Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,467, for Luther Leet, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Leet. Luther
Sybil

NUMBER
W. 20.467

CONTENTS
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18.316
Pennsylvania
Luther Leet
Of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain ---------
of the Regiment commanded
by Col Tyler in the N.H. 
line for 1 yr. 25 days
-------
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 42 Dollars 75 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
--------
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of August 1833 and sent to
Asa Dimock, Montrose
--------
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $85.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. $21. 37
--------
$106.87

{ Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 5 Page 35
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Rept. Sept 25
2092
Vermont, Burlington
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Sybil Leet
widow of Luther Leet
who was a Private
in the Conn. line
for 12 months & 25 days
---------
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
42 Dollars & 75
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
---------
Certificate of Pension issued the
25th day of Sept 1843
and sent to
S. Swift
Manchester
Connecticut
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol.  1   Page 28
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16638
Luther Leet
Susquehanna County
Pennsylvania


Adm
1 year and 25 days
private

2.75

Asa Dimock
Montrose
Susquehanna Co
Penn
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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, showing the Service of Luther Leet, Susquehanna Co., Penn. 

Period which the service was rendered: Drafted June 1779
Duration of the claimant's service: 8 months
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Col. Mead, Maj. Tyler
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: Age 68, North Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary


Period which the service was rendered: Sub. July 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 8 mos. 10 days
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Col. Meigs, Lt. Eb. Gray.


Period which the service was rendered: Drafted January 1782
Duration of the claimant's service: 42 days
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
-----
Sept. 1 '80
Dec. 11. '80
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11 months / 52 days
12 months / 25 days 


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 in stance, 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 day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) 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 that of Agency in the State of    
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 of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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. who has signed the preceding 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 contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 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 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 an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer 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. 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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.        
[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 - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 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 as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
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.
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Sep  26.
Luther Leet
Pension Application
16638
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State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County Ss
On this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord personally appeared in open court before Hon. William Thomson and Davis Dimock Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County - now sitting - Luther Leet a resident of Choconut Township in the county of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, aged sixty eight years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, on order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. to wit That he entered the Service on the first of June 1779 under a draft upon the Militia of the State of Connecticut - was mustered near Saybrook - passed inspection under (he thinks) a Col. Grovener. Joined the Connecticut State troops at New Haven and was marched to Horse Neck and served there under Col. Matthew Mead - Major Tyler - in a company commanded by a Captain Smith - served eight months - was marched from Horse Neck to Norwalk and on the last day of February 1780 was there discharged by Colonel Matthew Mead.
At the time he was drafted into the State troops aforesaid he resided at North Guilford New Haven County and State of Connecticut - was in no engagement with the enemy during that time and did not serve with any Continental Regiment or Company during the time aforesaid. That he again entered the service of the United States as a substitute for one Griswold, Continental Army at Orange town in the State of New Jersey in the month of July 1780 under Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs and a Lieutenant Colonel Gray - does not
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not now recollect the name of the Major - The Company in which he served had been commanded by a Captain Lay - who was then a prisoner at New York - and the company was at that time commanded by a Lieut Mansfield. From Orange town we crossed the North river at a place called Doobs ferry and encamped at a place called Drummers Hill - lay there from 6 to 8 days - went from thence under a Sergeant Tupper to West Point for the purpose of exchanging our Cartouch boxes, carrying only 18 round for those taken from Burgoyne carrying 36 rounds - while there saw Gen. Arnold at the time he entered his boat to go to New York - Returned back to our company at Drummers hill, marched from thence by the way of West Point to Constitution Island, remained there about two weeks - from thence was marched again into New Jersey - was stationed near Lotoway falls in Orange town on General Washington's picked guard. Was then marched back up to the Highlands on the North river & remained there during the remainder of my service; received there a pass from Colonel Gray to go into the country thirteen days before the expiration of my term of service which would be on the first of January 1781 - during which time had no engagement with the enemy - In the month of January 1782 was again drafted into the militia and served at Old Guilford for six weeks under Captain  Brewster - the other officers not recollected. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - unless there be someone of his old acquaintance living in Guilford - Connecticut - but of this he is not positive - and would not know upon whom to call.
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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 
Luther Leet x his mark in consequence of lameness in his right hand 
the presence of Asa Dimock Jr.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid 
Asa Dimock Jr Prot 
We Bela Moore in residing in the township of Choconut Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania and Joseph Bebee residing in -  township, County and State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Luther Leet who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty eight 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. 
Bela Moore
Joseph Beebe
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court 
Asa Dimock Jr Prot
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 in Certify, that it appears to them that Bela Moore who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a
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resident of the town of Choconut, Susquehanna County Pennsylvania and that Joseph Beebe who has also signed the same, is a resident in the township of Choconut in the County and State aforesaid, & credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
State of Pennsylvania 
Susquehanna County ss}  I Asa Dimock Jr Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County of in certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Luther Leet for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Montrose this tenth day of September AD 1832 
Asa Dimock Jr Prot
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Susquehanna County ss 
Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County David Robbe  aged fifty-five  years to me well known as a creditable person and whose testimony may be relied upon and being duly sworn according to doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Luther Leet late of Choconut Township in said County and an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.  That since making said application the said Luther Leet is deceased. That he died on the thirteenth day of January last and that this deponant was present at the time of his decease.  
David Robbe
Subscribed and sworn before me May twenty Eighth AD. 1833  
C. Wright Justice of the Peace 
State of Pennsylvania, 
Susquehanna County ss }   I Asa Dimock Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Susquehanna, do hereby Certify that Chauncey Wright Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing appeared to the attestation of the above affidavit and acting Justice of the peace, in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record.   In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Montrose the fifth day of June AD 1833, 
Asa Dimock Jr Prot
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State of Pennsylvania, 
Susquehanna County ss} I Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify, That I was present in Court, at the time Luther Leet the applicant for a pension named in the foregoing declaration, was examined by the said Court, and that the interrogatories prescribed in the Regulations of the War department under the pension law of Congress of 7th June 1832 Were separately and distinctly put to the said Luther Leet, by the Court and answered by him to their satisfaction, as I understood and verily believe. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Montrose the fifth day of June AD 1833, Asa Dimock Jr Prot
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State of Vermont 
Bennington County ss } On this 20th day of April A.D. 1839, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. the Probate Court for the district of Bennington now sitting Sibyll Leet, a resident of Arlington, in the County of Bennington, and State of Vermont, aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn, according to law cloth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.” That she is the widow of Luther Leet late of Choconut, Pennsylvania who was placed on the pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania agency, at the rate of Forty Two Dollars and Seventy five Cents per annum, under the Act of 7th June 1832.  For the services of her said husband she refers to the original declaration made by him and now on file in the Pension Office of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said Luther Leet on the 7th day of October A.D. 1784, at Wolcott in the State of Connecticut that her husband the aforesaid Luther Leet died on the 13th day of February A. D. 1833 at Choconut, Pa, and that she has remained a widow ever
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since that period, and still remains the widow of the said Luther Leet. 
Sibyll Leet x her mark
In presence of Edward M. Aylsworth 
Wm Haswell 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me, Wm. Haswell, Register 
I, Wm Haswell Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington do certify that the foregoing contains  the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sibyll Leet for a pension.   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18 day of April AD 1839
Wm Haswell
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5425  
Sibyll Leet 
Sybil Leet
Vt
Act 7 July 38 
m [married] 84 – d. [died] 33
Admd [admitted] 
12. Mo. 25 days pri  
$42.75/100 
No deduction 
S. Swift Manchester Vt.
Bennington Vermont
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I Solomon Plumb of Wolcott in New Haven County and State of Connecticut being sixty nine years of age depose and say 
That I was formerly well acquainted with Sibyl Plumb of said Wolcott and that on the seventh day of October 1784 the said Sibyl Plumb was married to Luther Leet who at that time belonged in the Town of Guilford in said State of Connecticut that I myself was present at the time said Marriage took place at said Wolcott.   
Solomon Plumb 
State of Connecticut 
New Haven County } Ss. Wolcott April 13th 1839. 
Personally appeared Solomon Plumb who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made Solemn oath to the deposition by him subscribed Before me 
Archibald Minor Justice of Peace 
Samuel Plumb of Wolcott in New Haven County and State of Connecticut being seventy two years of age depose and say That I was formerly well acquainted with Sibyl Plumb of said Wolcott and that on the seventh day of October 1784. the said Sibyl Plumb was lawfully married to Luther Leet who at that time belonged in the Town of Guilford in said State of Connecticut that I myself was present at the time said Marriage took place at said Wolcott. 
Samuel Plumb 
State of Connecticut. 
New Haven County} Ss. Wolcott April 15th 1839 
Personally appeared Samuel Plumb who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the same deposition by him subscribed. Before me 
Archibald Minor Justice of Peace 
New Haven County Ss. Wolcott April 15th 1839 
I hereby certify, That from my youth up to the present time I have been acquainted with the said Solomon Plumb and the said Samuel Plumb who hath subscribed the foregoing Depositions and consider them and each of them to be persons of truth and veracity and such as in whom the utmost confidence and reliance can be placed. 
Archibald Minor Justice of Peace
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I Sally Aylsworth a Resident of the Town of Arlington in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, aged fifty four years, do testify depose & say that I am the reputed Daughter of Sybill Leet now a resident of said town of Arlington & Luther Leet late of Choconut, in the County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania deceased, that I was born, as I understood & believe in the town of Southington in the State of Connecticut, & in that part of said town, which as I have understood, be live was afterwards set off & with parts of other adjoining towns incorporated  into town of the name of Wolcott, where my parents at that time resided & I understood and fully believe that they were married at the place the same part of it by a Justice of the peace of the name of Peck, as I am informed & believe is now deceased about the 7th day of October AD. 1784 that I think I well recollect having frequently seen an entry or Record of their said marriage recorded  in the hand writing of my said honored father in a Bible which was for many years afterwards kept in the family, but which was afterwards made use of as a school Book & being badly bound became quite defaced, & as much torn to pieces, & in that state to preserve the Record of the ages & any Births that of my Brother Doctor Leet who was the only children of my said parents & which also recorded by my said father in the same Bible one of my daughters some years afterwards, transcribed into a new family Bible, which he had [unreadable] as a leaf which is appended as attached by a wafer in my first [unreadable] to that Affidavit, but the Reord of said marriage she omitted to transcribe & the old Bible first enforced to have been since totally destroyed & last & that I know of any other Record of their marriage or said births than as above that my Parents removed from said town of Southington or Wolcott as I have ever  understood & believe, when I was about ten years of age that was after my first recollection, my said Parents lived together, & were generally reputed as husband & wife, until the time of his death which took place at said Choconutt as I understood & fully believe, and about the 19th day of February AD. 1833 since which time my said mother has for the whole or greater part of the time resided with me & that she has since remained his widow, single & unmarried, that previous to his death, I understood & believe that my said Honored father application for a Pension for his service during the revolutionary war under the law of the7th June 1832. which was granted but the certificate therefore was not received until after his decease, & I was well knowing that my said Honored Mother afterwards made her Power of Attorney & drew the sum which was due thereon to the time of his decease that the annual sum thus allowed to him, was originally to my best present recollection belief, between forty & fifty dollars & I should now think about $46.66 
Sally Aylsworth
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State of Vermont Bennington County ss. July 12th AD. 1840. 
Then personally appeared the above named Sally Aylsworth to me well known, & made oath in due form of law, for that the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed, thence her best knowledge information & belief. And I do further certify that the said affiant is a person of respectability & staid integrity & truth Certified by me 
Reuben Barney Justice of the peace in aforesaid County of of Bennington 
State of Vermont   I Henry Robinson Clerk of Bennington County Court, hereby certify that Rueben Barney Esqr whose signature appears above, is a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Bennington, duly commissioned & qualified by law as such that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Reuben Barney & verily believe his foregoing signature to be genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said County Court & Subscribed my name at Bennington in the County this 14th day of July A D. 1840 of Bennington. 
Henry Robinson
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THE NEW TESTIMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR 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. 
EDINBURGH: 
Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His MAJESTY'S Printers. 
MDCCXCIII.
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Luther Lest was born January 23th A.D 1763   
Sibyll Plumb was born June 7th  AD 1765 
Sally Leet was born March the 29 D1786 
Calvin Leet was born April 7th AD 1791 
The grass weareth, The flower fadeth, because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Isack 40-7 Sophia Aylsworth 
Arlington Sept 19th 1828
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. 
OWN
October 2, 1924.  
Mrs. Frank S. Miller, 
143 S. Seward Ave., 
Auburn, N. Y. 
Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.20467, it appears that Luther Leet was born January 23, 1763. 
While a resident of North Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served in the Connecticut Troops as follows: From June 1, 1779, for 8 months as private in Captain Smith's Company under Colonel Matthew Mead. 
From July 1780 in Captain Lay's Company, Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs' Regiment and was discharged in December 1780. 
From January 1782 for 6 weeks under Captain Brewster. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed September 10, 1832, while a resident of Choconut Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He died there February 13, 1833.
Soldier married October 7, 1784, at Wolcott, Connecticut, Sibyll or Sybil Plumb who was born June 7, 1765. She was
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allowed pension on her application executed April 20, 1839, while a resident of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont. 
Their children were: Sally, born in Southington (later Wolcott ) Connecticut, March 29, 1786, married - Aylsworth. In 1840 she resided in Arlington, Vermont. Reference is made to her daughters, no names stated. 
Calvin, born April 3, 1791, in 1840 referred to as Dr. Leet. 
Respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner. 
couldn't say “no further from data. Sybil Leet had a brother 
Sophia F Aylsworth, probably a granddaughter 
Samuel & Solomon Plumb probably brothers the rel [relationship] not stated
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143 South Sevard Ave.,
Auburn, New York,
Sept. 10, 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Can you give me the Revolutionary record of Luther Leet, supposedly a private in the Connecticut militia? He is sometimes called "Captain." Aug. 10, 1833, he was granted a pension. He was then probably a resident of Susquehanna Co., PA. where he had secretly removed from Vermont.

Yours respectfully,
Clara G. Miller
(Mrs. Frank S. Miller)
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WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 20467 
Sybil Leet 
Widow of Luther Leet 
Pri Rev War  
Act March 3d 43 
Index: Vol. 2, Page 450 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1924, Oct 2 - Hist to Mrs. Frank S. Miller. UM
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5425 
Sct Wm Haswell July 26 ‘39 To same Nov 1, 1839 
To Hon H. Hall (with copy of last) April 7, 1840 
Act 7 July 38
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Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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Manchester July 16th 1840 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Hon Sir. The enclosed Affidavits on to support the Claim of Widow Sybill Leet heretofore presented by Mr Haswell, for a pension Whatsoever may be the result, or whatever communication you may think proper to make in relation to said claim, you will be pleased hereafter to address to me 
I am Hon, Sir, most respectfully, Yours &c 
S. Swift
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I Jesse Olney of the Town of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Southington and as such have the keeping of the records of said Town, That I have diligently examined said records, and can find no record of the marriage of Luther Leet and Sybil Plumb entered upon said records that prior to the year 1821 but few marriage were recorded in said records and especially such as were solemnized by Justice of the Peace.  
I further state in the year 1796 the east part of the Town of Wolcott was set off from the Town of Southington, That upon a thorough examination of the records of said Town of Southington from the year 1779 to the year 1820 I find no word of said marriage of Luther Leet and Sybil Plumb.
Jesse Olney   
Sworn and subscribed  this 24th day of June 1840 Before me 
Stephen Walkley Judge of Probate for the District of Southington Ct 
I Lucas Upson Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington in
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Connecticut certify that Stephen Walkley is the Judge of said Court of Probate and that the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine- and that said Court is a Court of Record 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 24th day of June 1840 
Lucas Upson Clerk
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Bennington, Oct. 22, 1839 
Hon J.L. Edwards 
Sir 
I enclose a certificate in the case of Sarah Leet, which  I hope will be satisfactory, the marriage having been proved by the testimony of her brother, 
Very respectfully your obt servt 
Wm Haswell
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 
NEW HAVEN COUNTY, 
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss, 
I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that William Bartholomew Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE. within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 8th day of June A. D. 1839 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 1840; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 11th day of Sept A. D. 1839 
Jno Beach Clerk
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Wolcott Ct 
Sept 18th & 
121/2 
William Haswell Esqr 
Bennington Vt. 
[unreadable]
37 ½
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I Archibald Minor of Wolcott in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut Depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid , and by virtue of said office have the custody of the Records of said Town and I further say that I have made diligent search for a Record of the Marriage of Luther Leet and Sibyl Plumb but cannot find one, I further say that the Town of Wolcott was not incorporated until the year 1796. And I further say that the Marriages since that time until within a few years past have not generally been recorded in the Town Records of said Town of Wolcott – 
Wolcott Sept. 9th 1839 Archibald Minor Town Clerk 
Sworn to at Wolcott in the County of New Haven this 9th day of September A.D. 1839. Before me 
William Bartholomew Just of Peace
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Bennington Vermont May 14, 1839. 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir I herewith forward the application of Sibyll Leet for a pension.  Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the application of Sarah Welch and Sarah Sanderson have been registered. They were forwarded by me some months since 
Yours respectfully 
Wm Haswell
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276
Mrs. Sybil Leet
$42.75 per annum
S. Swift
Manchester Vt.
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State of Vermont 
Bennington County} ss  On this 30th day of March 1843 personally appeared before the  Subscriber a Magistrate within & for the County of Bennington aforesaid Sybil Leet a resident of the town of Arlington in said County, aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d March 1843 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the Widow of Luther Leet lately deceased, who was a Private in the army of the United States, during that war, & who enjoyed therefore a pension during his life time & for those said services, she also, since his decease, has received a Pension of Forty two Dollars 66 Cents, or about that sum per annum, under the act of July 7. 1838. She further declares that she is still Widow. 
Sybil Leet x her mark
Witness E.M. Aylsworth  
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me 
E. M. Aylsworth Justice of the peace 
And I do hereby further certify that the above named Declarant Sybil Leet is personally well known to me 
E.M. Aylsworth Justice of the peace 
State of Vermont 
Bennington County ss } I Saml H. Blackmer Clerk of the County Court in & for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Edward M. Aylesworth is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified - that his Commission bears date from the 1st day of Decr 1842 & will expire on the 30th day of Novr 1843, & that his signature above written, I believe is genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & the seal of said Court, at Bennington this 6th day of April A. 1843 & of the independence of the U.S. the 67th 
Saml H. Blackmer Clerk
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Letter to S. Swift 28 June 1843 
Burlington Vermont - 5738 
Sybil Leet 
widow of Luther Leet Decd who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 15th of February, 1833 of Bennington in the State of Vermont who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col. Tyler. in the N. H. line for 12 mo. 25 days pri  
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 42 Dollars 75 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Sept 1840 and sent to S. Swift Manchester, Vermont 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $ 213.75 
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, 
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