Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,510, James Batchelder, N.H.

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(3-1776)

Service: N.H.

Batchelder or Bacheldor, James

Number: S. 45,510

Contents:

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3225.
New Hampshire
Bacheldor
James Batchelder 4
Capt McClary
private
New Hampshire line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of Octr 1818 and sent to Ezra Bartlett Esq Grafton Co. N. H.

Arrears to the 4th Sept 1818 4 mo[nth]s 26/30 38.93
Semi-anl. all'ce [Semi-annual allowance] ending 4th Mar 1819. 48.00
[Total] $86.93
3 years
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued

[note on right side of page] Reported and sent to John Wilson Esq Lancaster N. H. 19 Sep 1820

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State of New-Hampshire. Grafton SS.
On this ninth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appears James Batchelder aged about 69 years, resident in Lyman in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said James Batchelder enlisted in the year 1778 in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Michael McClary of the 3d New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col Dearborn; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the 26th day of January 1780; when he was discharged from service in Danbury State of Connecticut; that he was in the battles of [blank] and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Ezra Bartlett
I, Ezra Bartlett Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the James Batchelder did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
April 9th, 1818
Ezra Bartlett

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Copy
James Batcheldor's
Declaration of Schedule
July 1820
3224
March 1819
con[tinue]d

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State of New Hampshire Coos SS
At the Court of Common Pleas holden at Lancaster within and for the county of Coos aforesaid being a Court of record by Law established on the second Tuesday of July AD 1820
Present the Honorable 
William Lovjoy
John Pendester [illegible] Esquires Associate Justices
Personally appeared in open Court James Bacheldor aged fifty nine years resident in said Lancaster who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) in Captain Michael McClary[']s Company and Col Samuels Regiment in New Hampshire line that his original declaration is dated April 9th 1818 then being a resident in the town of Lyman in the County of Grafton in said State of New Hampshire and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 3.224 and I [illegible] solemnly swaer [swear] that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I my income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

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I have no real nor personal property whereof to make a Schedule
I further declare that I am by o[c]cupation a laborer my infirmity of body is so great that I am unable to perform any labor whatever I have no family dependant on me for support and that do stand in need the assistance of my Country for support
James Bacheldor
Sworn to and declared at Lancaster on the 11th day of July AD 1820 before the afor[e]said Justices.
Attest John Willson Clerk

I John Willson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Coos, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 11th day of July A.D. 1820
John Willson Clerk

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This may certify that I have examined the person of James Bacheldor now residing in the Town of Lancaster in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire relative to his bodily inability and do find that he is about fifty nine years of age and that he is about fifty nine years of age and that he is disused in his right shoulder which appears to be caused by a musket ball which passed into s[ai]d shoulder between the clavisle [clavicle] and scapula and broke a portion of said Scapula[,] the said ball passing as appears between clavicle and scapula and is now remaining in the muscles of the shoulder which wound produces effects which materially impair his bodily health and incapacitate him for labor and further certify that owing to the above mentioned wound he is dependant means aside from his own for daily support
State of New Hampshire (Coos County)
Lancaster January 18th 1820
Eliphalet Lyman MD Surgeon of the 26th Reg New Hampshire Militia
State of New Hampshire Coos SS Jany 19, 1820 
Personally appeared Eliphalet Lyman signer of the foregoing instrument and made solemn oath the the same was just and true
before me
Jonas Baker Justice of peace

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March 8, 1939.
Alice French 210 West Avenue East Rochester, New York.
RA-J/ILL James Batchelder S. 45510
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Batchelder, who applied for pension April 9, 1818.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 45510, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of James Batchelder.
James Batchelder, a resident of Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, enlisted, served as a private in Captain Michael McClary's company, Colonels Scammel and Dearborn's 3" New Hampshire Regiment, and was discharged January 26, 1780 at Danbury, Connecticut, having served three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he resided in Lyman, New Hampshire. His age is shown then as about sixty-nine years; however, in July 1820, his age is shown as fifty-nine years. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not given.
In 1820, the soldier resided in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. He stated then that he had no family dependant on him for support. [handwritten] [illegible] next time[.] He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following- James Batchelder, certificate #3224, issued October 1, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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James Batchelder a Soldier in the third New Hampshire Regiment Formerly and Inhabitant in the town of Deerfield County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire having Faithfully Served three years in the Service of of the United States of america it being the term of his Inlistement is Honnourabelly [Honorably] Discharged and is [illegible] to Return to the above State
James Norris Major
Camp Danbury Jany 26 1780
To Whom it may concern

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45510 Revy Invalid.
File No. 45510
James Batchelder Priv Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:-Vol. 3, Page 25
{Arrangement of 1870.}

[starting on right hand side wraps around to left hand side]
Feby 8 1891 History to Miss Carrie A Merrill Middleton N. H.
Mar 19 1897 History to Mr Albert S Batchellor Littleton, N. H.
Nov 9/97 W. J. Batchelder Boston, Mass
Sept 22, 1902 Hist to A. C. Batchellor Littleton, NH.
1910 Mch 11 History to Mrs Lewis R Oatman ¢
1939 Mar 8 Hist to Alice French I. LL.

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Greenwich New York.
Feb 15th 1910
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me such data as your records show regarding James Bachelder a pensioner, I think, of the Revolutionary War For identification I give the following facts.
James Bachelder, son of Nathaniel Bachelder, born in Deerfield, possibly Nottingham

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N. H. probably about 1760 enlisted in Capt McCleary's company in 1777. At time of enlistment he lived in Deerfield or possibly Poplin N. H. He later moved to Fairlee N. H. and Bath N. H.
Respectfully yours
Mrs Lewis R. Oatman
Greenwich, Wash. Co. New York
Lock box 188.
[stamp] Pension Office US A Feb 19 1910

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Batchelder Clothing Co.,
Successors to
Globe Clothing Store. 
675, 677 & 679 Washington St., Boston
[note on right] B

Oct 28, 1897
Dear sir I wish to as[c]ertain through your bureau what service my grandfather, James Batchelder, gave his country during the War of the Revolution. He was a pensioner from about 1816 to his death in 1833. These dates may not be just correct, but they are as my father gave them to me before his death.
I wish to find the place of his birth, and to what N. H. or Mass. regiment he belonged. His father Nathaniel and two of his sons Josiah and Nathan were at the battle

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Batchelder Clothing Col.,
Successors to
Globe Clothing Store.
675, 677 & 679 Washington St., Boston

of Bunker hill and probably belonged to the New Hampshire regt which participated
I would Like if it is withinn your province to give it, all the information obtainable in regard to this. You will greatly oblige
Very resp[ectfully] Yours
W J Batchelder

[stamp] Pension Office US Oct 30 1897

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Jan 15, 1939
East Rochester N. Y.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
[stamp] Received Jan 25 1939 Mail Sub Div: Vets Adm Reader 11
Dear Sir:-,
Would like to have an official war record of James Batchelder. He served in the American Revolution war and his record is as follows:-
Name, James Batchelder
Enlisted, 1778
Discharged, Jan. 26th 1780
Length of Service, 3 years.
Rank, Private
Served under Captain Michael McClary and Colonels Scannel and Dearborn.
State 3rd N. H.
Residence of enlistment, Deerfield, N. H.
Date of application for Pension, April 9th 1818
Residents [Residence] at time of application, Lyman N. H.
Age at the time, 69 years.
Yours Truly
Alice French 210 West Ave. East Rochester New York.

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Commissioner of Pensions B
Washington D. C.
[stamp] U. Law S. Jan 16 1897 P. Received 8
Dear Sir-
I desire to obtain information for historical purposes, as to my great grandfather James Batchelder of Bath N. H. who, I understand was a pensioner of the U. S. as a veteran of service in the war of the Revolution.
Please inform me as to the regiment and State in which he served and as to any other biographical facts disclosed by the personal record

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concerning him in the Pension Bureau.
Very respectfully yours
Carrie A Merrill
Littleton New Hampshire
Jan 12th 1897

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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of James Batchelder a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 45,510

Dates of enlistment or appointment 1778 disch[arge] Jany 26, 1780 at Danbury, Conn.
Length of Service. 3 years
Rank [blank]
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain Michael McClary Capt 3-1776- ret 1778-
Colonel Scammell [and] Dearborn
State 3 N H

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Deerfield NH.
Date of application for pension, Apl 9 1818.
Residence at date of application, Lyman N. H. 1820 Lancaster, NH.
Age at date of application, 69 yrs, 1820-59 yrs
Remarks: (no family dependent upon him)