Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 26465-160-55, Joseph Cleasby, Mass.

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Mass. Cleasby, Joseph B.L.Wt. 26465-160-55

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[Left side]
S. B. Clough.  May 6/56.  [illegible]
Vol. C. - 151.
[Right side]
1T2115 A N. Mar 3
June 18 '55
Joseph C. Cleasby
Sergt
Capt Butler
Col. Nixon
Ent.
Xis..
Revy. War
[Written on top of the right side text]
No 26465 May 26/ 56

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26.465
[illegible]

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172115
FREE
[postal cancellation]
MANCHESTER N. H
JUN 15
[address]
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[on side] 172115

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Manchester June 18, 1833
Hon L. Waldo  
Dear Sir - 
The warrant entitled by the enclosed application may be sent to me as authorized by the written power of attorney - 
yours truly 
S. B. Clough

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE -- COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH, ss.
C. E. Potter
Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Manchester in the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Joseph Clough whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing
the same, a Justice of the Peace and [illegible] State, duly commissioned and qualified: that his Commission is dated on the fifth day of July A. D. 1850, and will expire in five years from date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Police Court is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Manchester
this fifteenth day of June A. D. 1855
C. E. Potter CLERK

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172115

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APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Merrimack SS.
On this twenty eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the
County and State aforesaid, Joseph Cleasby aged ninety four years, a resident of Northfield in the State of New Hampshire,
who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the identical Joseph
Cleasby who was a Sergt in the company commanded by Captain
Butler in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel John Nixon in the war of Revolution
that he enlisted at Concord in the state of Massachusetts on or about the thirtieth day of September
A.D. 1775 for as indefinite time and continued in actual service
in said war for the term of fourteen days and more and was honorably
discharged the applicant does not [illegible] on or about the  thirtieth day of
May A. D. 1776, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company. 
Which discharge is now on file in the Department at
Washington.
He further declares he enlisted a second time said
war in Capt Richardsons Co. in Col. Poor's Regt. 
on the 1st day of July 1778 and continued in service 
until Dec. 31, 1778 and was discharged
That he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United
States." he also declares that he has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant whatever, Joseph Cleasby
We, Joseph Cleasby Jr and Sally Cleasby residents of Northfield in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Joseph Cleasby in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Joseph Cleasby Jr
Sally Cleasby
  The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
  Joseph Clough   Justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY
To the Secretary of the Interior: Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to [J B?] Clough of Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire.
  Joseph Cleasby
 Signed in presence of me,
  Joseph Cleasby Jr.
  Sally Cleasby

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SERVICE Mass
Cleaveland, Amasa
NUMBER S. 18349
Carded

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21135
Massachusetts
21.135
Amasa Cleaveland
of Middlesex in the State of Mass
who was a Sergeant & in the Camp commanded by Captain Stiles of the Reg commanded by Col, Weles in the Mass line for 8 Mos 24 days pri $29..10
2  "  Segt.    10
[Cmte & Mil?[
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 39 Dollars 10 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
__________
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug 1832 and sent to C. P. Huntington
N. Hampton
Arrears to the 4th of Dec [illegible] $78.20
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep [illegible] 19.53
[Total] $97.73
Recorded by P. C. Stiles Clerk
Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Book E. Vol. 3, Page 1 [or 17].

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9296 72
Amasa Cleaveland
[illegible]

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DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.} ss.
On this Tenth day of Augt 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of the court of Probate for said County now sitting Amasa Cleaveland a resident of Williamsburg in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 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 provision made by 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.
In January 1776 he volunteered as a private soldier at said Williamsburgh to go to Dorchester a company having been sent for, into the company of Capt. Stiles. He marched through Belchertown Worcester Sudbury to Watertown thence to Roxbury where he joined the regiment commanded he believes by Col Wells was stationed at Dorchester keeping guard six weeks. In the same year he entered said service again towards the middle of September as a private at said Williamsburgh to go to New York, mustered at Hatfield, marched through Westfield Hartford, New Haven Conn. Danbury, Horse Neck, joined the army near Kingsbridge & served 3 months or more in Capt Murray's Company in Col Mosely's regiment he thinks. The army lay in that vicinity till he was dismissed came home about the middle of November. In 1777 in May he enlisted or volunteered as a Sergeant in Capt White's company at said Williamsburgh, marched through Windsor Williamstown Hoosic Bennington to Skeenesboro thence by water to Ticonderoga, there stationed & served till the fort was abandoned, 2 months. In 1777 the same year in September he volunteered as a private at said Williamsburgh to go to Stillwater marched
through Williamstown &c & joined the army near Bemis heights. Was not in the battle
Followed Burgoyne retreating & served 6 weeks in Capt Allen's company, Col
Chessin's regiment. In the Summer of 1778 he entered the service aforesaid he cannot tell the month in Capt Daniel Pomeroy's company. Gen Hart had the command of the forces. Mustered at Hatfield. 2 Companies were raised from Hampshire County. He was stationed at Albany barracks & served 4 months. He engaged for 6 months & if he had not been discharged his time would have expired Jany 1st. Two spies were hung while he was there. His duty was keeping guard. He was born in Mansfield Conn, 16th June 1756. & knows of no record of his age except in his family Bible. He lived at Williamburgh when he entered the service & has since resided there. He never was drafted, & volunteered each time except the last when he enlisted. He never received a written discharge.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Amasa, Cleveland
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
We, Abner Hunt
residing the town of Northampton and
John W. Miller residing in Williamsburg hereby certify, that we are
well acquainted with Amasa Cleaveland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be 76 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.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
Abner Hunt
John W. Miller
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 Abner Hunt who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
resident in Northampton and that
John W. Miller who has also signed the same, is a resident in Williamsburg
are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley, Judge of Probate
I,
Saml F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Amasa Cleavland for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth
day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Saml F. Lyman
Register

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss.
Sworn and subscribed this day and
year aforesaid.
I Henry Lord
residing in the town of Williamsburgh
am well acquainted with Amasa Cleaveland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 76 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 I concur in that opinion
Henry Lord
Hampshire April 1st 1833
There personally appeared the above named Henry who has signed the preceding
certificate & made oath to the same before me. I further certify that said Henry is a Clergyman & that his statement is entitled to credit & that he belongs to said
Williamsburgh
Elisha Hubbard Jr
Justice of the Peace
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 Henry Lord who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Williamsburgh is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.  Also that the attendance of said Henry in open Court cannot be had without too much in inconvenience 
& expense to the applicant by reason of the distance of his residence.
[The following text is partly obscured by a seal]
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original amended 
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amasa Cleaveland for a pension.
That the above named Elisha Hubbard is a justice of the peace in & for the County of Hampshire & that the above is his genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Second
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Saml F. Lyman Register.

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In the matter of the application of Amasa Cleveland
State of New York
Onondaga County ss:
On this 31st day of July A.D. 1832
personally appeared before Samuel L. Edwards Esquire First Judge of the County of Onondaga Nehemiah Cleveland residing in the town of Skaneateles County of Onondaga & State of
New York & Roswell Cleveland residing in the town of Manlius County & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law say upon their oaths that they are brothers of the said Amasa Cleveland-- that the said Amasa Cleveland was a Revolutionary Soldier & served in the Militia from about the twentieth day of September in the year 1776 to the close of the same year--that the said Amasa was in the service at the time of the evacuation of Ticonderoga &  was then absent from home as near as these deponents can recollect about
four months - that the said Amasa was at the battle of Stillwater & was then absent from home as near as these deponents can recollect about two months- that in the year 1778 or 1779 the said Amasa was again absent from home in the service of the United States at Albany as near as these deponents can recollect about three months.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Roswell Cleaveland
Nehemiah Cleveland
Saml. L. Edwards
First Judge of
Onondaga County
Counsellor &c

Onondaga County
Clerks Office
I Reuben L Hess Clerk of the said County do
certify that Samuel L. Edwards before whom the above affidavits were taken was at the date of the same First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and
that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name above subscribed is the proper hand writing of the said Judge Witness my hand and seal of office this 22 day
of August 1832.
R. L. Hess Clerk

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I hereby certify that the within named Roswell & Nehemiah who made the within affidavit before me are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. May 13. 1833
Saml L Edwards
late first Judge
of Onondaga County

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9296
Amasa Cleaveland

Private 8 Mos 26 days
Sergt 2
[totals] 10  24
11.12.14 [illegible]
March 9 1835

26.60
  2.44
[Total] 2904
P. 291
C.P. Huntington
Northampton
Mass

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9296
BRIEF in the case of Amasa Cleaveland
of Hampshire Cy in the State of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 76
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Table]
Period.|Duration of Service.|Rank.|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Jany '76|1 [Month] 12 [Days]|[As a] Private|[Gen.] Capt Stiles Col Wells
Sept 76 to Nov|x 2 [Months]|[As a] Private|[Gen.] Capt Murray|Col Mosely
May 77|2 [Months]|[As a] Sergeant|[Gen.] Capt White
Sept 77|1 [Month] 12 [Days]|[As a] Private|Capt Allen|Col Chepin
Summer of 78|4 [Months]|[As a] Private|Capt Pomeroy|Genl Stark
5.  In what battles was he engaged?  None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Williamsburgh
Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
2 living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
x Will only make 2 months
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
16 Feb 1833

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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Amasa Cleaveland [illegible] File 18349
[Table]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.|STATE.
Jany 1776|6 weeks|Pvt.|Stiles|Wells|Mass
Sept. 1776|3 mos.|Pvt.|Murray|Mosely|Mass
May 1777|2 mos.|Sgt|White|[blank]|[blank]
Sept 1777|6 weeks|Pvt|Allens|Chapin|[Blank]
Summer 1778.|4 [Blank]|Daniel Pomeroy|[Blank]
Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamsburgh Hampshire Co Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug. 10, 1832. 
Residence at date of application, Williamsburgh Mass
Age at date of application, born in Mansfield, Conn. June 16 1756
Remarks: Soldiers brothers Nehemiah and Roswell were living in 1832. No further family data.

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Cleaveland Amasa
S. Nr 18.349
Mass

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Williamsburgh July 25 1778
This day I Capt Samuel Fairfield
Paid to Amasa Cleaveland thirty
Pounds for Incoragement for Ingageing
In the Continental Service Til the
First of January next as witness
my hand
Saml Fairfield Capt

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HARRY. ENGMAN JR., Pres't
JACOB WOOLVERTON, Vice Pres't & Treas.
Wm L KIZER, Sec'y.
Trade Mark
THE MALLEABLE RANGE 
Made In south Bend
THE Malleable Steel Range Mfg Co
Highest Awards ST LOUIS AND PORTLAND.
[South Bend - crossed out] Ind.
Plymouth Ind.
613 N. Michigan St.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Please send me the pension record of one Amasa Cleveland Soldier of Revolution War.
very respt
Mrs Z. M Tauner
Plymouth - Indiana
613 N. Mich St
Sept 9. 1909.
[Cancellation stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A SEP 13 1909

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18349
INVALID.
File No. 18,349
Amasa Cleaveland
Serg Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Sept. 18 Hist to Mrs. Z.
M. Tauner, V. L. M.

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RECORD DIVISION.
3 -- 871.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by AE Wilson
Claim No. Sept. 17, 1909.
Certificate No. [blank]
Claimant [blank]
Soldier Amasa Cleveland
Service Rev.
Additional Service. [blank]
No. [blank] claim, State records [blank] 190 [blank]
No claim, combination records [blank] 190 [blank]
REMARKS:
No O.W. [?] Wid. or reg
as above except.
S. F. 18349

O - 8
Chief Division

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9296
Amasa Cleaveland
C. P. Huntington
Northampton
Mass

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Amasa Cleaveland
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?  Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. 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: 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] and for such service I claim a pension.

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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 (italics) about three or four months (end italics) is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.   Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.   This form of  a declaration is highly objectionable.   It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the times during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(footnote mark) QUERE XIV. (italics) 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 claimants 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 magistrates must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(footnote mark) QUERE XVI.   (italics) Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
(manicule) In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying office, should accompany the papers.