Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42864, for Joseph Lillie, Connecticut

SERVICE
Lillie, Joseph
NUMBER
S 42864
CONTENTS

Died 19 April 1820
Thos. Maxwell July 29 1836 - Same Sep 9 1836 - Same Nov 7 1836 - C.C. Tucker Heyrus Reynolds, Feb- ruary 5, 1857.
767
New York Roll
Joseph Lillie Commissary
Private
77 - 3 years Capt Waterman In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of May 1818 and sent to John L. Clark, in Bainbridge, Chenango, N.Y.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818
4 months 28 / 30
$39.46
{ Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Col o Chester not } Continental } Pension

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, Town of Sutton.
Joseph Lillie of the Union and Deborah Colman of Sutton were joined together in Marriage May Fifteenth Seventeen hundred eighty by the Rev Dr David Hall pastor of the First Church in Sutton. as Hollams bee Chase Town Clerk
I certify that the above is a true copy of record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows; May 15 th 1780.
Attest
Valen Chamberlain Town Clerk
I Valen Chamberlain above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the record of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me. Valen Chamberlain Town Clerk of Sutton
Worcester ss. Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this Sixth day of October 1856.
Before
G. J. Mills Justiciary of the Peace

State of New York } ss = Joseph Lilly Chenango County } of the town of Bain- bridge in the said County of Chenango being sworn on his oath saith that he this deponent is of the age of sixty one Years in July next, that in April One thousand seven hundred & Seventy five he enlisted in Capt — Watermans Company in Colonel Israel Putnam's Regiment in the Connecticut line, that he served in said Company nine months & was honorably discharged from the same — that in May 1776. he enlisted as a private in Capt — Maffy's Company in Colonel John Chester's Regiment in the Connecticut line & served in said Company nine months & was honorably discharged from the same, that soon after this deponent enlisted in Capt James Spragues Company in Colonel John Chester's Regiment in the Connecticut line , that he served in said Company, three Years & was honorably discharged from the same And further this deponent saith that he is a person of large family & in ind- igent circumstances and is entitled

as he humbly conceives to the relief intended by the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the land & naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and that the said Attachments have been lost by time & accident" Sworn to before me this 7 th day of April 1818 Joseph Lillie Peter Betts } a Judge of said County
State of New York
Chautauqua County ss = On this Seventeenth day of April 1818. Personally appeared before me Peter Betts a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, Joseph Lillie to me known to be a person of credit, who was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, and I hereby certify that it appeared to my satisfaction that said Joseph Lillie is a person of indigent circumstances, & that he has served in the Revolutionary war and in affidavit set forth, that he is entitled to the Relief mentioned in said act.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County of Chenango on this Seventh Day of April 1818
Peter Betts
I certify that Peter Betts above named is a Judge of Chenango Common Pleas in the State of New York that the Seal is the Seal of said Court & that I truly believe the above to be his signature
J. H. Hubbard Munroe Congdon

Joseph Lillie Barnbridge Chenango County New York
Application for a Pension
Do the same v. C. Cackham
Scituate at War
Not to be found on the Connecticut roll.
E. B. Apr 21: 1821.

State of New York Chenango County } ss. Isaiah Sanders & Abijah Stephens of Rainbridge in said County being sworn on their oaths say that they are personally acquainted with Joseph Lilly the person in the herunto annexed affidavit described & have been thus acquainted with him for twenty five years, during all that time said Lilly has supported a fair character & that he is a person of unquestionable integrity & veracity Sworn & subscribed this 11 th day of May 1878 before me a Judge of Chenango County } Isaiah Sanders Abijah Stephens Peter Betts
State of New York Chenango ss. on this 11 th day of May 1878 personally appeared before me Peter Betts one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Isaiah Sanders & Abijah Stephens the known to be the persons of Respectability & of the good standing who severally made oath to the facts contained in the above affidavit are true - Peter Betts Judge

State of New York
Chenango County ss } On the 30 th day of May 1856 before the subscribed a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally appeared Sarah Way a resident of the said County who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is Seventy two years of age upwards: that she is a daughter of Joseph Lillie and Deborah Hullman his wife - the said Joseph Lillie was the pensioner of the United States named in the papers hereto annexed - That the said Joseph Lillie died at Bainbridge Chenango County NY on or about the 19 th of April 1830: that he left surviving him his widow Deborah Hullman who lived until about the month of April or May 1837 when she died. That she left surviving her the following children & heirs at law to wit, Huldah, the wife of Cyrus Reynolds now a widow residing in Bainbridge Chenango County NY Sarah Way now a resident of Elmira NY. Sybil the wife of Nathan Putnam living in Chenango County NY.
That she is of the belief that the said Joseph Lillie the place on the pension roll never drew a pension - neither did her mother - As one of the heirs at law of Joseph Lillie deceased and of his wife Deborah Hullman she hereby in her own name & in their behalf applies for the arrears of pension due as well to the said Joseph Lillie as his wife Deborah H.
Lillie - I hereby constitute John Mitchell my attorney to prosecute my claim with authority to appoint agents under him -
Sworn & Subscribed before
Sarah Way
The May 30 th 1856
Thos Mattmole JP Chenango Co NY

42864
Rev d  INVALID.
File No. 42864
Joseph Lillie Rev. Mr. Lillie
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 27 "96 Report of birth to J. W. Kelly, Chicago, Ills (See No. 15509)
STW

Claim of Heirs at law of a Rev. soldier for arrears pension
Joseph Lillie N.Y. 15-18 m 1818
FREE
Com. of Pensions Washington DC

Elmira Ny. July 23/1856
Sir
I enclose the claim of Sarah Way for herself & other heirs at law of Dr Lillie claiming arrears of Pension due the dec d . They were placed in my hands by Mr John Mitchell with authority to transmit them for adjudication.
Yours &c
Thos. M c aswell
Com te of Pensions

Vinevale, Broome County N. York, Jan'y 7 th /5-7. Hon, Commissioner of Pensions, &c
Sir, I am under the necessity addressing you on the following subject as I have written to Chas. C. Tucker, Esq. of Washington D.C. and I cannot get an answer to my communication, — — will you have the kindness, to write me by Ret. Mail whether the Pension Department, has granted a certificate or warrant, for Back Pay, or Pension, to the Heirs of the "widow", of "Joseph Lillie", he was an old Revolutionary Soldier. It is Recorded as a Pensioner, his widow survived him, but never applied for her Pension in her life time, she is now dead & one of the Heirs here I understand applied, or perhaps obtained, an Allowance of the claim. (if so will you have the goodness to inform me, by Ret. of Mail, whether the claim is allowed or rejected, or suspended.
§ 13. The Reason why I feel desirous to know, is that my Mother is one of the Heirs of "Joseph Lillie" & she would get a 1/3 rd of the pay, if allowed &c! she is old & in want of it. &c.
Respectfully, Your obedt Servant, Cyrus G. Reynolds
Vinevale, Broome Co. N. York, etc

Pension Office
July 29, 1856
Sir:
The papers prepared for the daughter of Joseph Lilly, of N.Y. have been recd. and examined.
No annuities of pension are due in his right and before I can ascertain whether anything was due his widow at her death, I must be informed when she was married to him.
I am Resp ly &c R. M c Rae for Comm r
1856 7/2 1784
Thos Maxwell Esq Elmira N.Y.

Sept 1856
Sir,
Yours of the 29 May, last in reference to the claim of the daughter of Joseph Sillie was recd.
You state that "no arrears of pension are due in his right and before I can ascertain whether any thing was due his widow at her death , I must be informed when she was married to him ."
The enclosed affts have been handed to me by Mr. Mitchell the Atty for Mrs Way, the claimant. They are not sufficient, I presume to prove the marriage, on a final adjudication of the claim: but enough to enable you to decide the question you refer to. The claimant, Mrs Way, states her age to be 72 years and as there was a child of the marriage older than herself, it is sufficient to shew that the marriage must have taken place previous to 1784, and that the death of the widow happened in 1837 after the enactment of the widows pension law of 1836.
Yrs &c M c Maxwell for John Mitchell
Com d Pensions

Washington D.C. Jan. 26 th 1857. -
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions. Sir. -
I send enclosed a Power of Attorney from Mrs. Huldah Reynolds, one of the three surviving Children of Deborah Lillie, dec. widow of Joseph Lillie.
The object of filing this paper is to ascertain if a claim has been admitted allowing the means of pension due this widow under the Act of July 4. 1836. Mrs. Reynolds thinks that a claim was made and probably the money drawn by her sister Sarah.
If a claim has been filed and not admitted, please inform me the cause of its suspension.
The soldier appears to have been a pensioner under the Act of 1818 on the New York rolls. - As the widow died in 1837, she was entitled to a pension only under the Act of July 4. 1836. -
Very respectfully
Your O bt Servt.
Chas. C. Tucker
En.

Cheamung County } State of New York, } ss. } Sarah Way of said County aged Seventy two years being duly sworn says she is the daughter of Joseph Lillie a Deborah Lillie I lived with my Parents till I was twenty years old and knew that they lived together as Husband and Wife from my earliest Remembrance untill the he died which was in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty one or two my father was sixty six years old when he died to the best of my recollection. My Mother died in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven in the month of April } Sary Way Subscribed and sworn
State of New-York, } ss: CHEMUNG COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, RICHARD BAKER, Clerk of said county, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify that James F. Jones whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement, a
Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, dwelling in said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledg- ment, is genuine, and that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Courts and County, at Elmira, this 1st day of Septm 1856.
Richard Baker Clerk.
and Sarah Way and that Deborah Lillie was her grand Mother and that she died in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven in the month of April Deborah Porter
Subscribed and sworn this 21th day of August 1856 before me
J. F. Jones Justice of the Peace of Cheamung Co }

Chemung County } State of New York, } S.S. } Sarah Way of said County aged Seventy two years being duly sworn says She is the daughter of Joseph Lillie a Deborah Lillie. I lived with my Parents until I was twenty years old and knew that they lived together as Husband and Wife from my earliest Remembrance untill the he died which was in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty one or two before My father was sixty six years old when he died to the best of my recollection. My Mother died in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven in the month of April. Sary Way Subscribed and sworn } this 20th Day of August } 1856 before me, } J. F. Jones Justice } of the Peace } of said County }
Chemung County } State of New York S.S. } Deborah Porter of said County aged forty four years being duly sworn says She is the daughter of Almon Way and Sarah Way and that Deborah Lillie was her grand Mother and that She died in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty seven in the month of April. Deborah Porter Subscribed and sworn this 21th day of August 1856 before me. J. F. Jones Justice of the Peace of Chemung Co }

Rainbridge Chicago Oct 14 May, 10 th 1878
Sir
I again enclose to You Officer Vol. Lilly's application for a Pension = with affidavits of his Residency etc. He cannot account for his name not being found on the Connecticut Roll = But there can be no doubt of his services as stated in his affidavit, His integrity cannot be impeached, and he is certainly a meritorious object of his Country's bounty = If it is not all Satisfactory Please suggest what can be done = He can by going to Connecticut prove by his fellow soldiers, the fairness of his claim = But his extreme poverty will probably prevent his obtaining the proof
Yours with Respect W. C. Clark

Joseph Lillie
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
additional evidence claim of heir of Joseph Lillie a pensioner for an annuity of pension on behalf of the widow of Lillie

Elmira Ny Oct 28 1856
Sir
A request of Mr John Mitchell the Atty for the heir of Jos. Lillie I enclose certificate of marriage shewing that claimants mother was married to Lillie in 1780. Perhaps this may change your view of the subject. I learn that Lillie's service was after 1780. Your records will shew.
Yrs &c
McCollax well

State of New York, Jr. Broome County
I, "Huldah Lillie" of the county of Broome, being one of the Heirs of "Joseph Lillie" who died about April 19 th 1821, years . Since, leaving a widow, (my Mother) "Deborah Lillie" who survived the said "Joseph Lillie" several years, & died April 11 th 1837.
That said Joseph Lillie served as a Soldier of the Revolutionary war with England, that he served in the army of the United States. I think at two several Periods, or Terms. I do not know the years or length of service, nor where he entered service, nor how long he served, nor the No of the Regt nor the officers. But I do know that his name is Recorded on the Pension Roll of the U.S. Pension office, & he drew a Pension.
That for the Establishment of the above Particulars I will refer to the Pension Records, & Muster Rolls, of the Revolutionary Records, & his Papers establishing his Claim to Pension.
I further state, that I am one of Three Heirs, daughters of - Joseph Lillie & Deborah Lillie, (names Sarah, Huldah, Sybil Lillie) all now living - Sarah, lives in Chemung Co. Elmira. Huldah & Sybil, in Broome Co. N. York.
That as I am informed we are entitled to Back-Pay, or Pension, from 1831. so long as our Mother survived the said Joseph Lillie.
And for the purpose of investigating our Title & right to such moneys Pay or Pension, due us as the Heirs of Joseph Lillie, or Deborah Lillie the Widow of said Joseph Lillie I do hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Fisher, Esq. of Washington City D. C. my Attorney to do all that may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining and procuring all such Pension or Pay to which I, or they can or may be entitled to, from the United States, under all or either of the Laws of Congress passed, in relation to the above mentioned claims, or all moneys & claims to which I, or they may be entitled under any act, or acts of Congress passed in reference to the above subject.
Subscribed before me this 11 th day 1857. and duly sworn by me -
and I know her to be the Person she represents herself to be -
Huldah Lillie Widow of Cyrus Reynolds deceased
Notary Public State of New York

State of New York Broome County ss
I Wm. C. Dowe Clerk of the County of Court in & for the County of Broome, in the State of New York do hereby certify that Enos C. Brainard Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit & Power of Atty was made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing, an acting Justice of the Peace, in & for the County of Broome & State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith & Credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 14 day of January, 1857.
Wm. C. Dowe Clk.

Sarah Way Sothers Heirs of Joseph Lillie died a Rev. Soldier — Claim for arrear of Pension as a soldier under Act of March 1818 & 1820
The Allay will also, Elmira Ny

State of New York. Chemung County ss. Eli Watson of Chemung in said County aged forty six years being only sworn says that he knew Joseph Lillie in his lifetime, that he resided in Chemung County. that he bore the reputation in his neighborhood of having been a revolutionary soldier: that he has heard other old soldiers (so reputed) speak of him as such - that from his best recollection he died at Bainbridge in the spring of 1820. That of the children of the said Joseph Lillie, he knows and recollects Sarah Way now a resident of Elmira in said County, and Hulda the wife of Cyrus Reynolds now a widow in Chemung County, NY. Eli Watson
Sworn before me
June 18. 1856
Thos. Maxwell Jr.
Chemung Co NY
Chemung County ss. Jesse Loomis of Chemung in said County aged forty nine years being only sworn says that he knew Joseph Lillie in his lifetime, who died at Bainbridge Chemung County NY in the spring of 1820 as near as he can recollect. That he was considered in the neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier. That he was acquainted with his wife; does not recollect the time of her death. That he resided in the neighborhood & was a Miller consequently he frequently saw him. Of his family, he recollects Hulda the wife of Cyrus Reynolds now a widow in Bainbridge & Sarah the wife of — Way now a widow residing in Elmira NY & another daughter Sybil Lillie, but he does not know the name she now passes by. Jesse Loomis
Sworn before me June 18. 1856
Thos. Maxwell Jr.

State of New York Chenango County Clerk's office ss
I Rich d Baker Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Thos Maxwell before whom the foregoing aff ts of Sarah Way, Eliz th Watson & Lepid Lemmon were made was when they were taken a Justice of the peace of said County duly qualified & that his signatures above subscribed are genuine. Witness my hand & official Seal June 181856
Richard Baker Clerk Chenango Co N.Y.

Get date of Jos. Lillie's death + date of his widow's death Howden died before If Lillie lived after June 7. 1832 he is entitled under that act The widow is entitled from 4 March 1836 to the time of her death if she was married before Jan 1. 1794

Know all men by these Presents that I Joseph Lillie of Bainbridge Chenango County and State of New York an Invalid Pensioner of the United States of America for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto moving have and do by these Presents, make, ordain, constitute, and appoint Nathan Beekman of Bainbridge aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me, in my name and for my use, to ask and receive of and from William Frew Esquire a Commissioner of Loans &c. in the City of New York or such other officer as is for that purpose appointed such sum or sums of money as is or are due and owing unto me for my pension as a Private on the Invalid Pension list of the United States of America from the fourth day of March 1819 to the fourth day of September 1819 in virtue of a law of the United States passed the 18 th of March 1818 entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". Hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do therein by virtue of these Presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 4 th day of October in the year eighteen hundred and nineteen.
Sealed & Delivered in presence of }
[Signature]
Joseph Lillie
Chenango County ss. Personally came before me Atty Loveland Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for Chenango County, Joseph Lillie the invalid Pensioner to me known to be the person described in and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his voluntary act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4 th day of October 1819 Joseph Lillie
Atty Loveland Justice of the Peace in and for Chenango County

State of New York Chenango County
Joseph Lillie of Bainbridge came before me Atty Loveland Esq: one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Chenango, and made oath that he is the same Joseph Lillie to whom the Original Certificate in his possession was given for which the following is a copy.
“War Department” Revolutionary Claims
I certify that by the act  of the 18th March 1818  Joseph Lillie  late a private in the of the 18th March 1818. Joseph Lillie late a private in the of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list. Rate of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month to commence on the 4th day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
Given at the War Office of United States This 27th day of May One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
PP
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
And that the said Joseph Lillie is now a resident in Bainbridge aforesaid
Sworn and Subscribed This 14th day of October 1819 before me
Joseph Lillie
Atty Loveland One of the Justices of the Peace in and for Chenango County
Note the figures & words in the inscript. written over name before execution hereof