Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21995, for Levi Stockwell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Class. Stockwell, Levi
S. 21995
CONTENTS

11.710
Vermont
Levi Stockwell
of Lower Canada in the United who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain St. Balcom of the R. G. V., commanded by Col. Nison in the Massachusetts line for 6 months Service $20.00
Inserted in the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 5th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1833 and sent to S. H. Woodfield Derby Vt.
Arrears to the 5th of March 1833 40.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 3, Page 90

312.355
Levi Stockwell
Reclamation
S. Whitman Edgell
Dubey Vermont.
Agent and Attorney.

State of Vermont On this 15 th day District of Vermont of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon Honorable District Court within and for the County of Vermont and District of Vermont now sitting in open court Simeon Stockwell of Sturton in the State of Vermont aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make and subscribe the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with Amos Whipple and Snow in the regi- ment commanded by Colonel Moses Clapox in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army under the following named of- ficers. In the month of June 1780 he pitched in Poughkeepsie in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and there enlisted in the company commanded by Lieutenant Deacon in the Regiment of Artillery. He Mustered at Poughkeepsie in Massachusetts. He Marched a from there to West Point in

in the State of New York, when he stayed a few days; he joined the Regiment at Poughkeepsie Hollow in New York where he remained on duty about two weeks; he then marched to the White Plains in New York where he remain- ed a few days and proceeded down the river Hudson into the State of New Jersey where he remained till the fall of Boston Station. In the fall he returned to West Point where he remained on guard till his term expired leaving the fort of Dunn in 1788 where he had discharged by wri- ting signed Smith. Colonel Whiting in the absence of the Colonel; he served like Major the War and came in 1788 in the State of Massachusetts settled in the year 1788 and the 16th day of January; where there is a house of his built. Since the re- volutionary war he has lived in New Shipton three years; in Dunbar in St. Anne's four years; in Bristol in said Anne's three years; in Bristol in said Anne's two years in Bath, Lymington & Bournemouth in the year 1825 & 1826 and followed six or eight years; he entered the said house as a volunteer; his

Gave his discharge to the representatives of Boston & London for the purpose of getting his pay. I have not heard or heard of it since. His Paymaster was G. M. Nixon
And hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any State sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Levi Stockwell
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12,355
U.S.
Levi Stockwell
Col. 6
admitted.
6 mo. Privat.
$20.00
S. Fletcher Redfield Esq. Derby Vt.

BRIEF in the case of Levi Stockwell  Low Coulee  Court of Orleans — in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years  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, As a Gen.     June In 1780 6 Private 1st Balcon Col Wilson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brighton Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Testimony his own declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? None 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Coultas Examining Clerk.

Revolutions
21995 INVALID.
File No. 21,995
Gen. Blocker
Phila. Pa.
Act: June 7 th 89 9
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.355 Levi Stockwell
S. Fletcher (Redfield City) Derby N!

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Levi Stockwell  Lower Canada which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? no III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.