Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,264, John Wadleigh, N.H.

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N.H.
Wadleigh, John
S. 18,264
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10.2199.
New Hampshire
John Wadleigh
of Strafford in the State of N H who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Stark in the N H une for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Apr 1833 and to David Dale Selmauton N H
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept.. 13.33 $66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 128 Page 128
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6946
Mrs Wadleigh
M. E.
11. 12. & 13 Oct
Dec 28. 1832
Private 8 Months
$26.66
Dana Gale
Gilmanton
NH Oct 1832

BRIEF in the case of of Shafford &
in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
6946
John Wadleigh of Gilford -
 1. 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? no  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     age 75 In 17 — 8 — private Capt Moore Col Stark  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Drunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Epping  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Eastman Examining Clerk.

6946 John Wadleigh

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
COUNTY OF STRAFFORD ss.— Superior COURT OF Judicature  August TERM, 1832
ON this twenty eighth day of August 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now in session at Gilford within and for said County of Strafford, John Wadleigh a resident of Meredith in said County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, aged eighty 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 enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1775 and served as follows: — He enlisted in the War of the Revolution in the New Hampshire Militia in Capt. Daniel Moor's company in Col. Stark's Regiment for the term of eight months commencing in the first of April 1775, and march from Effingham my place of residence to or near Charlestown near Boston and there stationed and while there was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and did well and faithfully serve in said War until my said eight months expired, and I was then discharged at Winter Hill in January 1776, — I went in Capt. Gove's company, on the twentieth day of April 1775, to Lexington the day after the Battle of Lexington
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.
John Wadleigh
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
ATTEST—
A. Pierce,
CLERK.
I, Andrew Pierce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Wadleigh for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 28 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
ATTEST—
A. Pierce,
CLERK.

James Quinley, for John Wadsworth

I James Dwinby of Meredith in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire, formerly of Brentwood in said State aged seventy six years, depose and say, that I enlisted as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Moore in Colonel Starks Regiment in the Revolutionary War on the Military establishment in the New Hampshire line, sometime the last of April 1775, for the term of eight months, and did well and faith- fully serve in said War the aforesaid term of eight months, and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill And further depose and say, that John Washburn now of Meredith in said County of Strafford, formerly of Roxbury in said State did enlist in the service in said Company about the time that I enlisted, and the said John Washburn did well and faithfully serve in said War for the term of eight months as aforesaid and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and was discharged after said eight months expired. James Dwinby
State of New Hampshire } Strafford County ss } August 16 th 1832
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year last above written — Before me Daniel Gale Jr. Esq. I hereby certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness — Daniel Gale Jr. Esq.

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office August 15. 1832
The within named Daniel Gale is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Strafford duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set the Seal of State. Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

1876-1880
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
John Wadleigh
Aug 28, 1832
Meredith N.H., -80
Wp. 75 Epping N.H.
Capt David Moore
Cal Stark
Oct- 8 m
Back Rucker Hill

ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO BROCKTON.
BOSTON OFFICE, 82 LINCOLN ST.
TOLMAN JOB PRINT, BROCKTON, MASS.
Brockton, Sept. 28, 1904.
① W. + J. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
Can you tell me if James Wadleigh of Franklin Falls, N. H., or James Wadleigh of Epping, N. H., born in 1753, were in the Revolutionary War? Or any Wadleigh of New Hampshire?
Yours respectfully,
(Miss) Juann Wadleigh.

P 18264 INVALID.
File No. 18264
John Madleigh Pr. Rev. Mar
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 14, 1904 His to Miss Joann Wadleigh Brookton, Mass