Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28048, for Lent Ives, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm-
Ives, Lent
S 28048
CONTENTS

From Connecticut to New York.
Levi Pines,
(private,
In col d . Matthew Meads neg d of Connecticut during Rev d War Inscribed on roll of Connecticut at $2. 50 per month, increased to $4 per month by the Law of the 24. th of April, 1816. . . . .
Formal ent: issued & sent to Benj m P. Johnson, Esq r . Rome, Oneida Co. New York 11 Dec r 1820.
Increased by the Secretary of War on 13 Nov r 1822, to $8 per month, to commence on the 30 th Sept r 1822. ent: with authority noted sent to Benj m P. Johnson, Esq r . Rome, Oneida Co. New York 13 Nov r 1822.
Am d from 4. th to 30. th Sept 1822 $ 3.46 2 d from 30 th Sept 1822 to 4 th Mar 1823 $41.03 Am d from 4 th Sept '22 to 4 th Mar '23 $ 44.49

State of New York (Onondaga County ss)
On this 7 th day of December 1819 personally appeared before me Lent Luce of Herk Co in said County who being sworn says he is the same person mentioned in the within Certificate that he is now a resident of this State and that the disability under which he labored at the time that Certificate was granted still continues and is increased on account of his age, & that said wound was received while in service of the State in the Revolutionary War and as your pension has become an Inhabitant of the State of New York he prays that he may be paid on the New York agency & a Certificate granted for that purpose — His pension has been once increased Sworn before me the day & year aforesaid
M c D. Johnson Commissioner
Lent Luce
I certify that Lent Luce is in my opinion a man of Credibility —————
M c D. Johnson

Clerks Office Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Hall of New York
I certify that Benjamin Johnson was a Commissioner of the Peace at the time of taking the oaths that I am acquainted with his handwriting and can believe his signature to the same to be of his own proper handwriting. Witness the seal of said County this twentieth day of December 1819. Samuel Woodgood
John D. Slee, request to be transferred from Connecticut to New York transferred the 11 th December, 1820
Michael Lawrence

28048
Rev  INVALID.
File No. 28048
Lent  Spec
Rev  Rev  Rev Con n Regt
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 909
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Invalid Pension
J. S. Edwards
Washington
Recd 1.23
Mr New Certificate
John Edwards Jan 9 Dec 1820

Application for a New Certificate.
State of New York Onida County ss On this 13 th day of December 1820 before me the Subscriber Notary Public in the County aforesaid personally appeared Sent Dyer of Onida in said County who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Yale, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Clark in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut, that he received a Certificate of that fact, under the signature & Seal of the Supreme Court of Connecticut; which Certificate has been forwarded to the Secretary's office at Washington, the Summons past. Sent Dyer
I certify that on the day & year aforesaid before me the Subscriber Notary Public personally appeared Sent Dyer and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Statement. Witness my Hand & Seal of office the day & year aforesaid.
W. P. Johnson Notary Public

Rom. N. Y. Dec 13. 1820
My Friend . The enclosed affidavit has been prepared agreeably to the direction sent me for a new Certificate. Returns are Respectfully requested to the Subscriber.
I am yours with Respect
Benj P. Johnson B.
To the Hon J. C. Calhoun Secy War

State of New York County of Oneida ss
It is hereby Certified that Lemuel Jones a private in the Company of John Gates in the Regiment of the United States Commanded by Matthew Mead is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a Soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty viz:
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears, that on the Eighteenth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty being engaged on a scouting party at or near a place called Maroneck in the State, District or territory of New York he received a wound in his left arm near the Elbow joint from the stroke of a Broad sword and he is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is totally disabled from attaining his subsistence by manual labour
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Image in and for the said County of Oneida this 11 th day of September A.D. 1822
W. H. Hamilton Juror
Earl Bill Surgeon & Physician
Alfred Gillet Surgeon & Physician
State of New York Oneida County ss
I certify that Earl Bill and Alfred Gillet the above deponents are credible persons and respectable in their professions as Surgeons, and Physicians,
W. H. Hamilton Juror

Clerks office Oneida County
vs. I Chiasaph Dorchester Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that Thomas H Hamilton whose name is subscribed to the within certificate & proof, was on the day of the date of the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn; and that I am acquainted with
The hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe the signature of "Th. H. Hamilton" subscribed to said certificate, and proof or acknowledgment, to be the proper hand writing of said Judge.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County This thirtieth day of September 1822.
Chiasaph Dorchester Clerk By John Bernard Dep. Clerk

Increase of Pension United States. Northern District of the State of New York
To Doctor Earl Bill, and Doctor Alfred Gillet of Oneida County in said district.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States passed the 25th of April 1812, entitled "an act to revive & continue in force an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes;" you are here by appointed & authorized to examine Sergeant Dues of said County of Oneida, who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April 1806 revived as aforesaid; and you are to report in writing on oath or affirmation to the Secretary of War, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated & governed by said act.
Given under my hand & seal this 15 th day of May 1822
Roger Rinnies Judge of the U.S. for the Northern Dist. of New York

Transferred from Connecticut to
New York Sent Ives,
1st In the Army U. States.
Inscribed on roll of Conn. at $2 50 per mo. increased to $4 - by Law 24 April, 1876
Normal amt. issued from to Benj. B. Johnson, Esq. Rome, Oneida Co. New York. - 21 Dec. 182
A copy of the rules & regulations to govern an application for in- crease of pension &c with the ne- cessary remarks sent to Mr. Johnson with notification of transfer &c

Oneida County ss.
We the subscribers practising Physicians and Surgeons of the Towns of Remsen and Steubenville in said County of Oneida - Do hereby certify that, after a careful examination in the case of Lent Ives, a resident of the Town of Steubenville and County aforesaid, We are fully satisfied that he is the same Lent Ives who was formerly of Bristol in the State of Connecticut and who is now on the Pension Roll of that State - That we are of Opinion that his disability does continue - it being a wound in his left arm near the elbow, which has destroyed the joint, and to rendered the the arm almost wholly useless - And further that the degree of disability under which he labors at present is double to what the original degree of disability was for which he was placed on the pension Roll —
Earl Bill Alfred Gillet
Sworn and subscribed to before me Thomas H Hamilton a Judge in & for the said County of Oneida this 27 th  day of May 1819 Thomas H Hamilton
Certify that the above statements are credible persons Th H Hamilton

Oneida County ss.
We the subscribers practising Physicians and Surgeons of the Towns of Remsen and Steuben in said County of Oneida - Do hereby certify that, after a careful examination in case of Lent Ives, a resident of the Town of Steuben and County aforesaid, We are fully satisfied that he is the same Lent Ives who was formerly of Bristol in the State of Connecticut and who is now on the Pension Roll of that State - That we are of Opinion that his disability does continue - it being a wound in his left arm near the elbow, which has destroyed the joint, and to rendered the the arm almost wholly useless - And further that the degree of disability under which he labors at present is double to what the original degree of disability was for which he was placed on the pension Roll
Earl Bill Alfred Gillet
Sworn and subscribed to before me Thomas H Hamilton a Judge in & } for the said County of Oneida this 27 th } day of May 1819 } Thomas H Hamilton
I certify that the above deponents are credible persons Th H Hamilton

Clerk's Office Onondaga County N.Y.
State of New York
I certify that Thomas H. Hamilton was a judge at the time of making the within Affidavit & Certificate and that his signature to the same appears to be of his own proper hand writing touching the seal of said County the seventeenth day of December one thousand eight hundred & nineteen. Thomas H. Hamilton

Lt. Genl.
for increase
Rev. W. H. Moore 1822
Rev. Mr. Hickey - increase this pension.
War officer
Revolutionary Pen s
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chf Clerk

Hon. S. C. Calhoun
Enclosed is the certificate of Kent & Coz forwarded for an Enclosure of Pension -
Yours with Respect
Wm. P. Johnson
Home One Co. NY. Nov. 1. 1822

5115 1/2 for pen cert. Oct. 17. 1822 to B. Johnson.
see letter to B. Johnson.
E. Adams Esquire Secretary of War Washington City
In conformity with the 5 th Section of the Law of the 10 th of April, 1816 & Law of the 4 th July, 1822. — The allowance of the within named pensioner is hereby authorized to be in- creased from $4 to which it was raised by the Law of the 24 th of April, 1820, to the rate of $8 per Mo. to commence on the 30 th of Sept. 1822. — Given under my hand at the seal of the Dept. this 13 Novr 1822 J. C. C. 2nd floor

Rome Octr 2 d 1822.
Dear Sir Enclosed is the Certificate or affidavit of two respectable Physicians & Surgeons Shewing that the disability of Lord Inver arose from a Wound rec d in the revolutionary War and that the same totally disables him from Manual labor - also enclosed is the Commission. &c, author-izing, &c. -
Returns are respectfully requested to be made to the Subscriber
Yours &c
Benjamin P. Johnson
John C. Calhoun Esq. Secy. War

Last Will Papers
or Certificate That he is Intitled to said share

On due examination it appears that Sgt Ives of Bristol in the County of Hartford, aged about Thirty four Years, on the 10 th day of January 1780, then being a Soldier in Col. Matthew Meads Reg t , in the Service of the State of Connecticut, in an Engagement with the Enemy near Morrisania in the State of New York received a Wound in his left Arm, whereby he was and still remains much disabled, and is in a great measure incapable of Obtaining a Livelihood, and is entitled to receive from this State fifteen Shillings Lawful Money p r Month towards his Support — Hartford Sept r 2. 1788
Certified G t Richard Law
E. Dyer
G. J. Sherman
Am. Pitkin
Rev. Ellsworth
Judges of the superior Court
The foregoing is a true Copy of the original Certificate as recorded in this Office —
Certified by John Porter Compt r .
State of Connecticut Compt r Office Sept. 14 th 1796 —
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N.B. This Copy was furnished in consequence of the former one being nearly worn out & given up —
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