year 1777 as stated in the above certificate and the said deponents further say on their oaths that the said Isaac Blood enlisted in the month of March in 1777 and returned home the January following and that they have good reason to believe that he served the term of time as mentioned in the above certificate. 
Ebenr Shattuck
Lucy Shattuck
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned before me
Stephen Prentiss JCCP
State of New York
Steuben County
I Edward Howell Clerk of the County of Steuben do hereby certify that Stephen Prentiss Esq. whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit was at the time and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, dully commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credence should be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed seal of my office that 19th day of August 1818 
E Howell
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I William Helm one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Steuben & State of New York as aforesaid do certify that is appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Blood did serve in in the Revolutionary War as stated in his [illegible] declaration against the Common Enemy And I now transmit the preceding & testimony taken & had before me to the satisfactory of the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Wm Helm
State of New York
Steuben County 
I John Metcalfe clerk of Said County do hereby certify that William Helm whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit and Certificate is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and is duly qualified and commissioned as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said county this 1st day of May 1818
John Metcalfe
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some time in the month of April last documents were committed to the department of the Secretary of War by the person within named which were supposed to be authenticated since which time he has considered it necessary to alter the form of his application for his pension under the act within mentioned
Wm Helm
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State of New York
Steuben County
I William Hamilton Clerk of said county, do certify that Constant Cook Esquire before when the annex declaration of Lydia Blood and affidavit of Calvin Blood were taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said declaration and affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 20th day of January 1844
Wm Hamilton Clerk
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State of New York
Steuben County
Calvin Blood of the town of Cohocton County of Steuben and state of New York being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Lydia Blood who is the widow of Isaac Blood deceased late of the town of Cohocton.
That said Isaac Blood was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of forty dollars per annum which he received till the day of his death. Deponent further saith that the said Isaac Blood died on the eighteenth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two in said down of Cohocton and left a widow named Lydia Blood, that she has not intermarried but remains a widow as will more and is the identical Lydia Blood this is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her husband the said Isaac Blood, deceased
Calvin Blood
Note the word "as will more" in third line ceased
Sworn to and subscribed on the nineteenth day of January in the year 1844 before me by the said Calvin Blood and known to me to be a respectful citizen entitled to credit
Constant Cook one of the Judges of Common Pleas of County Courts in and for Steuben County aforesaid