Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13814, for Thomas Lyon, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lyon, Thomas
S. 13814
carded
CONTENTS

1891 Aug 10 W W Eldridge Hunter Prior
1473 New York
Thomas Lyon of New York in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Douglass of the Reg't commanded by Col Simonds in the Massachusetts line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Novem- ber 1832 and sent to Geo Hosmer
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 90.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '33 30.00 $120 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 109

No. 6024 Thomas Lyon
admitted 18 months.
Gen. Hasmeyer Iowa New York

No. 60442
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Lyon of c from  County of Livingston in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? Eighty two years 82  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.     Enlisted the service in December In 1776 until some time in March 1777 — 3 — private Gen. Simonds. Massachusetts Capt. Mr. Davenport.   Volunteered he thinks in May 1777 discharged about 1 mo. " — 5 or more — ditto Genl. Hovey Brigade, Col. Warner's regt Capt. Amariah Babbitt's Compy   Thinking that all his services at various times that he was called out would amount 1 2 — or at least   11 6 —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? of Bennington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at New Ashford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness who recollects his being in the service, but not an eye witness, his tradition supported by the belief on a roll of a Clapp man, and by two citizens; the character and credibility of all, verified by the Judge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The pibund is absent 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wilson Examining Clerk.

On the application of Thomas Syon for a Pension N o 6044.

State of New York Livingston County ss
Seth Lyon of the town of Lima in the county of Livingston and State of New York, aged sixty five years and rising, being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Thomas Lyon whose name is to the annexed declaration subscribed, that he is the son in law of the said Thomas Lyon, that he this deponent resided in the town of New Ashford in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts during the whole time of the Revolutionary war, on a farm adjoining to that of the said Thomas, that he was young at the time stated in the said declaration of the said Thomas, but says that he well remembers the facts of the said Thomas being frequently from home as a soldier in the revolutionary war, that it was understood and believed at the time and ever since by this deponent that the said Thomas Lyon was in service at the Northward, and ever in the Bennington battle so called, and also at the capture of Burgoyne's Army - this deponent can now remember the particular times when he was absent in service, nor the length of time he was absent at any time, but says that he well remembers that said Thomas was reputed to have been a staunch whig and attached to the cause of the revolution, and was absent from home much of the time in different years of the war in the public service as a soldier - And this deponent further saith that the said Thomas hath ever sustained the character of an upright man, of correct moral habits, that he has been a professor of religion for twenty or thirty years last past, according to the resolution, knowledge and belief of this deponent - that his reputation for truth has never been questioned to the knowledge or belief of this deponent, and this deponent further saith that he fully credits and believes the statement made by the said Thomas in his said

declaration as to his services, the nature of them, and length of time he was so engaged - Seth Lyon
Subscribed & sworn
this eleventh day of
August A.D. 1832
before me Matthew Warner a judge of the court of common pleas for the county of Livingston
I Matthew Warner one of the Judges of the county court of common pleas in and for the county of Livingston, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Seth Lyon, and that he is a credible person, and that his affidavit is entitled to credit
Matthew Warner

State of New York Livingston County
On this Eleventh — day of August — in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before Matthew Warner one of the Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Livingston in the State of New York Thomas Lyons a resident of the Town of Avon in said County of Livingston aged eighty two years and upwards, 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the month of December 1776 under Captain William Douglas of the town of Hancock in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the regiment commanded by one Colonel Simonds whose christian name he does not recollect — That he marched with the company to Ticonderoga, where he joined the Regiment, the whole force there assembled was under the Command of General Anthony Wayne That he remained at Ticonderoga until sometime in March 1777, he cannot recollect the day of entering the service, or of his discharge, but says he served out the term of his engagement which was Three months when he was discharged, that he did not receive a written discharge, that he was discharged at Ticonderoga — That afterwards, and he thinks in May 1777 he volunteered under one Amariah Babbitt as Captain of the town of New Ashford in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, and was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Warner, and the brigade commanded by General Stark, That after enlistment he was marched through the following places, towns, New Ashford Williamstown, Bennington, Shaftsbury, Arlington, and so north to near Lake Champlain, That they were kept the most of the time on the march to cover and defend the country and watch the enemy's movements until the sixteenth of August of that year, when deponent was engaged with the

Enemy at Bennington, the deponent does not remember who commanded the enemy, but thinks they were called Hessians and recollected that the Commander was reputed to have been killed there, he remembers that they had a severe and bloody battle, and were victorious, that the enemy threw two brass field pieces into a mill pond, and that Colonel Warner ordered the waste gates to be opened to let off the water, and placed a sentry for the night, and on the following morning they recovered the pieces from the pond, that he was occasionally at home, in New Ashford to see his family, and give directions as to his farming business, and after remaining at home sometimes for half a day, at other times one day, and thinks at no time over two days at a time, he then returned and joined his company, and in this manner he was engaged in the public service during that year for the space of five months or more, he thinks over five months, but cannot be certain, that he continued in such desultory service until sometime in the fall, and after the surrender of Burgoyne, and says he was discharged he thinks about the first of November of that year, at some place in the neighborhood of Saratoga, the name of which he does not recollect with certainty, but thinks the place was called Stillwater - that no written discharges were given to his knowledge and that he did not receive any - and the deponent further stated that he cannot at this distance of time, recollect as to be able to state with any certainty the times and occasions of his afterwards being in public service but says that he well recollects to have turned out repeatedly during the several years of the war for short tours of duty upon occasion of alarms, upon occasion of requisitions from the Officers of the Continental Army, he recollects that Major-General Gates frequently made such requisition that such tours were frequent and lasted sometimes two or three days, sometimes a week or more that he kept no account of the number of times he was out, or the length of time he was

out, but he well recollected that he always turned out upon the occasion of alarm as a volunteer (excepting one time when Deponent was absent from home) that he recollects that he served as Orderly Sergeant a part of the time at Ticonderoga and during a part of the five months service in 1777 - that according to the best of his recollection and judgment he served in all as a volunteer in the militia during the war for a period of near two years, and is confident that the whole would amount to a period exceeding eighteen months - That he always served as a volunteer - And the Deponent in answer to the particular inquiries of the said Judge saith that he was born in the town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the ninth day of October old style in the year of our Lord 1749, that he is not in possession of any record of age, but says that a record of his age was made and kept in the family bible of his father, which record he supposes is in the family of his deceased brother at Plattsburg in the County of Clinton in this State - That when called into service he lived in the town of New Ashford aforesaid, and continued to live at New Ashford, until about the year 1792 when he removed to the town of Hanesborough in the same County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts where he resided for about nine years when he removed to the town of Senek in the then County of Onondaga, and now in where he resided for about nine or ten years, when he removed to Avondale aforesaid in the County of Ulster where he has resided ever since being for about twenty years last past - That he never served otherwise than as a volunteer - That his recollection does not serve him to state the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, more particularly than he has stated - That he was always regularly discharged by his Commanding Officer, but never received any written discharge - That he is known to Lewis W. Beecher Justice of the peace, Curtis Hawley and Augustus A. French Post masters, to George Hosmer District Attorney of Ulster County, all residents in said town of Senek and generally to all the principal men in said town and the surrounding towns, to whom he confidently appeals to testify as to his character for veracity and their belief as to his service in the war of the revolution - And the

deponent further states that his son in law Seth Egan now residing in Lima aforesaid is aged as he thinks about sixty two years and was old enough to remember the fact of his going into the public service during the period before stated - And that he resided in New Ashford aforesaid at those several periods, and that he does not know of any other living witness by whom the fact of his service can be proved except the mother of said Seth Egan now residing in Lima aforesaid, who is very infirm of limb and body by reason of her great age - And 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 - And the said deponent further states that owing to his advanced age, and a rheumatic complaint with which he is afflicted, he cannot attend in open court for the purpose of making the aforesaid declaration without great bodily suffering and pain
Thomas Egan
Sworn and subscribed the eleventh day of July 1832 - before
Matthew Warner a judge of the court of common pleas for Livingston county
I Hail Whiting a clergyman residing in the town of Genesee in the county of Livingston do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Egan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that I believe him to be eighty two years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhoods where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion - and further that said Thomas Egan is a worthy communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church and of long standing - Hail Whiting
Sworn & subscribed the eleventh day of August
1832 before me Matthew Warner a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Livingston

We James  Harker , Lewis W. Beecher, and George Hosmer of the town of Hoon in the County of Livingston do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Sion who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be as many as Eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - and we further certify that he is reputed to be a worthy and exemplary professor of Christianity, and a man of strict probity and integrity of character, and that we also concur in that opinion. Subscribed & Sworn L. W. Beecher the Eleventh day of August 3 D 1832 before Geo. Hosmer Matthew Warner Judge of Common Pleas for Livingston County
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter, and after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and lived in the States - And I do further certify that it appears to me that Hail Whiting - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Ames Geneseo - in the County of Livingston and is a credible person - and that Lewis W. Beecher, James  Harker , and George Hosmer who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents inhabitants of the said town of Hoon and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit - And I further state that I have been personally acquainted with the said Thomas Sion for more than thirty years last past, and concur in the opinions expressed in the foregoing certificates, from my own knowledge of the good and Christian character and standing of the said Thomas Sion Matthew Warner Judge 

State of New York Livingston County
I Chauncy B. Bond Clerk of the county of Livingston do certify that Mathias Warner before whom the above proceedings were had, and affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time of the date of said certificates and affidavits one of the Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Livingston, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Judge subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates and verily believe them to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this Twentieth ————— day of August A 1832
Chauncy B. Bond Clerk By S. G. Haver Dep Clerk
On the application of Thomas Egan for a Pension No 6044.

Rev War
13814
INVALID.
1911 may 23. Hist. to Watson Wm Eldridge & letter in R. File 3282 Elisha Eldredge. P.
File No. 13. 814
Thomas Lyon Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Lyon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. L. file 13,814
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 3 mos. 1st of rank col. as William Douglas Simonds Mass.   May 1777 as 2nd 1st of rank Amariah Babbitt Warner   Also repeatedly called out on short terms of duty, his whole service amounting to more than 18 months.          
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill + capture of Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Ashford, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 11, 1832. Hland-
Residence at date of application, Avon, Linninton Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Oct. 9, 1749 at Fairfield, Conn.
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Thomas Ligon
Born in Fairfield Co US Oct 9, 1749, Died March 4 1835
During war in New Ashford - had a family 1792 moved from New Ashford to Lanesboro Adelphi was when he resided 9 years - then to Lima Ontario Co NY living 9 or 10 years then to Avon NY for about 20 years
Had a brother who died at Plattsburgh Clinton Co NY Had a son in law Seth Ligon living in Lima NY aged about 65 years - Suma in Livingston Co NY & over Applied for pension in Aug 1832 then of Avon Livingston Co NY aged 82 years
Resided in New Ashford Enlisted at Housatonic Berkshire Co Mass in Dec 1775 for 3 estab as orderly Sgt Mos under Col W m Douglass & Col Simonds, proceeded to Ticonderoga NY where joined his reg t when he remained to March 1777 enl 01 Sept In May 1777 he enlisted for 5 & served over Mos under Col Amariah Babbit of New Ashford & Col (Seth) Warner march to near Lake Champlain & kept on the march watching the enemy who was advancing until he fell back to Bennington when he was in Sergeant battle Aug 16 1777 under Gen l Stark during Nov 1 1775 at Stillwater - was out several times on alarms during the war
1749 93 18 4 2

Bureau of Pensions,
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER,
Aug 6 th , 1891
No. 6. } Cluett
Co.
ACTION AND ORDER:
Chief Com. Div.
Please furnish the information re- quested herein in the regular course of business.
H. B. Duncan
Power Dept.
Commissioner.

File with Thomas Lyon No 13, 814 (Rev)

Washington, D. C.,
Aug 4 th
1891.
Hon Green B. Ramm Comm of Pensions Sir:
My Great Grandfather Thomas Lyon, was a pensioner on account of services in the Revolution. He died at East Hoon N. Y. in 1840 aged 93 years - Will you be so kind as to give me a transcript from the records showing his military service; the maiden name of his wife, (which I understand the application bears) as well as date of marriage, place of birth etc.
I desire this information for a genealogical record I am making of our family
Respectfully Yours W. W. Eldridge Chief of Issue Division Currency Bureau