Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,592, for Henry Stevens, New Hampshire

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Stevens, Henry
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805-8
New York
Henry Stevens
of Brandon in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the Regiment commanded by Col. Jas Reed in the New Hampshire line for 2 years
★ Mass. N.H.
Records completed Febt. 4, 1907.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 - Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. N. Picher Sandy Hill N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33. $160 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33. 40 $200
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. H. Stiles
Recorded by Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 31
Letter 27. April 1837. Pen Agent
Pen. Agent, 27. May 13, 1837
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838, from 4 Sep. to 23 Dec 1841. Agent notified 3 Dec 1844
Letter to Henry Stevens (Son), May 20 '50 -
affidavit when record to be filed - order given

H. H. Henry Stevens
adm d
on Rolls for 5 mo 4 13 mo
16.
P-225
Wm N. Pitcher

BRIEF in the case of Henry Stevens  of Brandon in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 years, and 7 months  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.     May In 1775. (enlisted) 8 As a Gen. Capt. Wm. Walker } N. Hampshire Col. Jas Reed }   May 1776 " " ✓ 5. or more Capt. Barron } " " Col. Isaac Wyman }   Decr 1776 " 3 Capt. Carlisle } Mass etc Col. Sparkman }   May 1777 " ✓ 8 Capt. Wm. Ellis } N. Hampshire Col. Scammon }  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill, and Still Water  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wilton, New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, and Living witnesses also his Original Discharge from his second enlistment  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached according to the Regulations 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Henry Stevens
adm d
2 years pre
80
At a Court of Common Pleas

State of New York } County of Franklin } ss On this eleventh Day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at the Court House in the Town of Malone in and for the County of Franklin in the State of New York Henry Stevens a resident of the Town of Branton in the County of Franklin State of New York aged seventy five years and seven months 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 was born at the Town of Westminster in the State of Massachusetts on the 22 nd Day of February in the year 1757 as he has been inform- ed and verily believes that he believes there is a record of his birth at the Office of the Town Clerk of the said Town of Westminster but he has never seen it and he has no record of his age that at the commencement of the war of the Revolution he resided at the Town of Walton in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That on the sixth first day of May as he believes in the year 1775 he voluntarily enlisted into the Company of Captain William Walker in the Regiment Commanded by Col James Reed in the Troop of the State of New Hampshire for the term of eight months and marched with said Company & Regiment to Cambridge near Boston and remained at and near Cambridge and served as a private during during the said term of eight months and was honorably dis- charged at Winter Hill about the first of

January in the year 1776 during which term of Service the said Regiment was stationed a part of the time on Winter Hill that some days previous to the Battle of Bunker's Hill he was with said Regiment under Col Reed on Bunker's Hill engaged in erecting a Breast work that he was engaged & fought in the said Company & Regiment at the Battle of Bunker's Hill that at the time of his discharge he received a written by Colonel James Peak discharge which he soon after lost and does not recollect by whom it was signed he then returned home to Wilton that in the Month of May in the year 1776 he enlisted at Wilton as a private in a Compa- ny commanded by Capt Barron in the Regiment commanded by Col Isaac Wymen in the New Hampshire Troops immediately marched the same & marched in said Company & Regiment to Ticonderoga & joined the northern army under Genl. Gates where he continued to serve as a private soldier in the said Company & Regiment till the eleventh day of October 1776 when he was honorably discharged from the Service at Ticonderoga on account of sickness having served five Months or more, which discharge signed by Genl Gates is annexed hereto his engagement was for six months. that he then went to Westminster in the state of Massachusetts and in the Month of December 1776 he enlisted for three months in a Company commanded by Capt David Parkin in the Regiment commanded by Col Stark's Regiment of the Massa- chusetts line & marched with the said Regi- ment to New Jersey and served as a private in said Company & Regiment at a place called Brandy Brook till the end of his said

term of three months when he was discharged at the last mentioned place in the month of March 1777 received no written discharge which he afterwards lost. That he then went to Brattleborough in the county of Windham State of Vermont then called Hampshire Grants and In the month of May in the year 1777 he enlisted at Brattleborough for eight months into the Company of Captain Wm Ellis and joined the Regiment Commanded by Col Scamell in the New Hampshire Line & marched to Ticonderoga and joined the Northern Army in the month of July — 1777 and that he served as a private in the said Compa- ny & Regiment & was with the Army in the retreat from Ticonderoga and continued in the same till the time of the battle of Stillwater that he was in- gaged in that battle and was on a secret then taken prisoner by the enemy & put in irons & kept a prisoner till the surrender of Genl Burgoyne in October when he was released and again joined his Company & Regiment and marched with the same in Genl Boers Brig- ade to a place called Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania where he remained in the same till some time in the month of January in the year 1778 when he was honor- ably discharged at that place & obtained no written discharge which he kept a number of years and finally lost it does not matter by whom it was signed having served in the different terms a little over two years in all that he then went to Dummerston in the county of Windham State of Vermont where he resided till the month of March in the year 1820 when

he removed to his present place of residence in the Town of Brandon in the County of Franklin & State of New York where he has continued to reside to the present time that he has no documentary evidence except what is herewith submitted -
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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid } Henry Stevens John H. Russell Dep. Clerk
We Joel Griffin residing in the town of Malone in the County of Franklin in the State of New York, and Harvey Doty of the town of Bangor in the said County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Stevens who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & Subscribed in open court Oct 11th 1832 Joel Griffin Harvey Doty
John H Russell Dep. Clerk
On the first page of the declaration, the word "first" erased and the word "second" interlined - on the second page, the words "signed by Colonel James Read" interlined & the words "and does not recollect by whom signed" erased also the words "at Wilton" interlined - on the third page, the word "no" interlined - the words "which he

afterwards lost" erased - & the words "in the New Hampshire line" interlined, and the words "which he kept a number of years and finally lost it, does not recollect by whom it was signed" erased, all done in open court before signing -
And the 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 certify, that it appears to them, that Joel Griffin who signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Town of Malone in the said County of Franklin, and that Harvey Doty who also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Bangor in the same County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I John H. Russell Deputy Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and the County of Franklin, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Henry Stevens for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court the Seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
John H. Russell Dep. Clerk

I hereby certify that the within papers are unaltered since they passed from the hands of the CLK Mar. 6 1833
William H. Hogue

I Gustavus Bingham of Chesterfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of full age do testify and say that in the month of July A.D. 1777 I joined the Continental Army at a place called Fort Miller in the State of N. York and entered the Company of Capt. Wm Ellis, in the Regiment of Col. Schenck of the N. Hampshire Line - and when I joined the Col. of Schenck's Regt.  the was a private soldier in the same Company and Regiment - and I served with the said Stephens till the month of June 1778 when the said Stephens was honorably discharged from the Army at a place called Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania - I was knowing that the said Stephens was taken prisoner by Burgoyne's Army - and that at the time of the surrender of the Army the said Stephens was marched out with them - and again joined his Company and Regiment - the said Stephens was called a good and faithful soldier - the term of the said Stevens enlistment, as I then understood was nine months -
Gustavus Bingham
State of Vermont to January 13 th 1829 Then personally appeared the above named Gustavus Bingham and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned, made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth -
Before Phineas White Esq. Judge Of Windham Co. Ct.
The witness is disinterested Phineas White Esq.

State of Vermont. Windham County Court Clerk's Office New Haven, August 4. 1822.
I certify that Phinehas White Esquire, was, on the 13th day of January 1819, Chief Judge of Windham County Court aforesaid, and that the within is his signature -
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of the said County Court on the day and year aforesaid.
James Elliot, Clerk.

John Dennis
John Dennis Deposition

I John Berris of Dummerston County of Windham State of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn do depose and testify and say, that he was acquainted with Henry Stevens and of Lyndon County of Franklin State of Vermont in the year of 1775 I was joined the Army on the first day of May A.D. 1775 in Massachu- setts State Troops in Col. Asa Whitcomb Regt and Capt Edmond Berris Company, the said Henry Stevens belong to the Army in said year and was stationed on Winter Hill, and he served in said Army from the first of May to the last of December in the year of 1776 I was moving to the said Henry Stevens engaging in the Army about the 15 th day December of the above year and returning about the first of April 1777, and further I say not
John Berris
State of Vermont } Dummerston June the 14. 1832 Windham County } Then personally appeared the named the above named John Berris and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above disposition by him subscribed contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me David Berris Justice of the Peace

Affidavit of Joseph Bemis -

1 Joseph Bennis of Dummerston in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of Lawful age - Testify and say. - - - That I have been well acquainted with Henry Stevens now residing in the Town of Brandon County of Franklin State of New York - that I am knowing that the said Stevens was a Soldier in the first eight Months Service of the Revolutionary War - and that said Stevens served said Term of eight months in the Hampshire line - was Col. Read's Regiment - the name of the Captain the Deponent does not well remember - - - And I further say that said Stevens served one other tower at Mount Independence but for what Length of time I know not - - - And I further testify that in the Month of December A D 1776 the said Stevens enlisted for three Months - went to what was then called Bound Brook in the State of New Jersey - - and that said Stevens did not return home until the Month of April then next following - - I further Testify that in the year 1777 the said Stevens Enlisted for the term of eight Months in Col. Scamerville Regiment in the New Hampshire line and the name of his Captain was W m Ellis And that said Stevens was taken Prisoner at the first Battle with Genl. Burgoyne at Stillwater - and when the army of Burgoyne Surrendered and marched out, said Stevens again Joined his Compa- ny served out his time and was honorably discharged - - Further the Deponent saith not - -
Joseph Bennis

State of Vermont } Windham County ss }
Dummerston June 15 th 1832 - Then personally appeared the within named Joseph Bemis and after being carefully examined and duly sworn made solemn oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me Joseph Duncan Justice of the peace
I certify that the Deponent is disinterested and credible -
Joseph Duncan Just peace
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office New Haven, August 4. A. D. 1832.
I certify that Joseph Duncan and David Bemis, Esquires, are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the above and within are their signatures respectively. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

Clark & Harris Bank Albany Pension Agency April 14. 1837.
James L. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Clark Reed, Invalid, claims 18 months pay, and Henry Stevens (act of June 7. 1832) claims two years pay , on the Vouchers herewith sent -
Henry Tillman, Invalid, claims six months pay on the enclosed Vouchers (copies of same also enclosed) his pension Certificate being withheld -
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your obedt. Servt
Thos M'Clusky
Prodt Planay
* Mistake - 6 mos. from 14 March to 14 Sept, 1835.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 5 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Three of the four child ren of Henry Stevens, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York, Agency, at the rate of — Eighty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. — to the 22 nd Dec. 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
J. B. Mansfield
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Henry Stevens,
Albany (N. Y.) roll
Act 7 June, 1832.
He claimed pay from 4 March 1835, to 4 Sept. 1835 , yet acknowledged being paid to 4 Sept. 1836 .
The B. agent does not find his name in the Abstract of Payments for the first mentioned  that period. How stands the case?
He appears to be correct.

Mch. & Harris Bank Albany Pension Agency May 1 st 1837.
James L. Edmunds Esq re , Comm re of Pensions,
Sir,
In my letter of the 14 th ult o it was stated, by mistake, that Henry Stevens, a Pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, claimed pay for two years, on his Vouchers otherwise enclosed. On examining the Vouchers returned to us with your letter of the 27 th ult o I find that he claims pay for 6 months only - Viz - from the 4 th of March 1835 to the 4 th of Sept r 1835 - We have examined our Abstract of Payments & do not find that he has been paid for that period - I again enclose the Vouchers to you, and ask the favor of your instructions in the case -
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully Your obed t Serv t
R. W. Osgood Pro t Pay r

Rev. War
14.592 INVALID.
File No. 14.592
Henry Stevens
Dis. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]

in consequence whereof that the Complaint of Henry Stevens is not fictitious I do Recommend the said Henry Stevens Soldier in Capt. Parsons Company of this Regiment under my Command. Aged 19 Years the 22 nd Day of February last Five foot Six Inches High Short Dark Col. hair Blue Eyes and a light Complexion belonging to the Town of Wilton in New Hampshire New England As a proper person to be Discharged from the Army of the United States of America
To the Hon ble Genl. Gates Isaac Hyman C o Commanding at Ticonderoga