Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41335, Levi Wilder, Mass.

SERVICE
Miss,
Wilder, Dear
NUMBER _____
D. 41335
CONTENTS

6314
From Rev. Hampshire Levi Wilder to Vermont
of Cheshire in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow of the Mass ts line, for the term of Three Years - 1777.
inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Feb y 1819 and sent to Hon S. Hall H s Repr s .
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept 1818  40.    Semi-ann. all ce ending  4 Mar 1819  48.      88.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Verification sent Sept. 18. 1820 to Henry Dearborn Secy of War transmitted Vermont 17 Jan y 1821

[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
Levi Wilder Maysville Ky
24 May 1839
Correct D. H.
Levi Wilder some
Admitted. ^
Hon. S. Hale, H. of Reps -

I Levi Wilber of Canaan in the County of Cumberland and State of New Hampshire make oath and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one thousand seven hundred and eighty belonged to the town of Sterling in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and there on the 24 th or 25 th day of May of that year year year being then in the nineteenth year of my age I was enlisted into the Continental Army as a private soldier by Lieutenant Ephraim Sawyer of Capt. John Hadkins Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow then then in General Glouster's Brigade. Said Regiment was numbered as the 15 th now thinks fifteen but of this he is not quite confident. The time of said enlist- ment was that I should serve in the Conti- nental Army for the term of three years from date of my enlistment. I further depon that I did accordingly serve during the term of said enlistment and was honourably discharged on the 24 th or 25 th day of May 1780 at the Highlands near White Pine. That my said discharge was signed by Capt. Michael Gabriel Woodard a Frenchman he being then the oldest offi- cer and commandant of the Regiment. This deponent further says that in August 1786 he lived in a house near Nelson in this County of Cumberland then called Pownal and there had his said discharge when on the 27 th day of said August this deponent's said house was consumed by fire while this deponent and his family were all ab- sent at public worship and the said dis- charge together with the other contents of said house was as this deponent verily believes can

caused by said fire - This deponent further says that he with said Regiment joined the continental army in the summer of 1777 at Still Water and was present at the taking of Burgoyne - that from thence he went down North River and on to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania where wintered in 1777 & 8 - That in the spring of 1778 this deponent went with the army to Monmouth and thence with said Brigade to Rhode Island where during the winter 1778 & 9 wintered - That in the summer following I went with the army to White Plains and was in the battle of White Plains and wintered the winter following at the highlands near West Point. I further depose and say that I am destitute of the means of subsistence and have no means of supporting myself and family except by labouring by the day.
Levi Wilder
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss.
Be it remembered that Levi Wilder personally appeared before me Elisha Smith Esq. a judge of the court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just and true.
Dated at Marlow in said County this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Elisha Smith } Judge of court of com. Pleas

We Harry Chase and William Whittelsey of Canaan in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire make oath and say that Levi Watson signer of the fore- going affidavit is personally well known to us and we can with great confidence say that he is poor and in need of as- sistance for support - Harry Chase William Whittelsey
State of Hampshire } sworn April 8 th 1818 - Cheshire } The foregoing Harry Chase and William Whittelsey made solemn Oath that the foregoing Indefinite by them subscribed is just and true Before me Ebenezer Dyer -

Levi Wilder 6. 3/4
con March 1849

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this eighteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Levi Wilder
aged sixty two years, resident in Cornish in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary
war as follows: He entered at Sterling in the commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 24 th or 25 th of May A.D. 1777 into the Com'ty commanded by capt. Joshua Haskin, in the Reg't commanded by col. Timothy Bigelow to serve as a private soldier for the term of three years. That he served during the whole of the term and was discharged near Westpoint on the 24 th or 25 th of May 1780. That his said discharge was burnt with his house April 27, 1780. That his discharge was signed by capt. Michael Gabriel Houndang a Frenchman who was then the oldest officer & command of said Reg't. That during the time of service he was in the battles of Ticonderoga, Saratoga & White Plains, and at the retreat from Rhode Island under Genl. Sullivan.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 4 th day of April 1818
The number of my pension certificate is blotted but probably 5314
And I do solemnly 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 to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions 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 any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
That my occupation is that of a day labourer at husbandry. That the number of my family residing with me is three viz. Sarah Wilder my wife aged 59 or 60 years, who is in feeble health & has been so for some years. Clarissa Wilder, my daughter aged 35 years who has always been feeble and unable to perform much labor. And Sally Wilder my daughter aged 21 years who for four years last past has been a cripple in her left hand & right foot & of course unable to labor much. That I have on my left knee what the surgeons call a rheumatic white swelling, which disables me from pursuing my labor constantly. I last year lost two thirds, of my time by reason of said swelling.
Levi Wilder
Sworn to and declared at Newport
in said County, on the
18 th day of July , 1820 before
Nathaniel Parker } Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, 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 the property in the aforesaid schedule, is fifteen dollars and eighteen cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 25 th day of July
A. D. 1820
S. Hale

SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income of Levi Wilder of Cornish in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
  2 Cider barrels 1 -   Pail of a barrel of cider 83   1 half bushel measure - 33   3 Pails - - - - - 1 -   1 Scythe sneth & a scythe, - 1 -   2 axes, - - - - - 1 50   1 hoe - - - - - 17   1 horse collar & traces, - 1 50   1 head stall & leading lines - 1 -   1 Broken tea kettle - 1 25   1 Churn - - - - - 50   1 Oat basket - - - - - 33   1 Mug - - - - - 8   1 Bible & Psalm book - - - 1 -   2 other books, - - - - - 1 02   1 P m pincher shammus - 37   1 Lantern - - - - - 25   Crockery - - - - - 20   1 Set Bitter rings & wedges, - 1 -   1 Iron Shovel - - - - - 1 -   2 Pitchforks & 2 rakes, - 75   15 18 
Levi Wilder

41335
Rev INVALID.
File No. 41335
Levi Filder
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 Mar. 9. Henry Melville, advised of cost of copy of 1878 decla. and 1917 Mar. 16. Henry Melville furnished photostat copy of decla. and

Copies

Rev. War Section.
Henry Melville
Attorney at Law
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
MAR 13 1917
....., 191 .
Chief of Land Division Sir:
I have this day received from Henry Melville  draft 671.575 for $ 60 / 100 ..... requesting post office  copy addresses as per letter herewith.
..... ..... ..... .....
Very respectfully,
W. Campbell J.H.K. Chief of Division.

Rev. War Section.
Mar. 16, 1917.
Mr Henry Melville, 45 Cedar St. New York, N. Y.
Sir;
In reply to your letter of the 13 th instant, and in compliance with the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, you are herewith furnished photostat copies of the pension declarations of the following Revolutionary War pensioners: Levi Wilder, Mass. Troops, S. 41,333, three pages . Samuel Adams, N. H. Troops, W. 23,408, one page.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Money order $60 rec'd. - 6/15/17
Henry Melville, Attorney & Counselor at Law, Mutual Life Building, 45 Cedar Street.
New York, March 12, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Revolutionary War Section, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please accept my thanks for your favor of the 9th instant. Please send me uncertified photostat copy of Pension declarations of the following Revolutionary soldiers, referred to in your letter, viz:-
1. LEVI WILDER, Mass. Troops S, 41335, three pages. 2. SAMUEL ADAMS, N.H. Troops, W. 23408, one page.
Money order for sixty cents enclosed herewith.
Very respectfully,
Henry Melville

Mr. Henry Melville, 45 Cedar St. Mutual Life Building, New York, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 6 th instant, you are advised that the pension declaration of the Revolutionary war soldier, Levi Filder, Mass. Troops, S.41,300, consists of three pages and the pension declaration of the Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Adams, N. H. Troops, W.43,408, consists of one page.
Under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1913, photostat copies of these papers will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, uncertified. The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
W. H. TATTON Colonel, Q.M. Mtd. Bty.

New York, March 6, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Revolutionary Records, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please inform me what sum I shall send for an uncertified copy of the following Pension Declarations, viz:
S. 4133 V his decla 1818 3 pages (1) LEVI WILDER, pensioned under Act of 1818 for service in Mass. Continental line. At time of grant a resident of New Hampshire.
W23408 his decla 1818 1 page (2) SAMUEL ADAMS, Act of 1818. Resident of New Hamp- N.H Cont shire. Died May 19, 1852. res Cheshire Co.
Very respectfully,
Mary Alice Lewis

Levi Widdens Application for Transfer
Red Bank
16. 1876
B. Swan Esq. at Woodstock Vt.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Vermont County of Windsor. ss.
On this fourth day of January 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Windsor personally appeared Levi Wilder now of Bethel in said County who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joshua Hodgkins in the regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Bigelow in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed: that he now resides in the state ( district, or territory ) of Vermont where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Levi Wilder
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Benj Swann Justice Peace
State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
In Testimony whereof I the said Benjamin Swann Clerk of the County Court with in & for said County of Windsor, have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County Court the day & year above, and hereunto subscribe my name
Benj Swann Clerk

Elizabeth Huntley of Norton in the County of Cheshire and State of Hampshire A Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire —
To The Honorable J C Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War of the United States Sir Lady Hildes of Cornish in said County of Cheshire having on the fourth day of April instant applied to me the said Justice and made the declarations under Oath which is herunto annexed and submitted to me the other evidence also annexed it appears to me the said Justice that the said Lady Hildes has Satisfactorily proved that he did serve in the Revolutionary war "for the Term of Time" in said declaration mentioned as a private Soldier against the common Enemy of the United States it also appears to me the said Justice that the said Lady Hildes by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support Dated at Cornish in said County of Cheshire This Eighth Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen —
Elizabeth Huntley
} one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
the said Lady Hildes is herewith

State of New Hampshire I Levi Chamberlain. Assistant Clerk of the court of common pleas, for the county of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that the Hon. Elisha Huntley is one of the Justices of the court of common pleas for said County duly commissioned by the Executive of this State, that the certificates hereto annexed are in his hand writing, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed and affixed the seal in the usual form as used by said Court this 2 th day of May Anno Domini 1810
Levi Chamberlain
Common Pleas Cheshire County