Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6843, for Simeon Mallory, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mallory, Dimeon
R 6843
CONTENTS

Simeon Mallery
Schedule
68 H 3
21.1719

District of Massachusetts. ss.
On this fifteenth day of August 1821. personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now holding at Springfield within & for the county of Franklin being a Court of Records established as such by the Constitution & Laws of this Commonwealth for said County. Simeon Mallory aged sixty one years resident in Northfield in said County who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress. of the 18 th March, 1818, and the 1 st . May 1820. that he the said Simeon Mallory enlisted, for the term of three years in the Month of January as near as he can recollect in the year 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by captain Edw d . Barker in the regiment commanded by colonel Worcester in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until about March 1781 when he was discharged from the said service, in West Point in the State of New York. In the month of April 1818 he made an original declaration which was sent to the War Office but which has never been returned nor has he ever heard any thing from it since - his family consists of himself & wife Ruth aged forty years and their three children Chester aged ten years and Charles aged one year & an infant son. he is by occupation a laborer but is wholly disabled by a rheumatic affection in one of his legs supposed to be caused by a musket ball lodged in his thigh at the skirmish at Danbury (Conn) when Col. Worcester was killed and his leg has partly perished. that he was in the battles of White Plains. Kings bridge and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said services, he received a written discharge

signed by Col. O'Leary when he left the Army but it is now lost as is also a Serjeants Warrant also signed by him which he held about one year and, in pursuance of the act of the 1st. May, 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 so 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 18 th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Simeon Mallory.
Sworn to, and declared, on the fifteenth day of August before the said Court. Attest. E. Alvord. Clerk.
I Elijah Alvord clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is ten dollars and sixty seven cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of August 1821.

Inventory of the Estate of Simeon Mallery of Northfield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts as shown to us by him, and which we appraised as follows viz!
one Pot and Kettle $ 1.50 four Pails 1.50 Tin and earthen pans 2.17 Plates 1.50 Yut " 50 Farming Tools 1.50 Table " 50 Shoat 1.50 Aug t 10. 1820. $ 10.67
Simeon Mallery.

Rejected Deferred vide letter to Hon. S. C. Allen House of Reps March 26 1822

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1843
P. O.
Simeon Mallory
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

I Isaac Read of Northfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say That in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight I was in the service of the United States as a soldier being and being on duty became acquainted with Simeon Mallory who was a soldier for three years in Capt. Edward Barker's Company and Col. Meigs Regiment in the Connecticut Line and very frequently saw him during the term of six months and always understood by him and others that he had been in the service of the United States a long time before I became acquainted with him which I was discharged in about six months after I became acquainted with him and further saith not August 10 th 1820. Isaac Read
Franklin ss. August 10 th 1820 Then personally appeared Isaac Read signed to the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same
Before me Obadiah Dickinson Justice
Franklin ss. May 10 th 1820 I hereby certify that I have been long acquainted with Isaac Read the aforesaid deponent and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Obadiah Dickinson Justice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alword Clerk of all the Judicial courts holden for the said County of Franklin do certify that the above named Obadiah Dickinson Esq is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Franklin legally qualified and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that the above is his subscription. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County the twenty fourth day of November A.D. 1820 E. Alword

I James Foster of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age do testify and say ————— That in the Month of November seventeen hundred and eighty two, I was a Soldier in Cap t James Barr's Company 2 d New- Hampshire Reg t . commanded by Col o Reed at the encampment at Newburgh or New Windsor, and there I became acquainted with Simeon Mallory who was a Soldier in the United States Service in the Connecticut line and in the Leather caps Reg t . so called, commanded by Col o  Heig and further saith not. James Foster
Franklin Co. Aug t 10 th 1821 Then personally appeared James Foster and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Obad th Dickinson Jus. Pac.
Franklin Co. Aug t 10 th 1821 Then personally appeared I hereby certify that James Foster the aforesaid deponent in my belief is a man of Truth and Veracity.
At t Obad th Dickinson Jus. Pac.

I Isaac Reed of Northfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify and say, that in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one, I was a Soldier in the service of United States, in the Company of Cap t Marshall, and Col t Tupper's Reg t , and in the the month of June or July of the same year, I first became acquainted with Simeon Mallory a Soldier in the United States service in the Connecticut line, and in the Reg t Commanded by Col t Mage called the leather Caps. and that in October or November Seventeen hundred and eighty two, Col t Tupper & Col t Miles Reg t were ordered for Winter quarters up to New Windsor there I very frequently saw him Mallory during the winter, and in the spring of 1783 1783 both Regiments were ordered down to West point and I there again saw said Mallory, and in the Month of July or Aug t said Mallory joined the army following said Mallory again joined the Army, having come in, joined his Reg t under the protection of a Passport from General Washington for desertion; and further saith not -
Isaac Reed
Franklin Co: Aug t 10 th 1821. Then personally appeared Isaac Reed and made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Obad h Dickinson Jus. Pac.
Franklin Co: Aug t 10 th 1821. I hereby certify that Isaac Reed the aforesaid deponent in my belief is a man of Truth and Veracity At t Obad h Dickinson Jus. Pac.