Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5482, for Jedediah Ingram, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ingram, Jedediah
R. 5482
CONTENTS

Jedediah Ingram Massachusetts Act 7 June 1832
Rejected
See letter to W m Bliss, April 14. 1836.
5482

5482
P. O.
Jeremiah Ingram
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
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Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

33,673
Leidrich Hupshaus
Application for a Pension
29 Nov 1780 to 16 Dec 1780
William Bliss

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County } ss.
On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared Sedediah  Sedediah Ingram a resident of Chester in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy two years before Oliver B. Morris Esq. Judge of the Probate Court of said County being a Court of Record now sitting; — and the said Ingram 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 & served as herein stated; — he in 1780 resided in South Hadley in the County of Hampshire, & on the twenty ninth day of June of that year, learning that a requisition was made for additional troops he with John French, John French Jr. Paul Smith, Ebenezer Wait, & one other person, came from South Hadley to Springfield & enlisted for the term of six months, — the name of the enlisting officer is not remembered; — that he, & his companions, with 80 or 100 other recruits marched immediately & directly to West Point; — that the above named persons & himself were arranged into Captain Josiah Smith's Company & Col. Marshall's Regiment; — that one — Miles was orderly Sgt. of said Company; — Genl. Patterson commanded the Brigade; — that he & the other recruits were drilled by Baron Steuben; — that he does not recollect any other officers; — that he remained at West Point being drilled, & standing sentry, & performing ordinary Garrison duty about one month, afterwards he went with a portion of the troops on an expedition southward as far as the Jerseys, the British being then in possession of New York; — that below West Point a couple of Tories were taken, who had been trading with the enemy, & were compelled to run the gauntlet , & after the return of the troops to West Point two Tories were tried & shot for having sold beef to the British; — that he thinks he was absent on said Expedition southward about four months; — that Arnold during said Expedition had negotiated the surrender of West Point, & Andre was taken Prisoner; — that on his return to West Point the works he had (Arnold) had destroyed or dismantled had been put in repair by Genl. Washington as was said; — that he did not see Andre executed but was doing camp duty standing sentry about a mile from the place of his execution (as near as he could hang at the time); — that on the 27 th of December 1780 at the time the troops were going into winter quarters the six months men were discharged; — that he on that day received his regular discharge

in writing; — that he parted with his discharge soon after his return from the army; — that at the time of his discharge he was about 100 miles from his home to which he did not return till the 3 rd day of January 1781.
And the applicant states that he has no documentary evidence whatever, & that he knows of no person living who can testify to his service; — that he has resided in Chester about 40 years; — William Shepard and Jonas Parnes selectmen of s d Chester & also Joshua Stevens, Samuel Stetson & Joseph Abbott of s d Chester can testify as to his reputation for revolutionary service & character for truth & veracity; — that s d Chester is about 25 miles from the present sitting of this court & the applicant being entirely destitute of property & dependent on charity for support is unable to procure the attendance of the stated clergymen of s d Chester. — that he was born in s d Hedley March 15. 1760 & has no record of my birth unless it be upon the town records.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Jedediah Ingram
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
We William Shepard & Joshua Stevens residing in the town of Chester in the county of Hampshire hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jedediah Ingram who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; — that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion; — And we further certify that the s d Ingram is a person of truth & veracity
Joshua Stevens Wm Shepard
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
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 Joshua Stevens and William Shepard who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the said town of Chester in the County of Hampshire & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to Credit
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jedediah Ingraham for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Justin Willard
I certify that the papers in the foregoing case of Jedediah Ingraham's application for a Pension, have remained on file in my office since the date of said application until the present time unrecalled for -
April 1 st 1836
J. Willard
Reg. of Probate for County of Hampshire