Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,528, for Lemuel B Mason, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Mason, Lemuel B.
S. 44,528
N.Y.
War of 1812.
{ B.L.W. 1342-200 dieut. Issued Nov. 28, 1789 No papers.
CONTENTS

Let to Hon. B. M. Bean, W.R. Apl. 28. 1836. Copy of the Commission, sent to same on the 30th
7717 77
7717
New Hampshire Roll
Samuel B. Mason of Gilford in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Noah Poor of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of March 1818 and sent to Hon. W. Badger Esq. Gilford N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo. \frac{21}{30} \times 4 246:58 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept. 120: -
336:58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1200 14  \frac{2}{16} = 58
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of March 1818 and sent to Hon. W. Badger Esq. Gilford N.H.

State of New Hampshire Stratford p- - - - - } On this 11 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for said county of Stratford per- sonally appears Lemuel B. Mason aged fifty- nine years resident in the Town of Gilford in the County and State aforesaid who being by me 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said Lemuel B. Mason sometime in the summer of 1775 entered the aforesaid ser- vice as a private Soldier to serve until the last day of December following that he went from New- ington in said State and enlisted at Winterhill in the state of Massachusetts in the company com- manded by Captain Benjamin Titcomb and Reg- iment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor New- Hampshire line which time he served but before his enlistment was out he enlisted again at Winter- hill

in the same company Regiment and line aforesaid for the year 1776 that he faithfully served that time but before it was out and at a place called Mount-In- dependence in the State of New York he enlisted for during the war in the same Company Regiment and line and continued to serve and do duty as such until the thir- tieth day of March 1781 when to took the rank and did the duty as an Ensign and on the first day of July A.D. 1782 he was commissioned and continued to duty as such until the thirtieth day of August 1782 when he took rank as Lieutenant and contin- ued to do the duty of a Lieutenant until the close of the war in 1783 about the 7 th of June when he with Captain David McGregor and Lieutenant John Gilley were ordered to March the New Hampshire during the war men home which they did and that he continue to serve in the said service of the United States in the revolutionary War on the Continental establishment from the summer of 1775 until about the seventh day of June 1783 when he was discharged from service at New- burgh in the State of New York his Lieutenants commission he did not receive until he returned home that he was in the battles at Trenton Dec 1776 at Princeton Jan y 1777 in the retreat from Princeton

both battles at Stillwater the first the 19 th September the second the 7 th October 1777 Monmouth in 1778 at Newtown in 1779 on the Mohawk River at the German Flatts with the British and Indians in 1782 — and that he is in recu- ced circumstances and States in need of the assistance of his Country for support — And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said ser- vices except the accompanying Commissions — The Lieutenants Commission he did not receive until after he returned home —
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid William Badger
I William Badger Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel B. Mason did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said court to be affixed to the same this 11 th day of July AD 1818 and of the Independence of the said United States the forty third
William Badger Attest David Aldron Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for said County of Stratford

I William Badger Judge &c as aforesaid do further certify that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the said Samuel B. Meisen is in reduced circumstances as stated in the preceding declaration —
July 18 th 1818. —
William Badger

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss } We the subscribers Selectmen and overseers of the Poor ex officio of the Town of Gilford County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Samuel B. Nelson of the Town aforesaid is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for sup- port
Gilford April 30. th
John Evans Thomas Saltmarsh Barnard Morrill 1818
Selectmen
Gilford
This may certify that the above named John Evans Thomas Saltmarsh and Barnard Morrill were legally chosen and duly sworn into the office of Selectmen of the Town of Gilford in the year of county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire for the year 1818
Attest William Blundell Town Clerk
Gilford May 2 nd — 1818

Lemuel B. Mason
7.717
Oct. 1819.
2 P.m.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilmanton within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the First Tuesday of July August 1820 —
Levi B. Mason aged 60 years, resident in Houltonboro' in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
2 pigs - 2 chains - ring & staple, block & 2 old hoes 2 old axes 2 old tables, 1 pine chest, trunk - 1 broken kettle 1 pot 2 small kettles, 1 pan, 4 knives & forks - some old cooking ware 10 old chains - 1 shave 1 tub 1 pair old shovel & tongs - 10 old H & B - old Loon - 1 old pan, 1 old glass - some small articles of pewter - and perhaps two dollars worth of other old articles
Levi B. Mason
And the said Levi B. Mason - following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
Levi B. Mason do solemnly swear 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.
Levi B. Mason
And the said Mason doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
About Eight years in the New Hampshire Reg't commanded, in the commencement of the War by Col. Enoch Poor, afterwards by Col. Nathan Hale, Col. George Reed, company commanded by Capt. Bony d Pitcomb, Also Mr. Rowell & Jeremiah Pogg had the command of said Company at different times all in the Continental Service he entered said service as a Soldier in the summer of 1775 - and left it in June 1783 - when he was a Lieutenant his Commission as a Lieutenant, Also of Ensign in the service have been transmitted to the War Office

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is Sept. 11 th 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 7717 :—That his occupation is that of a Farmer not able to pursue it in consequence of Rheumatic disease:—That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
his Wife aged 51 years very slender constitution—a great part of the time under the care of a Physician — Rachel aged 16 years — Temperance aged 14 years Comfort — aged 11 years — Benjamin aged 8 years and William H. Harrison aged 3 years — as healthy as children of their age generally are. —
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the fifth day of August 1820.
} Lemuel B. Mason
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilmanton within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 5th day of Augt. 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and SAMUEL QUARLES, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Lemuel B. Mason having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is Twenty dollars & twelve cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 5th day of August 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

44 528
INVALID.
Key
File No. 44.528
Lemuel B. Mason
Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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2022-01-28
J. S. Edwards Esq. Comm Pensions
Hon B. M. Bean H.R.
Washington D.C.

Washington City D.C. - April 27. 1836 -
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Dr. Sir
An old Revolutionary Officer has written me, stating that he has two Commissions one as Lieut. & one as Ensign, now in the Office of the Secy. of War, & wishes to obtain them, if the Dept e will permit them to be withdrawn - His Name is Samuel B. Mason, He served in both Wars .
Will You have the goodness to inform me, as to the Rule of the Dept e in such Cases. If the Commissions are there on file, & if so, whether he can have them, as he seems desirous to obtain them -
Very Respectfully Y r H on Secy B. M. Bean -

Ch of orig Pay 222
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
21 July 1828.
Lemuel B. Mason — of Moultonborough in the County of Strafford — in the State of New Hampshire has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in Col Reid's regiment of the New Hampshire line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, four hundred and Eighty — dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of New Hampshire .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary G. A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
23 d July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lemuel B. Mason - Lieut. in the New Hampshire line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Lemuel B. Mason — — — is now on the pension list of the New Hampshire agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
John H. Agassiz

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Lemuel B. Mason gentleman (Greeting)
We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire Line in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the thirtieth day of August 1732. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders as a Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time as you shall receive from His, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, or the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency Elias Boudinot Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the thirtieth day of June A.D. 1732 and in the fifth Year of our Independence.
By Order of Congress Ebenezer Dyer Secretary at War

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
Greeting.
To Samuel B. Nelson Gentleman We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be an Ensign in the Second New Hampshire Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the _____ day of March 1781. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereinunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the first day of July A.D. 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independence.
John Hanson
By Order of Congress Ezekiel Smith Secretary at War.

Act 1838 Settled at Treasury
Revolutionary Claims
Cous d with
Hon Richard Rush Invalid file # 44 528
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington (col)

Declaration of Samuel B. Moore a Lieutenant in the N Hampshire Line in the Army of the Revolution.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act entitled An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution "Appro- ved on the 15 th day of May 1828 I Samuel B. Moore of Northborough in the county of Stafford in the State of New Hampshire do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war of which period I was a Lieutenant in Col d George Brigs d Regiment of the New Hampshire Line -
And I also declare that I afterwards re- ceived certificates (commonly called commuta- tion certificates) for a sum equal to five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolution of Con- gress of the 22 d of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the Resolves of the 21 st of October 1780.
And I do further declare that I have re- ceived of the United States as a pensioner since the 3 d of March 1826 the sum of four hun- dred & eighty dollars fair to me by the A- gent for paying pensions in the State of New Hampshire, in addition to my semiannu- al payment of one hundred & twenty dollars due me in March 1826.
And I further declare that my Commission as an Ensign & as a Lieutenant were forward- ed to the Secretary of War, at the time I applied for a pension under the Act of March 1818 which has not been

forrow Hampshire, in addition to my semi annual payment of one hundred & twenty dollars due me in March 1826-
And I further declare that my commissions as an Ensign & as a Lieutenant were forwarded to the Secretary of War, at the time I applied for a pension under the Act of March 1818 which have not been returned due -
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Levi B Mason
State of New Hampshire? Strafford ss?
Before me Samuel Emerson an of the Justices of the Peace and Quorum for the county of Strafford - duly confirmed to & administered oaths in the county of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire personally appeared Levi B Mason the tenth day of June 1828 both before Thomas & Moses Morison Esquires Respectable witnesses of Montpelier borough of the said county, who did severally make oath that Samuel B. Mason of said Montpelier by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight -
Samuel Emerson Justice of the Peace & Quorum
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
I Andrew Pease, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Strafford, do hereby certify, that Samuel Emerson Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit, was sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the Peace of the Quorum for said County of Strafford, and duly confirmed to & administered oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 20th day of June Anno Domini 1828
A. Pease, Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mason Levi GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13428 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 23, 1797 to Josiah Starr
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.