Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22561, Caleb West, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
West, Caleb
N. 22561
Bathsheba
CONTENTS

Rep?
Sister Hall & Bower Buffalo, New York.
5956.
Albany, N. York
Bathsheba West N.Y. widow of Caleb West who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of August 1844 and sent to Hall & Bower Buffalo, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 269

July 25. 1833. transfer and sent notices to all same See 8942 - for authority etc  Pay! To a ca. Jan. 23:37 Transf to P. Pittsburgh fr. Also fr. 4: March 36 - Jan 31:37 To Pen Age 9 Aug 1839 Letter to D. Burt 11. Sep 1839. To Pen Age 30 Sept 1839. To Albany New York from 4 March 1839. - 9. Oct 1839.
 20.330 14.395  20.330 
Caleb West Erie Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Yates of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam in the N. York
line for 7 Months New York. Albany.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of May 1833 - and Mr. T. T. T. Buffalo
Arrears to the 14th of Mar '33 $46.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 th Sep '33 11.67 $58.33
Revolutionary Claim, Oct 7, 1832. C. C. Hales Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4, Page 37

9073 In the matter of the application of B. West and another for Pension
From Papers & proofs
copy
9073.
Bethsheba West
NY
ad 7. July '38
adm d
7 mo pr
23. 33
Hon W. A. Kosley
N.R.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Caleb West of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Twenty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd day of May — one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Cab. M. ... P. 17
Payments to be made at New York, Buffalo by Rev. Mr. M c U.S.
Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Buffalo. after 4 th Mar 3.
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4, Page 37 by G. C. Miles Clerk.

State of New York
Gertrude Cuming vs William Freeman & Jerusha his wife of Retheny in said County being duly sworn depose & say that they were severally acquainted with Caleb West formerly of Hamburg in the County of Erie in said State and now deceased: and with Bathsheba West formerly his wife and now his widow: that they knew said Caleb & Bathsheba before their marriage & that they were severally present at their marriage which took place at Lee, Massachusetts, according to their recollection in the month of August A.D. 1789: that they were married in the presence of each of these deponents by a minister of the Gospel and that these deponents are confident of the fact and of the time because these deponents were married in September of that year January 1790 after which said deponents have frequently seen & visited said Caleb & Bathsheba since their marriage & have always known them well and that said Bathsheba is a Cousin of the deponent Retheny Freeman. And further says not
Subscribed & sworn before me this 18 th Day of April 1843 & I certify that I know each of said deponents personally & that they are severally credible persons.
William Freeman Jerusha Freeman
Charles Huntington Justice of the Peace

State of New York Genesee County ss:
I, Horace W. Soper, Clerk of the said County do certify that Charles Huntington Esq. was a Justice of the Peace of the said County at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit and that his signature subscribed to the certificate of taking the same is his hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 22 d April 1843.
H. W. Soper Clerk

State of New York Erie County City of Buffalo } } B:
On this 14 th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Rensselaer court of the city of Buffalo in said County Bethsheba West a resident of the town of Hamburg in the said County of Erie and State of New York, aged about nine years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838; That she was married to Caleb West on the Twenty third day of August 1789. that the said Caleb West was a private in the army of the Revolution, that the said Caleb West was a pensioner of the United States, as will more fully appear by the papers and proofs hereto annexed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Caleb West on the 23 rd day of August 1789. by the Reverend Mr Howard in the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire, in the State of Massachusetts, that such marriage was solemnized at Lee in the said County of Berkshire on the day & year last above mentioned by the said, the Reverend Mr Howard, and that she remained the wife of the said Caleb West her aforesaid Husband until he the aforesaid Caleb West died, that her Husband the aforesaid Caleb West died on the eighteenth day of February 1842, at the town of Hamburg in the County of Erie aforesaid; and that she has ever since remained & still remains a widow: as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
That at the time of her said marriage there was no settled minister at Lee the place of her marriage, but that said Rev Mr Howard was then as she believes a minister at old Plymouth in said State of Massachusetts, that she is not aware of any public record of her marriage, but that there is in her bible at home a record of their marriage made by her said husband immediately after their said marriage.
Sworn & subscribed before the Rensselaer Court of the city of Buffalo on the day & year first above written. M. G. G. Wallace Clerk.
Bethsheba West

State of New York Erie County City of Buffalo ss
I certify that the preceding declaration was this day made & sworn in open Court, in the Recorder Court of the city of Buffalo, That said Court has a clerk and seal and is by statute a court of record having power to fine & imprison showing Jurisdiction as a court of Common Pleas throughout said County of Erie Witness my hand & official seal at Buffalo this 17 th day of May March 1843.
M. J. D. Wallach Clerk.

Calif West's Declaration
20330
Chas. F. L. Spence
acme
7 mo. / vi
$26.16
$23.35

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 14 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, Calvin  West a resident of Hamburg in the County of Erie , and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 68 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
He was born in the Town of Tolland in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut, in July in the year 1754. He has no record of his age, and knows of none. That he was living in the Town of Lee in the County of Berkshire in Massachusetts, and continued to reside at his home there during the War, until about the year 1790. He moved into the Town of Granville in the County of Washington in the State of New York, and in the year 1831. He moved from there into the Town of Hamburg in the County of Erie aforesaid where he now resides. And this deponent further says that in the month of September in the year 1781. He was drafted at Lee, aforesaid for six months into the Militia of the State of Massachusetts under the following officers, in Captain Josiah Valiz Company, and that he cannot remember any more of the officers that were with them at the time and

joined his Company at Lee aforesaid, and immediately after he so joined his Company for Bunker Heights in Stillwater in Saratoga County N.Y. and there remained until his time expired and was totally discharged at the Heights by his Captain. and he further says that he served during this term the full term of six months, and was not in any battle during the time. That there was a Continental regiment came there the day that he was discharged, but cannot recollect what it was called. That his time and the Company in which he was in, were employed in standing guard. And he further says that he served the above term as a regular soldier.
And this deponent further says that he in the year 1782, about the first of January he was as a substitute into the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment belonging to the Continental establishment, for one Joseph Potman for six months, and under the following named officers, in Captain Joseph Killam's Company in Colonel Rufus Putnam's Regiment in General Patterson's Brigade (he thinks) and one Major Ashley was major
and one Dretter was adjutant, and one Newell was First Colonel, and one Blake was Ensign, and one Samuel Killam was orderly sergeant, and a man by the name of Bailliff and another by the name of Laraby were the other sergeants, and the Corporals names were Mackenzie and Cascom. That he enlisted at Lee aforesaid in Berkshire County and immediately after he enlisted as aforesaid he went to West Point and joined his Company and staid at West Point and about there guarding the Fort until his time expired which was some of the first days in August. That when his six months expired his officers refused to let him go unless he had a substitute to take his place. That a substitute came but on account of his having but one eye they refused to accept him and when another could be got he had served enough to make up the full term of seven months. That he received a written discharge from the Lieutenant Colonel Newell, which he has not seen for more than 40 years and does not know where it is.

That while they were at West Point as aforesaid Colonel Sprout, Second Massachusetts Regiment and Colonel Jackson's Eighth Massachusetts Regiment were lying near them, and at the same time the First Massachusetts Brigade, composed of the First, Fourth and 7 th regiments and two of them were, under the command of Col. Vose and Shepard, were lying at what was called York Hill, near West Point, and the 3 rd Massachusetts Brigade composed of the 3 rd , 5 th and 9 th regiments were lying across the river opposite West Point. That while he was there at West Point an order was executed for desertion and also a man from the Connecticut line by the name of Gailor for mutiny. That Generals Washington and Baron Stuben were often there. That he was not in any battle during this term of service. And that he served all of the above time as a private soldier, and as is above stated, and he further says that he does not know of any person by whom he can prove his services positively by
and he further says that Henry Brumman and Samuel Shields are persons with whom he is acquainted in his present neighborhood and who he offers as witnesses as to his character and as to their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. And this deponent further says that he cannot procure the attendance of a clergyman of the Gospel to make the certificate required by the War Department without great inconvenience.
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a Pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
Sworn and subscribed this day of
December 4 th 1832
Walter Sprague Clerk of the Common Pleas
Caleb West

we, Henry Brayman ty of Lin and Samuel Shields residing in the town of Hanburgh and Coun- that we are well acquainted with Caleb West residing in the same place, hereby certify, scribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 68 who has sub- reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 4th day of December 183 2 }
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
Samuel Shields Henry Brayman
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 Revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Henry Brayman who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Hanburgh and county of Lin and that Samuel Shields who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Hanburgh and county of Lin and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the mat- er of the application of Caleb West for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10th day of December 183 2
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas

20330
Caleb West Erie County New York
Asm d
Fillmore & Hall Buffalo New York

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 subjjoined 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. These 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, shewing the Service of Caleb West Erie County N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft Sept 1781 1 pr. Capt Yates N. York 68 Lee Mass- Traditionary   Jan. 1782 6 " Capt Killam Col Putnam   7  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 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 or State in which he resided when he entered 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.
I _____ 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify 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, 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 the services 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 person

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.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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 traditional 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.
[a] 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.
[b] 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.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] 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 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix 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 public seal 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.
In 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.
[j] 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 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
R. Newman

Messrs. Hall & Bowditch Attorneys Buffalo New York  H. A. Mussey 70 State St
paid 44 3/4 10 3/4 10 3/4 10 3/4
Single

I Jacob Winegar of the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do depose and say, that I was present at the marriage of Caleb West the son of Oliver West to Bathsheba West the daughter of Prince West, they were joined in marriage on Sunday in the old meetinghouse in Lee aforesaid by a Minister of the Gospel whose name I do not recollect, it was in the summer time fifty four or fifty five years ago. I am seventy years two of age. (72 years) I further testify that the aforesaid Caleb West went into the army in the latter part of the war and served 6 or 7 months he served either a relief of or substitute for Asahel Foote or Joseph Totman who were called into the army from a requisition of the Government of Massachusetts for soldiers from the town of Lee, I have always lived in Lee. Jacob Winegar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Berkshire ss: Lee, December 18 th 1843. Then the above named Jacob Winegar to me well known, personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed before me Nansom Hinman Just ice Peace in County
I Seth Handy of the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby testify and say that I was present and saw at the marriage of Caleb West to Bathsheba West as stated in the above Deposition of Jacob Winegar. I further testify that Caleb West went into the army in the close of the Revolutionary war, he served 6 or 7 months as a Substitute for Joseph Totman, who had served as a soldier from Lee I think the army was then at West Point, I was present at the house of his father the night before Caleb started to join the army in the year 1782 and I saw him very soon after he came home was gone 6 months or more which made out a year of service for he and said Totman, and I am Seventy five years old, and have lived in Lee sixty six years, I was well acquainted with Oliver West, & Prince West's family.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss: Lee Dec 18 th 1843 Then the above Seth Handy to me well known, personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed before me Nansom Hinman Just ice Peace in County

Nathaniel Bassett of Lee, in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do hereby testify and say, that I was present and saw Caleb West married to Bathsheba West both then residents of said Lee, they were married in the old meetinghouse of said town; and as near as I can recollect, it was in the summer of the year 1789 by a Minister of the gospel from Springfield, his name, I think was Howard. Altho' it was a great while ago, I perfectly recollect the marriage from the circumstance of their being married in the Meetinghouse.
Nathaniel Bassett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss. Dec. 14. 1843
Then the above named Nathaniel Bassett to me well known, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Ransom Hiiiman Justice of the Peace within and for said County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Ransom Hiiiman Esq. before whom the above and the foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the dates thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said  the Court of Common Pleas this 20 th day of December in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty three. Charles Sedgwick Clerk

See Map. Dec 18. 1843
Messrs Hall & Bowen
Gent m Your Letter of inquiry concerning the marriage of Mr & Mrs West was duly rec d and in searching the Records of our Town of which I am the Town Clerk, I could not find a Record of their marriage. It seems by inquiry of some of our ancient people that the Records were transcribed some time in the year 1789 or 90 by a hired scribe, and it appears that some things are omitted in and about these years by the general tenor of the present Book.
I however found no difficulty in finding persons to prove their marriage as they were so publicly married in the meeting, and at time too when the town was new for some say the Meetinghouse was not finished inside, but the only trouble was to get their evidence in form to assure your purpose and satisfy the Commissioner of Pensions.
As to the service, I find some as you will see who remembers of West's going into the army H & V and there is a legend here now among the ancients that the town was called upon by the General Court at Boston in the time of the war to furnish a certain quota of men some to serve 3 Mo some 6 Mo some 12 and some 3 years men, and the wealthier part of the town were obliged to furnish according to their means, and this is the reason why Oliver West sent his son Caleb to supply the place of Joseph Solomon (of whom the Witnesses speak) who had been hired by one of the Claps to serve 6 Mo and Caleb accordingly served his 6 Mo which made 12 Mo for the two. These stories I believe for there is one or two Old Ladies tell the same facts with their own peculiar pathos at this time.
Thus Gent m I have furnished all the evidence in my power for the time being, and procured the proper Authority from the Clerk of the Court, to make it tell, you will of course see that I have necessarily incurred some expense, which a couple of dollars sent will cover, without charging much for my services. Respectfully Yours
Ransom Hinman

Wadsworth O Jan 12 th
Free
Jan 20
Mr. Burdine
application for transfer
To The Commissioner of Pensions War Department Pension Office Washington City

State of Ohio } County of Medina } p
On this twenty eighth day of December 1836 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Medina personally appeared Caleb West who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Wilham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in the Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he had lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Hamburg Erie County New York to Guilford Medina County Ohio. That he thought he could better support his family in the latter than the former place.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid } John Parise Justice of Peace
Caleb West { Seal }
State of Ohio } Medina County } p
Personally appeared Geo. K. Pardee who being duly sworn doth depose and say that Caleb West who had taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned. Geo. K. Pardee { Seal } John Parise Justice of Peace
I also certify that Geo. K. Pardee a witness above named to the identity of Caleb West is a person of veracity. John Parise

Mr West made a power of attorney on the 14 th day of Sept last and sent it to Albany to the agent for paying Pensions who returned it to him unpaid and directed him to be transferred to the Ohio Agency where he would be paid. It will therefore be necessary that the transfer should take effect so far back that he can receive the sum which was due to him at that time.
The State of Ohio Medina County ss.
I Timothy Hudson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that John Pender Esq. (whose name in his own proper hand writing) is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is an acting Justice of the peace of said County, duly commissioned and qualified - that his commiss- ion was dated on the 23 rd day of April A.D. 1836 and will expire on the 23 rd day of April A.D. 1839. In testimony whereof, I hereunto sign my name, and affix the seal of said court, at Medina, this 5 th day of Jany A.D. 1837.
Tim o Hudson Clerk

Wadsworth, Medina Co Ohio, Jan 12 1837
Genl.
Enclosed you have the application of Caleb West a United States Pensioner for a transfer. You will see by the enclosed papers that he could not get what was due him on the 10th day of September last so that you will see the necessity of dating back his transfer so that he can get what was then due him. Your Earliest attention to the subject is respectfully solicited.
I am respectfully Yours &c.
Geo. K. Pardee

Application for a Transfer
County of Erie ss
On this Twenty Seventh day of July 1839 Before me the Subscriber A Justice of the Peace for the said County of Erie personally appeared Caleb West who on his Oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Joseph Kilham in the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Rufus Putnam in the service of the United States That his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the state of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future The following are his reasons for removing from Ohio that he sold his little farm in Hamburg in this County where he formerly resided and went to Ohio But not being to receive his pay he was under the necessity of removing Back again
Caleb West
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year Aforesaid
Henry Wade Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Caleb West a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
N. File 22561
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 81 1 mo. Pri. Isiah Yale ✓ Mass.   Jan. 1. 82 7 mo. Joseph Killam Rufus Putnam 5 Mass.        
Battles engaged in, none.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 4. 1832 - Allowed -
Residence at date of application, Hamburg, Erie Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born July - 1764 at Tolland, Conn. son of Oliver West
Remarks: sol. res. Lee, Mass. Aug 23, 1789 Bathsheba dau. of Prince West -
he died Feb. 18, 1842 Hamburg, N.Y. wid. app. pens. on appln. granted Mch. 17, 1843 while 79 yrs. of age + a res. of Erie Co., N.Y. No ch. mentioned.
Between 1836 + 1839 sol. resided at Guilford, Medina Co., Ohio.

1909 June 11. History to Mrs. Francis M Wallace p
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22561 Bathsheba West Widow of Caleb West Pr. Rev War
Act March 30 48
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V
N 9073
Bethlehem West
NY
let to Caleb Brown July 10 43 " " Hulda Mosely Dec 1 43
act 7 July 1835

V 8041
New York alb 7
Bathsheba West widow of Caleb West
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 18 th Feby 1842 of Erie Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Yates of the Reg t commanded by Col Putnam in the New York line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Jan y 1844 and sent to Hon ble W A Moseley H. of Repres entatives
Total Amount, $ 114.45
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H A Dandridge Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 187.

BUFFALO, N.Y. STATION B. MAY 31 1-PM '09
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Will you send me the military record of Caleb West-who appears as a pensioner of Erie Co. N.Y. on the list- of pensioners in both 1833 and 1840? In the latter list-he is given as a resident of Hamburg- Presumably he was a soldier of the Revolution-
Yours truly, (Mrs.) Frances W. Wallace
345 Lafayette Ave.,
May 29. 1909
Envel. postmarked Buffalo - N.Y.

1195 July 16 1844
NY
Mar 30 1843
Bathsheba Webb
$23:33 3/4 Ans
Hall & Brown Pittsburgh New York
L. Edwards Esq Connt of Pensins Washington D.C.
Dee

Buffalo July 12. 1894
J. L. Edwards Esq
Conr of Pension,
Dear Sir,
We send enclosed check for further cont. for one year, per sum in behalf of Batholena West
Please send cont. to us.
Yours very Resp H. A. Brown

H on of Rep s
Washington 23 d Jany. 74
James L. Edwards Esq.
Cam p H o .
Dear Sir,
On the 3 d inst. I found entitled to you in behalf of Miss Hall & Brown of Buffalo attorneys for "Bathsheba West", Affidavits &c. in relation to her application for a Pension. You will greatly oblige the parties in return if you will return me, if any thing but there is necessary to entitle her to a Certificate.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt. Serv t
Wm A. Moseley

9073
May 15. 1843.
Mf.
July 7. 1838
Bethshaba Wash.
Feb. 1832 J. L. Edwards Esquire Comr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

2 Buffalo May 9. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions,
Dear Sir
We enclose
close herein declaration, proofs &c. on the application of Mrs. Balkshiba West for a pension. If found sufficient please send pension certificate to our address.
Very Respectfully Your most obedt. servts Hall & Brown
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Albany N.Y. 1845.
48 No 557 Bathetic West. D. 6.
Rev Jan 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington
The [illegible] a full [illegible] - [illegible] at [illegible] & [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
under [illegible] [illegible] 44

Buffalo March 31 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
We enclose Bathsheba West's application for arrears of Pension due her as the widow of Caleb West.
Very Resp.
Hall & Bowen

Patricia West
Pension Certificate
Payment to be made at
Albany by
J. W. Olcott, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany
To be sent to the Treasury Dept Belonging to Voucher for payment made in 1st of 1845
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 269.
D. Brown,
Clerk.

War Department.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, Bathsheba West, of New York — widow of Caleb West — who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the 18 th — day of February 1842 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty-three dollars and Thirty-three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1844, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 9 th — day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
Wm Wilkins,
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York Seneca County ss.
On this eighth day of June 1844 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace of the County of Seneca Bathsheba West a resident of Hamburg in the said County of Seneca aged eighty years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1843 or any other act of Congress granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. — That she is the widow of Caleb West who was a private in the army of the Revolution that the said Caleb West was a pensioner of the United States as will more fully appear by the papers and proofs annexed to her application for a pension as the widow of said Caleb West and now on file with the Commissioner of pensions at Washington, and that the annual amount of the pension which the said Caleb during his life received, was $23.83, and that being the amount which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow
her Bathsheba West mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written, before me, by the said Bathsheba West who is to me personally known.
David Luke Justice

State of New-York, } ss. COUNTY OF ERIE, }
I, MANLY COLTON, Clerk of the County of Erie, and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof, do hereby certify that David Lake Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit in fact was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Elected — and sworn, and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said David Lake and verily believe the signature David Lake to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this Eight day of June A. D. 1844. h.  1 1 61

Caleb West
Albany NY
to
O. Pitts

State of Ohio } ss. Medina County, }
Be it Known, That before me,
John Pardue
a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Caleb West and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in the original certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
War Department
Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Caleb West of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 23rd day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
that he now resides in Guilford, Medina County Ohio and has resided there for the space of three months past; and that previous thereto he resided in Hamburg Erie County, New York
Caleb West
Sworn and subscribed this nineteenth day of September 1836 before me,
John Pardue
J. P.
State of Ohio } ss. Medina County, }
Timothy Hudson Clerk of the
Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Pardue Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty third day of April 1836 and will expire on the twenty third day of April 1839 and that his signature above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this 17th day of October 1836
17th
day of October
Tim Hudson
Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Caleb West of Gilford & Medina Co Ohio Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John O'Brien my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Albany State of New York my pension from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 14th day of September 1836
Witness my hand and seal this 19th day of September 1836
SEALED AND DELIVERED } IN PRESENCE OF }
Caleb West
Gilford Pardon Elmer Pardon
State of Ohio } ss. Medina County, }
Be it Known, That on the nineteenth day of September 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Caleb West above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mention.
John Pardon J. P.
State of } ss. County, }
Be it Known, That on the _____ day of _____ 1836, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the Attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made _____ that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
J. P.

Albany December 3 rd 1830
John Pender Esq Sir
Enclosed we return your Caleb West's Pension. Mr West or some of his friends will have to write to Mr Edwards the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington to be transferred from this State to Ohio. As soon when this is done he will be paid there
Yours Respectfully D. Bates Corning Co Pr John Allibon

Pennion Papers England
Aug 11
Mr. Edwards
James I Edwards Esq Washington City District of Columbia

Buffalo July 27 1839
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the paper of Caleb West in Relation to his being transferred from the Agency of Ohio to that of New York and upon granting his favor he desires you to send his Transfer to Me at Buffalo as he does not reside very near A Post Office
Yours &c
J. L. Edward Esq Washington City
David Root

Och M c W en
L. Edwards Esq. Comm. fr. of Pensions Washington City

Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Pittsburgh October 4 th 1839
Sir In compliance with Your favor of the 30 th ulto. I beg leave to inform You, that. (Bill West, Pens. under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 23. 33 / 100 Dollars was lost from up to the 4 th March 1839 Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Frederick Ruhl for Mr. Sieman Pres. Agt.
J. L. Camarcs Esqr Commrs of Pensions. Washington City

Jan 31.
Mr B
Mr. Brown
James L. Edwards Esquire Chairman of Pension Committee City of Washington

Mech s & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency January 27. 1837.
Samuel L. Edwards Esq re Commissaire of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 23 d inst. I have to state that Caleb West, a Pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, at $23 33 / 100 per annum, was last paid to the 4 th of March 1836 -
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your ob dt Servt
Thos. M c Clure
Paid & Rev. ag t .

State of New York Erie County ss.
On this Twenty ninth day of March 1845 personally appeared before me the undersigned Isaac A. Child one of the Justices of the peace of the County of Erie, Ruthsheba West a resident of the said town of Hamburg in the said County of Erie, aged Eighty one years and upwards, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say in substance make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved April 30 1844. and of the act of Congress passed during the last session of Congress granting pensions to Widows of pensioners who served during the revolution. any Year - That she is the widow of Caleb West who was a private in the army of the Revolution - That the said Caleb West was a pensioner of the United States as will more fully appear by the papers and proofs annexed to her application for a pension as the widow of the said Caleb West and now on file with the Commission of Pensions at Washington, and that the annual amount of the Pension which the said Caleb West received was $28.33. and that being the amount which she has received under the said act up to and inclu- ding the payment under the act of March 1833. She further declares that she is still a widow & that she has never been married since the death of the said Caleb West .
Subscribed and sworn to the above and given first above written before me by the said Ruthsheba West , who is to me personally known.
Ruthsheba West
I. A. Child Justice of the peace

State of New-York, } ss. COUNTY OF ERIE,
A. M. CLAPP, PRINTER.
I, MANLY COLTON, Clerk of the County of Erie, and of the Court of Common Pleas thereof, do hereby certify that D. A. Child
Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavit was at the time of Subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Elected and sworn, and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature to said affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this 31 day of
March
A. D. 1845
Manly Colton

Pension Papers
D. D.
James S Edwands Esq Washington City Dis Columbia
Mr Evans
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the paper]

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Erie
ss.
On this fifth day of September 1839, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of personally appeared Caleb West
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Williams in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow-
are his reasons for removing from Ohio to the State of New York that he formerly belonged to the Pension List of Pensioners of the State of New York But Made sale of his little farm in Hamburg and removed to Ohio But Not being able to procure his pay was under the necessity of removing Back to the State of New York
Caleb West
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Henry Wade, Justice of the Peace
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
☞ 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 officer, should be sent with the papers.
☞ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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.

State of New York Erie County ss
Buffalo September 10th 1839
I Harry Slade a Magistrate in the County above named do Certify that Caleb West a pensioner of the United States is the identical person who signed his name to this application for a Transfer and is a person of Respectable Character and one that I have known for a number of years I have also taken the affidavit of David Burt to me well known as a person of Respectable Character and has sworn to the same facts
Given under my hand on the day and year Above Written
Harry Slade Justice of the Peace
To Gen Wash

State of New York Erie County Clerk's Office
I Cyrus H. Anderson Clerk of the County of Erie do hereby certify that Harry Slade Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within Affidavit was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and acting as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "Harry Slade" to be his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 5 th day of September A.D. 1839.
C. H. Anderson Clerk By R. W. Pade Ford Dep Clerk
To James P. Edwards Esq Washington
as the friend of Mr West I forward his application for a Transfer and request you to direct his papers to him at Buffalo to My Care oblige yours David Burt