Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,227, for John Percival, Massachusetts
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Service
Mass.

Percival, John

Number
S.11.227

carded
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Date of death not on [illegible].

20.595

New York
John Percival

... Chenango in the State of New York ... who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Goodrich of the Regt commanded by Col. Ashley in the Masstts line for 18 m. 15 d.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 61 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sep. 1833 and sent to G. A. Prindle
Norwich

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $154.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '24 30.83

$184.99

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. A. Page 72.
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John Percival
Pension Papers

Address all papers
P.B. Prindle
Norwich
Chenango Co
NY
18279
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Amended Declaration

State of New York
Chenango County ss:

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mr. John Percival of Smyrna in said County to me known who being sworn deposeth and says 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades to wit:

May 75
12 months + 15 days} For twelve months and fifteen days I served as a private under Capt Goodrich + Col. John Patterson and Col. Arnold.

June 77

6 mos.  For six months I served as a private in Capt. Rowley's Company under Col. Ashley and for the above period of time (making in all one year six months and 15 days I claim a pension

The above services were both in the Massachusetts State troops or Militia.  And the corps in which he served were both called out by the authorities of that State.   He also says that he was not during any part of the above time for which he claims a pension,  he was not engaged in any civil pursuit.    And further saith not.  

John Percival

Sword and subscribed this 30th May 1833 before me

Mills Landon   Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Chenango County ss:

I Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the said county do certify that Mills Landon before whom the written affidavit purports to have been taken and sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said county: that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature.

Witness my hand & seal of office
this first day of June 1833

P. B. Prindle
Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Chenango County ss.

On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting and being a Court of Record

Present
Hon. John Tracy First Judge
Nathan Taylor
Levi Bigelow
Hezekiah Reed
Charles York
}Judges

John Percival, a resident of the town of Smyrna, in the County of Chenango and state of New York aged seventy seven years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832

That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:

In the year 1775, on the 16th day of May, at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts he enlisted into the Massachusetts troops, into a company commanded by Captain Goodrich of Stockbridge Lieutenant David Pixley of Stockbridge Ensign Theophilus Mansfield-  John Patterson of Lenox was the Colonel of the Regiment.  And General Heath was General of the Brigade.  He enlisted for the term of eight months.  After enlisting he marched with his company to Cambridge and was stationed at Fort No. 3.  He was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th June.  After the Battle he was stationed at Fort No. 3.
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at Cambridge until some time in the month of September   when he with most others of teh Company of Captain Goodrich, volunteered under Col. Benedict Arnold on the expedition to Quebec River.  The same officers which commanded the Company previous to this still had the command.  He started from Fort US 3 at Cambridge, with his Company and eight others under Col. Arnold and marched to New Bury Port by land.  At New Bury Port they took shipping, and sailed up the Kennebec River to Fort Weslow [Winslow] where they landed and remained about a week.  Here they were supplied with Boats to carry their Baggage and provisions and they went up the river through a dreary wilderness.  The river was very rapid and the soldiers were obliged to wade and push the Boats up stream.  In many places the boats were taken out of the River and carried upon their shoulders.  The longest distance the Boats were carried at one time was four miles where they carried them from Kennebec River to Dead River.  Before they got this the wood they were obliged to wade and break the ice before them.  At thsi time they were in the greatest distress for want of provisions.  He himself subsisted 15 days on a pint of flour and a dogs liver.  Captain Goodrich and some others started on through the wilderness to find inhabitants and procure provisions.  They were successful in their journey + sent back cattle to them, which met them in the wilderness, about three days before they came to the Canadian huts.  They reached a few Canadian huts upon the 6th day of November which he remembers from the fact of his being 21 years of age on that day.  They were thirty eight days in the wilderness without seeing any human beings except their own party.  From the huts they waded on through snow and mud toward Quebec and arrived at the Plains of Abraham on the 15th
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day of November.   About two weeks after they arrived there.  General Montgomery with his party arrived at the same place.

They made an attack upon the city on the last of December.  When Montgomery fell and his officers Captain Goodrich and Lieutenant M Comstock were taken prisoners.  They lay around Quebec through the winter and spring.  The British received reinforcements from down the river and early in May they sallied out upon the Americans.  And the Americans not being able with their small band to give them battle left the ground and retreated returning back to New England through or by Montreal.  LaPrairie, St. Johns, Lake Champlain and St. George.  They passed through Crown Point + Ticonderoga and reached his home at Lenox about the first of June 1776.  Having been out in the whole from the time of his first leaving home and joining the army to his return twelve months and a half.  He received no written discharge from any officer.  

Among the men in the army with whom he was acquainted during this tour were Jesse Clark then of Lee and now of Groton, Tompkins County, N.Y. who was out the whole time with him in the expedition to Quebec until he was taken prisoner at Quebec.  He also knew John Ripley one of the sergeants of the company.  Also the orderly Sergeant Gilbert.  Also one Sergeant Chamberlin.   The drummer was Francis Paine, John Connelly was fife major of the regiment and belonged to the same company with this deponent.  These all belonged to the same company that this deponent did and he was acquainted with them all.

 In the next year, 1777, in June but don't recollect the precise day he volunteered at Lenox aforesaid in Captain Rowley's company of Massachusetts
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Militia, under Col Ashley in a Brigade commanded by General Schuyler.  They marched on toward Fort George, passing through, he recollects, Fort Edward + Fort Miller      At Fort George they burned two British schooners on the lake and the fortifications and retreated back to Stillwater on the Hudson, destroying the bridges and felling trees across the roads to deter Burgoyne's army which was coming from Canada across the lakes.  They made a stand at Stillwater until General Gates came back and took command of the army.  He was in Gates army until the Battle at Saratoga + surrender of Burgoyne.  He was not in the engagement himself; he was upon a guard.  Not long after the battle but the precise time he cannot recollect he was discharged at Stillwater, Saratoga County by the Captain.  He had no written discharge.  After his discharge he went home to Lenox, Massachusetts.

He knew in this tour Jesse Clark, the same man who was on the tour before with him.  Also one Timothy Way Northrop and Gates who were in the same company with this deponent

He was out in one or two short alarums after Tories and Indians, scouting round after them but the time was very short

He has no documentary evidence of his services except the accompanying affidavit of Jesse Clark and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the said Jesse Clark

In answer to the interrogations required by the War Department to be put by the [illegible] ap-
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-plicants for pensions, he states as follows viz:

1. He was born at Sandwich Barnstable County, Massachusetts on the sixth day of November 1754.

2nd  He was a record of his age in his Family Bible at Smyrna Chenango Co. which he took from his father's Family Bible

3. He lived at Lenox each time he was called into service.  Since the Revolutionary War he has resided at Lenox. then in Lee Berkshire County Mass where he resided until the year 1798 when he removed from there to Smyrna Chenango County, N.Y. where he has ever since resided and where he now resides

4. He volunteered each time

5th  Captain Hanchett + his Lieut Williston of Connecticut went from Cambridge to Quebec with him.  General Washington and General Lee were in their camp at Cambridge.   Captain Morgan from one of the southern states was also at Quebec with him.   Captain Hendrick also from the South was commandant of a Rifle Company at Quebec

This deponent cannot answer this more fully than he has already.  He remembers that he never received any of his monthly wages for his services in the Quebec Expedition.

6. never received a written discharge from the service

7th  He gives the names of Elder + Rev [C illegible]
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Russel Case Esq.  Amasa Foote, Supervisor of the town of Smyrna.  Isaac Foote Jr.  [illegible] Hubbard Esq.  Harvey Tallcot  Post Master and Doctor Mead  all of Smyrna Chenango County N.Y. as men living in his present neighborhood to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and to them belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension [illegible] agency or any state 

Sworn and subscribed
the day [illegible] year aforesaid

John Percival

P B Prindle  Dep Clerk

[illegible] Comfort Record a clergyman residing in the Town of Smyrna County of Chenango and state of New York and Russel Case residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Percival who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 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 aforedaid

J. W. Pike Clk   

Comfort Record
Russel Case

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies
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that it appears to them that Comfort Record who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Smyrna and that Russel Case who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit

Jn  Tracy
[illegible] Read
Charles York       }  Judges Chenango Common Pleas

State of New York
Chenango County ss:

I Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Percival for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1833

P.B. Prindle   
Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Cortland County ss

Jesse Clark of the town of Croton County of Cortland + State of New York being duly sworn says that he is in his 75th year that he is well acquainted with John Percival of the town of Smyrna County of Chenango + state aforesaid who is an applicant for a Pension     that this deponent first became acquainted with him in his youth while living in Lee, Berkshire County, Mass.    That the said Percival in May 1775 enlisted into Captain Goodrichs company in the town of Stockbridge Mass. in Col Pattersons Regt + Genl Heaths Brigade.   That this deponent was then a soldier in said Goodrichs company.   That the said Percival was a messmate with this deponent from May 1775 until the next spring to wit the 5th of May 1776 when this deponent was taken prisoner while sick in the hospital at Quebeck   the said Percival + this deponent having gone with Arnold in the expedition against Quebeck  the said Capt Goodrich + most of his men having volunteered in that expedition.   

This deponent also in the year 1777 again came across the said Percival in the army that took Burgoyne.    This deponent was a part of the time in the same company with Percival in that year + knows of his serving about six months in that campaign.   Percival was a private soldier during the whole of the time witness knew him in the army.  This deponent was in the battle of Bunkers Hill with Percival.

The words from Mayy 1775 in 17th line from top intralined before execution.

Jesse Clark

Subscribed + Sworn this 3d day of October 1832 before me   Edward C. Reed  Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County ss.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Jesse Clark the above named deponent.   That I have known him for several years.  That he is a man of the strictest integrity + that the utmost confidence may be placed in his statements.    Oct. 3, 1832

Edward C. Reed
Justice of Peace

Cortland County ss.

I Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk of said County do certify that Edward C. Reed Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and by whom the above certificate was made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Homer in said County + duly authorize as such Justice     And that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name to the said affidavit + Certificate subscribed to be [illegible]

Witness my hand and seal of office this 3d day of October AD 1832

Samuel Hotchkiss Jr.  Clerk
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No 18279
John Percival Chenango
County New York

e.i.
Admitted
Private 18 mo + 15 days

153   33
 00.   83
154.16


PB Prindle Norwich Chenango
County New York

Watts
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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 John Percival Chenango County New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted May 1775
Vol. June 1777

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years 1 Months 0 Days 15  
not stated

Rank of the claimant.
private
private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Goodrich

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Genl Heath
Col Patterson
Genl Schuyler
Col Ashley

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Bunker Hill

Country through which he marched.
Marched to Cambridge at For No. 3.  Sharted with Col Arnold + Marched to New Bury Port from thence through the wilderness to Que-Bec + plains of Abraham
2d.
Marched to Fort George

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
77 years
Berkshire County Massachusetts

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
traditionary evidence + one living witness certified credible
Clergyman's certificate

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Papers not properly attached.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of }ss.
On this day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
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 enered 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 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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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 these
vices 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 persons
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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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
6.
en and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Towner has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
ant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
not swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For; and such service
days, I served as a -. For - months and
days, I served as a
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
ion 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
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 pubseal
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.
To 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.
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
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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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August 9, 1939

BA-J/AWF
John Percival
S. 11227

Florence J. Hale
Norwich
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Percival, who was pensioned while living in Chenango County, New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension, S.11227, based upon the military service of John Percival in the Revolutionary War.

John Percival was born November 6, 1754 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.  The names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, John Percival enlisted May 16, 1775, served as a private in Captain Goodrich's company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served until sometime in September, when he volunteered to go in Captain Goodrich's company, under Colonel Benedict Arnold, on the expedition to Quebec; he suffered much from fatigue and cold, was in the wilderness thirty-eight days, subsisted for fifteen days on a "pint of flour and a dog's liver", and arrived on the Plains of Abraham, November 15; he was in the battle of Quebec, the last of December, and in a battle early in May following, was in the retreat
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through Montreal, La Prairie, St. Johns, Crown Point, and Ticonderoga, and reached home about June 1, 1776.  He enlisted sometime in June, 1777, served about six months in Captain Rowley's company, Colonel Ashley's Massachusetts regiment, and at the time of the battle of Saratoga, was a guard to the troops, but not in the action.  He had other tours of short alarms in pursuit of Tories and Indians, no further details of this service given.

John Percival after the Revolution, moved from Lenox, Massachusetts, to Lee, Massachusetts, and in 1798, he moved to Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smyrna, New York.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data relative to the family of John Percival.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-

John Percival
Certificate #20595
Issued September 23, 1833
Rate $61.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War

11.227

INVALID.

File No. 11.227
John Percival
Priv   Rev War


Act: June 7 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 293

[Arrangement of 1870.]




Feb 17/94 Mil. Hist.[illegible]
Frederic P. Allen German
[illegible] Bank, Rochester, N.Y.C.
Feb 21/94 Mil. Hist. [illegible] M. W.
Raymond, Tarrytown N.Y.C.

May 10 95
P Allen
Chippewa Falls
Wis.

June 7 99
W.P. Sherman
Springfield Mass.

[illegible] Jan 10  Photos mailed to 
Kate S. Curry + Account Div.
[illegible]
[illegible] Oct 11 [illegible]     Aug
[illegible] Aug 7    "   Mrs. Perry [illegible]
[illegible] Aug 9 [illegible Florence J. Hale   Aug
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CAPITAL $200,000.00
SURPLUS $150,000.00

GERMAN AMERICAN BANK OF ROCHESTER.

FREDERICK COOK, President.
FREDERICK GOETZMANN, Vice President.
EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Second Vice Prest.
FREDERIC P. ALLEN, Cashier.

Rochester, N.Y.  Jany 31 1894

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir:

I would like a certificate from you to the effect that John Percival was a Revolutionary pensioner.

He was born Nov. 6 1754.  He was from Lee or Beckett, Mass, and was granted a pension in Sept. 1833. of $61.66 per annum.  He died in Gaines N.Y. June 12, 1837.

I do not know what the fees are for this service but upon advices will be happy to forward the amount.

An early report will greatly oblige,
Yours Respectfully
Frederic P. Allen
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14 Fort St.
Springfield Mass.
31 March 1899

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Sir,
I have the honor to request a certificate of the service of John Percival of Lee Mass. who was a Revolutionary soldier and participated in Genl. Arnold's campaign in Canada.  I am unable to give the date of enlistment or his regiment but I have reason to believe that the service above mentioned was performed by him.
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If the information cannot be given Kindly advise me.

I am,  Sir,
Very respectfully yours,
Walter P. Sherman

U.S. Pension Office Apr 3 1899
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Wisconsin Mortgage Loan Company.
First Mortgage Real Estate Loans and Investment Securities.
Metropolitan Block.

Frank C. Allen, Pres't.
Raymond Allen Sect'y and Treas.

Chippewa Falls, Wis., 
3/30/1899.

Honorable Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

Will you kindly inform me if there is any record in your department show that either Apollus Allen [no record] or John Percival drew a pension for military service in the Revolutionary War.

Apollus Allen enlisted at Greenfield, Mass.

John Percival was with the expedition under Benedict Arnold which went against Quebec.

If you find any record please give me all information possible as regards their military record.

Information as to the above will greatly oblige me.  

Yours truly
Raymond Allen

U.S. Pension Office
Apr 3 1899
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department
. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
L. W. B.
1, 11227.
May 10th, 1899.

Sir:

In response to your recent communication you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of
Apollus Allen has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.

John Percival made an application for pension on October 9th, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Smyrna, New York, and his pension was allowed for eighteen months and fifteen days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war.

He enlisted at Lenox, Mass., and served under Capt. Goodrich and Col. Arnold.

Very respectfully,  Commissioner.

Mr. Raymond Allen,
Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Metropolitan Block.
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O.W.&N. Div.
F.S.
M.E.C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
February 19, 1894.

Sir:-

Referring to your request for the military history of John Percival, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he entered the service on the 16th of May 1775 at Lenox, Massachusetts, where he then resided, and served as a private in Capt. Goodrich's Company until the following September when he, together with most of the others of that company, volunteered under Col. Benedict Arnold and started on the expedition to Quebec.  In the attack upon that city the last of December, the commanding officer of his company, Capt. Goodrich, and one lieutenant were taken prisoner. He arrived home from Quebec about the first of June 1776. During this term of service especially in the march to
and from Quebec he endured many hardships and privations, the company at time being in great distress for want of provisions. He states that he at one time subsisted for fifteen days on one pint of flour and a dog's liver.

In June 1777 he again volunteered in Capt. Rowley's Co., Mass. Militia, under Col. Ashley. The company marched from Lenox, Mass.,
towards Fort George passing through Fort Edward and Fort Miller.
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At Fort George they burned two British schooners on the lake and retreated back to Stillwater on the Hudson, destroying the bridges
and falling trees across the roads to deter Burgoyne's army, which was coming from Canada across the lakes. He remained in this
company until shortly after the surrender of Burgoyne when he was discharged at Stillwater. During his first term of service he participated in the battle of Bunker Hill.

On October 9, 1832 he was a resident of the town of Smyrna, New York, and seventy-seven years of age. He was born at Sandwich,
Barnstable Co., Mass., November 6, 1755.

Very respectfully,

Frederick P. Allen,
German American Bank,
Rochester, N. Y.
---
Commissioner.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L.W.B.
I. 11227.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
June 7th, 1899.

Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that John Percival made an application for pension on October 9th, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Smyrna, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for eighteen months and fifteen days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war.  He enlisted at Lenox, Mass., and served under Capt. Goodrich and Col. Arnold.

The above is the only John Percival found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records which in any way corresponds with
the data you furnish. Your attention is invited to the note in the upper corner of this sheet.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. Walter P. Sherman,14 Fort Street,
Springfield, Mass.
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Pension department of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

John Percival was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was placed on the Pension roll of Chenango Co., New York in 1833 and died at Gaines, New York in 1837.

Will you please write me whether or not his wife Ruth Crocker Percival as a widow was given a pension as a soldier's widow, after her husband's death.

Also, is there on the Pension records any information in regard to the time of her death, place of death, age at death, name of her parents, or place of her birth.

Any information you send me will be appreciated.

Very truly,
Benton P. Crocker MD
Foxboro, Mass.

September 5, 1938.
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BA-J/ady

Rev. + 1812
No. 259

January 5, 1935.
Navy-970

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rev. War claim for pension of John Percival, File No. S.11227

Actual

1 of each page.

UNCERTIFIED.

$2.75....... 11 pages

Kate S. Curry
This order included all but ctf. jacket + his old war Dept. [illegible]

xxx

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.  The word "omit" written in pencil on page which is not to be copied.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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January 5, 1935.

Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Washington,
D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please furnish photostatic copies of eleven pages from Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11227, John Percival, uncertified.

Very truly yours

REMITTER...... Miss Kate S. Curry,
Mail to............ "        "   "      "

1420 Girard St. N.W.

Washington, D.C.



Received payment
January 5, 1935.
$2.75
Ada DeYoung
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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Mrs. Harry Chase
1230 South Avenue
Rochester, New York

July six, 1939
Pension Bureau
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.

Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War record (Vol. + page) of John Percival, born Nov. 6, 1754 in Sandwich Mass.   Subsequently lived in Lenox + Lee, Mass.; later lived in Mt. Morris, Smyrna, and Gaines, N.Y. where he died on June 13, 1837.

He enlisted on May 16, 1775
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I think in a Massachusetts regiment.

Thank you

Elizabeth Harding Chase
1230 South Ave.
Rochester, N.Y.
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Norwich, N.Y.
July 5, 1939

Veterans Administration.
Washington DC

Gentlemen,

I am anxious to obtain the Revolutionary War service and any family dates of John Percival who served in Mass. and received a pension in Chenango County, New York.

Very truly yours,

Florence J. Hale


RECEIVED July 7 1939
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BA-J/AWF
John Percival
S. 11227

Mrs. Harry Chase
1230 South Avenue
Rochester, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John
Percival, born November 6, 1754, in Sandwich,
Massachusetts, later lived in the State of New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in claim for pension, S.11227, based upon the military service of John Percival in the Revolutionary War.

John Percival was born November 6, 1754, in
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Lenox, Berkshire County,
Massachusetts, John Percival enlisted May 16, 1775, served as a private in Captain Goodrich's company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, served until sometime in September, when he volunteered to go
in Captain Goodrich's company, under Colonel Benedict Arnold, on the expedition to Quebeck, he suffered much from fatigue and cold, was in the Wilderness thirty-eight days, subsisted for fifteen days, on a "pint of Hour and a dog's liver", arrived on the Plains of Abraham, November 15; he was in the battle of Quebec the last of December, and in a battle
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early in May following, was in the retreat through Montreal, La Prairie, St. Johns, Crown Point, and Ticonderoga, reached home about June 1, 1778. He enlisted sometime in June, 1777, served about six months in Captain Rowley's company, Colonel Ashley's Massachusetts regiment, and at the time of the Battle of Saratoga, was a guard to the troops, but not in the action. He had other tours of short alarms in pursuit of Tories and Indians, no further details of this service given.

John Percival after the Revolution, moved from Lenox, Massachusetts, to Lee, Massachusetts, and in 1798, moved to Smyrna, Chenango County,
New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Smyrna, New York.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data relative to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data

John Percival
Certificate #20595
Issued September 23, 1833
Rate $61.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BA-J/AWF
John Percival
S. 11227

Benton P. Crocker, M. D.
Foxboro
Massachusetts

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of John
Percival, pensioned while a resident of Chenango
County, New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in pension claim, S. 11227,
based upon the military service of John Percival
in the Revolutionary War.

John Percival was born November 6, 1754 at
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The
names of her parents were not given.

While a resident of Lenox, Berkshire County,
Massachusetts, John Percival enlisted May 16, 1775,
served as a private in Captain Goodrich's company,
Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment,
was in the battle of Bunker Hill, served until
sometime in September, when he volunteered to go
in Captain Goodrich's company under Colonel Benedict
Arnold, on the expedition to Quebec; he suffered
much from fatigue and cold, was in the wilderness
thirty-eight days, and he subsisted for fifteen
days, on "a pint of flour and a dog's liver", arrived
on the Plains of Abraham, November 15; he was in the
battle of Quebec the last of December, and in a battle
early in May following, and in the retreat through
Montreal, La Prairie, St. Johns, Crown Point, and Ti-
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conderoga, reached home about June 1, 1776. He
enlisted sometime in June, 1777, served about six
months in Captain Rowley's company, Colonel Ashley's
Massachusetts regiment, at the time of the battle of
Saratoga, was a guard to the troops, but not in
the action. He had other tours of short alarms
in pursuit of Tories and Indians, no further
details of this service given.

John Percival, after the Revolution, moved from
Lenox, Massachusetts, to Lee, Massachusetts, and in
1798, moved to Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed October 9, 1832, at which time he was a
resident of Smyrna, New York.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible data relative to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:

John Percival
Certificate #20595
Issued September 23, 1833
Rate $61.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator