Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38204, for Ichabod Meachum, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Navy
Meachum Ichabod. or Meacham
S 38204
CONTENTS

No. of application sent December 18 1820 to Genl. R. H. Callender, Monr. Co. Va. Virginia
12,734
Virginia
Ichabod Meacham
of Montgomery Co in the state of Virginia who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel H Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years Continental Navy
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1819 and sent to Peter Johnson Esq Judge General Court of Virginia Montgomery County
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  24 mos \frac{30}{31}  39.74    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819   48      $ 87.74  
81
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

State of Virginia to wit
On this sixth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the General Court of Virginia allotted by law to the Thirteenth Circuit, which comprehends the county of Montgomery, personally appeared Ichabod Meacham, aged fifty nine years, resident in the county & State aforesaid 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 late act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States during the revolutionary war": That he the said Ichabod Meacham enlisted, as a private, in the military service of the United States, with Captain Ebenezer Sullivan, and belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Patterson, of the Massachusetts line, on continental establishment, in the month of December of the year seventeen hundred & seventy five: That he was taken prisoner at the Indian massacre of the Cedars, in Canada, on the twenty eighth day of May seventeen hundred & seventy six, and after a captivity of nine weeks,

amongst the Savages, he escaped from them, and reached a British post on the River S t Lawrence, where he was detained a prisoner six or eight weeks, and was then sent to Montreal, from thence to Quebec, and Halifax, where he was put on board a prison ship, which he thinks was called the Bologna, and remained in her until he was exchanged in the month of July 1777: that immediately after his exchange, he enlisted in with Captain Thomas Lamb, of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson, belonging to the Massachusetts line on Continental establishment: that he continued in service two years, the full term of his enlistment, and was discharged at Point Judith, in Rhode Island: that he was in the battles of Monmouth, & White Marsh: that he afterwards entered as a marine, on board the ship Trumbull, commanded by Captain James Dickinson, and was wounded in an action with the British ship Walls, having his right arm broken, and his right side severely injured by a splinter: that he was sent to a Hospital in Boston, where he remained until his ship went again to sea, before he had sufficiently recovered from his wound to go on board, and was taken by the British ship of War Rainbow: His engagements being then at an end, he returned to his home: that he has lost his discharge, and has no other evidence of his said services now in his power: and that

from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Given under my hand seal at Montgomery Court-house, on the day & year first above written
Peter John H. seal
I 6 Charles Taylor clerk of the Superior Court of Law for the County of Montgomery, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, attest, & make known, that the name Peter Johnston, subscribed to the above declaration of Ichabod Mc- lean, is the proper hand writing of Peter Johnston Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same was, & now is, law- fully and duly commissioned, and qualified, as a Judge of the General Court, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that full faith, and credit, is, and ought to be given, to any acts, as such by him subscribed, as well in Courts of Justice, as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, there being no official seal, this sixteenth day of October 1813
Charles Taylor

I Peter Johnston, Judge of the General Court of Virginia allotted by Law to the Twelfth Circuit, which comprehends the County of Montgomery, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ichabod Meacham did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of more than nine months, on the Continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony, taken & laid before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Given under my hand, and private seal, there being no seal of office, October 5 th 1818
Peter Johnston
6. Oct. 1818 Mr. Ichabod Meacham Weyersburg Pa.
In Dec. 75 Col. in Capt. Allen's Regt. Wash. Continentals taken Prisoner at Brandywine - then enlisted in Col. Muhlenberg's Regt. Sept. 4 - served for two years
on Roll for 3 years
Admitted
Admitted
The information of the affidavit of the deponent Ichabod Meacham is in substance as having been made before me by him signed by the Judge - Ichabod Johnston for Ichabod Meacham
I now further certify that it appeared to my satisfaction at the time when the within declaration was made by Ichabod Meacham that he was in reduced circumstances and stood in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Given under my hand at Montgomery Courthouse in the State of Virginia June 30 th 1819
Peter Johnston

Isabella Macachum
Sept 15
[Large decorative initial letter 'E']
The opinion of the Court as to the amount of the property is required.
1. The amount of the property is required to be paid to the said Isabella Macachum.
2. The amount of the property is required to be paid to the said Isabella Macachum.

SCHEDULE.
District of Virginia 88. Montgomery County
On this 3 rd day of October 1820, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be,  Ichabod Meacham aged sealy 82 or 83 years, resident in Montgomery in said district, circuit, county, or corporation, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) that he in December 1775 in the town of
Hartford and state of Connecticut enlisted for one year under Capt. Ebenezer Sullivans of Mansfield's regiment raised by Col. John Patterson in continental establishment, that he continued to serve thereafter to Canada in the said Company was taken prisoner on Bennington and was placed on parole the said Col. John Patterson transferred to the said state of New York where he was exchanged and returned to Boston on the 22 nd of July 1777. in the 1777 in Boston he enlisted for three years under Capt. Thomas Hunt commanded by Col. Henry Dearborn served two years then he was paroled and at the end of the war was received in an arrangement which he had made with the said Col. John Patterson for a pension under a act of the legislature of the state of Massachusetts passed March 1818.
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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. (d)
one house age thirty six years - nothing else except wearing apparel - he has no other real estate with him - his occupation that of a farmer
Ichabod Meacham
Sworn to, and declared, on the 3 rd day of October , 1820 before the County Court of Montgomery
I, Charles Taylor clerk of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 fifteen dollars and cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 3 rd day of October 1820
Charles Taylor
Clerk of the Court for the County of Montgomery

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ichabod Meacham 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 Pvt. Ebenezer Dillinger John Patterson Mass.   was taken prisoner at the battle at the Cedars, Canada in May 1776, and exchanged in July 1777.   July 8 1777 2 yrs. Thomas Hunt Henry Jackson Miss.   6 mos. until. Marine James Nicholson U.S. Ship Trumbull   wounded in right arm and side during action with British Ship Watt where sent to hospital at Boston  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Oct. 6. 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs. but in 1820 he stated that he was 67 yrs old.
Remarks: In 1820 he stated that he had no children living with him. No further family data. He was known as Meacham.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Office Note
6-2856
no Capt Thomas Lamb in H Jacksons Regt. for Navy service see Loring. Nicholson com. Trumbull

38 204
Ray INVALID.
1915 Oct. 7. History to Ida M. Strobridge ad.
File No. 38 204
Schabod Meacham His Her etc
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 269
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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Artemisia, 231 East Avenue Forty-one, Los Angeles.
U. S. Pensions Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Please give me such information as you can (for genealogical purposes) regarding the service of Ichabod Meacham who probably died in Montgomery County, Virginia; ("William Witt administrator, appointed Dunlop & Montcure of Richmond" etc. etc. shows it was the State of Virginia, though there is no certainty as to the County.
Also I find this item: "Pension paid Sep. 28. 1819".
Very truly yours,
D. M. Shobridge
September Twenty-Fourth
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