Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28761, Benjamin Heath, Mass. Res. Sandisfield, Mass., At Enlistment
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SERVICE
Mass.

Heath, Benjamin

NUMBER
S. 28761

Res. Sandisfield, Mass, at inlistment
CONTENTS
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Benjamin Heath
of Locke in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Taylor of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Tupper in the Massachusetts
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars __ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feby
1833 - and sent to J. Hillen
Jocke Cayuga Co N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $45.00
Some=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 15.00
$60.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D Vol. 5 Page 145
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28761
INVALID

FIle No.  28761
Benjamin Heath
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 22"
Index:  Vol. 2  Page 180
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Benjamin Heath
REturn
No. 3357

Admitted
9 mo private
80$
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State of New York
County of Cayuga } So.

On this 19th day of December 1832 before the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for said count, personally appeared Benjamin Heath who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that be reason of old age and the loss of memory, he can not 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 grade.

For nine months, I served as a private for which ser-vice I claim a pension.
Benjamin Heath

Sworn and subscribed on the day + year above-mentioned before me.
Gershom Morse a Judge

I hereby certify that the seven interrogatories prescribed by the war - Department in relation to the pension act of 7th June 1832, ever satisfactorily answered by the within applicant, on the date first above-named.
Gershom Morse
a Judge of Cay Com Pleas

State of New York
Cayuga County }
I Michael S. Myers, Clerk of said county, do certify that Gershom Morse Esquire, before who the above affidavit purports to have been taken, was on the day the same purports to have been done, a judge of Cayuga County Courts duly qualified by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, & verily believe the signature purporting to be his to be genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of our said county this 24th day of December 1832

M.S. Myers Clerk
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Declaration

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

State of New York
Cayuga County } S.

On this 19th day of July 1832, before the subscribes, of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in for said county, personally appeared Benjamin Heath, a resident of Locke in said county, aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He enlisted into the Continental army, in the winter of 1781 or 1782 for the term of six months in the following manner viz. He resided at Sandersfield, Massachusetts at the time he entered the service.

According to the recollection of this deponent, there was a requisition of a certain number of men from that town for which purpose, those subject to military duty, were classed & each class to furnish a man for & during the term of three years. This deponent was hired by one of said classes, for the said term of six months, but after serving the said term of six months he was not relieved by a successor as he expected, and served three months longer.
He served under Col. Tupper of the tenth regiment Major Knapp_ Capt. Taylor_ Lieut & Ensign not recollected_ the name of the first sergeant was Wilder.
During this term his duty was guarding the lines between West Point & New York - and at the end of the end of said nine months was discharged- he received no written discharge but was relieved by another class man at West Point. During this time this deponent had the smallpox.
He has no documentary evidence.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.

Benjamin Heath

Sworn & subscribed the day aforesaid & also the year aforesaid before me
Gershom Morse a Judge 
Of Cayuga Com Pleas
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State of New York
Cayuga Count ss. 

I Michael S. Myers Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that Garsham Morse Esquire be (?) the within affidavit purports to have been taken and subscribed was the day of the same (?) to have been done, a Judge of Cayuga County Courts duly qualified by Law to take the same and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting  of such Judge and (?) believe that the signature purporting to be his, attached to said affidavit, is genuine.  Witness My hand and the Seal of foursaid (foreesaid) County this 24 July 1832.

Signature of M S Myers
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State of New York
Cayuga County 

On the 23rd day of July 1832 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace i and for said county, personally appeared Salmon Heath of the town of Locke, in said county, and made with in due form of law, that he resided in the town of Saundersfield in the state of Massachusetts at the time Benjamin Heath enlisted in the Unitec States service which was in the winter of 1781 or1782 that he was knowing to the fact of his so enlisting, and marching from home to join the army at the high lands in the State of New Yorkl

And this Deponant further saith that the said Benjamin Heath is his Brother, that he knows him to be the identical person who so enlisted. 

And he further saith that he saw (?) Benjamin Heath when he returned home from said service, that it was nine months from the time he entered the said service & verily believes he served the said time. 

Signature of Salmon Heath

Sworn and subscribed on the day & year first above-named before me  Silas Bowker Justice of Peace

I certify that the above names Salmon Heath is a credible Witness
Signature of Silas Bowker Justice
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State of New York 
Cayugoa County ss. 

I Michael S Myers Clerk of said county do certify that Silas Bowker Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have begun from was at the date of the same Judge of the court of Common pleas of the county of Cuyoga duly commissioned and sworn and authorised by law to take affidavits

An further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Silas Bowker and verily believe his name subscribed to the certificate of said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature 

Witness my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of July AD 1832

Signature of M S Myers
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525 W 183rd St. 
New York, N.Y. 
Sept. 15 1924

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 
Have you any record of pension or land bounty given toa Revolutionary Soldier named WIlliam Wattles Sr who was bon in Lebanon Conn - 1730 - lived in Sharon Conn or Canaan N.Y. and who d. 1822 at Locke Cayuga Co. N.Y. 
(?) Benjamin Heath of Locke Cayuga  Co. N.Y. (of 1822)

Can you tell me the system of land bounty awards? Would a man serving from Sharon Conn be given land in N..Y.? And where would the bounty be recorded? 

Very Sincerely yours, 
K.C. Gottschalk

Partial stamp can be seen - Date of Sep 17 1924
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September 24, 1924.

K.C. Gottschalk
522 2. 163rd St., 
New York, N.Y. 

Sir: 

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.28761, it appears that Benjamin Heath, while a resident of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, enlisted in the winter of 1781 or 1782 and served 9 months as a private in Captain Taylor's Company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 19th, 1832, while a resident of Locke, Cayuga County, New York, ages 67 years. 

It is not stated whether soldier ever married.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to William Wattles, born in 1730, died in 1822.

For information relative to the system of land bounty awards of the United States you should consult the volume entitled "Army and Navy Pension laws and bounty land laws
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of the United States" compiled by Mayo and Moulton, printed in 1852, and for information relative to the land bounty system of New York you should consult "New York in the Revolution" compiles by James A. Roberts, printed in 1898.  Both of these books may be found in any large library. 

Respectfully, 


Acting Commissioner.