Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10979, for John Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass.
Lewis, John
S 10979
CONTENTS
Carded

8759
New York
John Lewis
of Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a for d Ser t in the Company commanded by Captain Yates - of the Reg t commanded by Col Cook in the Ar y One ★ time for 11 mo 15 ds for S 4 mo. S er g t . 
Conn. 4 th Mass. May 3/35 Records completed. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 58 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Ap r 1833 and sent to R. M. Baylij Geneva
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1833 $115.64 Sem - ant. allowance ending 4 th Sept r   29.16
$145.80
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book  Vol. 4 Page 24
Date of death not aware

6871
John Lewis
(Page 2)
5. 6. 14. 15. 16
admitted.
11 mo 15 days Private 4 mo 15 days Sergeant
5 Sep 1832 20 Nov 1832
R. M. Bayly Geneva N York

6871
BRIEF in the case of  John Lewis, - Seneca,  Co. of Ontario - in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 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.     In 1776 2 "more" private Gen. Wooster, Cap. S. Yale   Dec. 1776 4 " Col. T. Cook   Apr. 1777 10 or 12 days " Col. A. Collins, Col. Cook, Gen. Wooster.   Oct. 1777 1 month " Cap. Yale, Col. Cook, Gen. Parsons.   "after being discharged" 2 mos Substitute Cap. J. Peck.   Aug. 1778 upwards 2 mos private Cap. C. North, Gen. Sullivan   June or July 1779 about 21 days " (Blank) Norton   3. In what battles was he engaged?   "August 1781" 3 mos " Cap. T. Shepherd, Gen. A. Ward   July 1781 4 mos (Sergeant) Cap. C. Ford, Col. Brown, Maj. Wooster   Sept. 1781 "upwards of a month" " (Blank)   6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wallingford, Connecticut  
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness, & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Favett Examining Clerk.

In the 821 matter of the application of John Lewis for a Pension
Mulden
R Mr Pay 4
admitted.
11 mo. 15 days Private.
4 mo. Sergeant.
36. 66 1. 66
38. 32
20. 00
58.

State of New York Ontario County ss.
On this Twenty Eighth day of August 1832 personally appearing in Open Court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas now sitting, John Lewis a resident of the Town of Seneca, in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy four years, 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated, viz: That in the year 1776 at Wallingford in Connecticut where he then resided, he was ordered out and mustered in Captain Stephen Yale's company in Col. Thaddeus Cook's Regiment of Militia, shortly after the American Army evacuated New York, was stationed at Saw pits in Genl. Wooster's Brigade and continued in the service two months and upwards , that during that time he on one occasion went to Genl. Lee's quarters near White Plains with prisoners, and was dismissed at Saw pits; That in December of the same year at Saw pits he enlisted in Captain Augustus Collins company in Col. Cook's Regiment in Genl. Wooster's Brigade for four months ; served that winter at White Plains, Westchester, New Rochelle, and was kept on march from place to place during the greater part of the time, served out said term of four months, was dismissed at Rye and returned home in April 1777- immediately afterwards in said month of April when the British burnt Danbury and Genl. Wooster was killed, he was ordered out in the Militia under Captain Yale, went to Fairfield and was then in service ten or twelve days ; That on the first of

October following he was ordered out with the militia under Captain Stephen Yale and Colonel Cook, went to Fishkill and with nine others of his Company was sent under command of Captain Johnson, went to Peekskill and remained there under the command of General Parsons until after Burgoyne's Sur- render, served one month and was discharged verbally at Peekskill, That after being thus discharged he took his bro- ther Elias Lewis' place (who was taken sick) in Captain James Peck's Company of Connecticut Service and served at Horse Neck, Rye etc. for two months; That in 1778 in the month of August, at Wallingford was or- dered out with the militia in Captain Charles Norton Company, went to Rhode Island and was for a while Stationed at Warwick, marched for New London, order countermanded and sent to Providence under the com- mand of General Sullivan, was Stationed at Providence about one month, was there when the French Fleet was blown off Rhode Island, and was dismissed at Pro- vidence after serving upwards of one month; That in 1779 in June and July he was ordered out several times at the time the British burnt Fairfield and Norwalk and was then in service about three weeks - That in the same year in August, he was again ordered out with the Mi- litia, under Captain Thomas Shepherd in General Andrew Wards Brigade, went to New Haven and remained there ten or twelve days when his company was ordered to East Haven where he remained about three months as guard for the work men, tools &c. of those employed in a Fort then building at said East Haven, was discharged at New Haven in November following having served at that time three months - That in the winter of 1780 he removed to Berkshire in Massachusetts, and in July following he enlisted in Captain Charles Fords Company, in Colonel Brown's Regiment for the

term of four months, was mustered by Colonel Hyde. Marched to Glaverack in New York, thence to Albany and from thence to Old Schoharie - Major Woolsey took command at Schoharie - remained there until Schoharie was burnt by the Indians, went up the Mohawk nearly to German Flatts - Colonel Brown was killed at Stony Arabia - was dismissed at Stony Arabia in November by Major Root who commanded the Regiment after the death of Col. Brown, having served the four months as a Sergeant - That in September 1781 was ordered out from Berkshire with the Militia to Saratoga and returned to Stillwater, then volunteered and remained there until after Cornwallis surrendered, and was dismissed having served upwards of a month as guard under a Sergeant - That he received no written discharge, and has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service other than that of Marcena Wheaton whose affidavit is hereto annexed -
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 of and Year aforesaid - in open Court John Lewis
We Jerome Loomis and Benjamin Tuttle residing in the Town of Seneca Ontario County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Lewis, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion

Sworn and Subscribed the 23 rd day and Year aforesaid in open Court
Jerome Loomis Benjamin Tuttle
And the said 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 certifies, that it appears to them that Jerome Loomis who has signed the foregoing certificate resides in the town of Seneca in said county and that Benjamin Tuttle -- who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place -- and are credible persons, (and that their statement is entitled to credit) --
I Charles Crane -- Clerk of the Court of Common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Lewis for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twenty-eighth day of August A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane
John Lewis

State of New York Ontario County ss.
Marcena Wheaton of the Town of Seneca County and State aforesaid, doth on his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Lewis of said Town of Seneca and has known him from his boyhood, that in the year 1780 they both resided in the Town of Lenox, in the County of Berkshire in Massachusetts, that some time in the summer of that year at his father's, who kept a public House, he saw said John Lewis mustered with a company, which it was then said and understood marched to join the army or some part of it, in the service of the United States, saw and conversed afterwards with several persons who was with said Lewis in the war service during that year, at Schoharie on the Mohawk. That deponent's Father was a soldier in the same company in Col. Brown's Regiment, that he has repeatedly heard his Father speak of the services of said Lewis as being a Sergeant in the same company. That deponent's Father is now dead, that in 1780 he kept a Tavern in said Town of Lenox. Deponent saw said Lewis on his return from the West and that he and another soldier took dinner at his father's. Deponent further says that he has lived neighbour to said John Lewis from that day to this and that said Lewis has always been reputed and be-

lived to have been several years in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War -
Marcus Wheaton
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th. day of July 1832 R. M. Bayly Notary Public
I Richard M. Bayly Notary Public be- fore whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn and subscribed do certify that I am well acquainted with Marcus Wheaton and that he is a person of credibility
R. M. Bayly N.P.

July 14, 1938
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BA-J/EEL Am John Lewis-S.10979
Mrs. Hettie C. Barton #2008 Alton Road Miami Beach, Florida
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Lewis, who received a pension on account of his service and died August 7, 1834, in Seneca, Ontario County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.10979, based upon the military service in that war of John Lewis.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of John Lewis are not shown.
While residing at Wallingford, Connecticut, John Lewis enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows: from October 1, 1776, two months in Captain Stephen Yale's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Regiment and was stationed at the New Pits; from December of same year, four months in Captain Augustus Collins' Company, Colonel Cook's Regiment; from sometime immediately after his discharge from this service, ten or twelve days at Fairfield in Captain Stephen Yates Company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Regiment; from October 1, 1777, one month in Captains Stephen Cook's and Johnson's Companies, Colonel Cook's Regiment; from immediately after his discharge from this service, two months at Horse Neck as a substitute for his brother, Olin Lewis, who had been taken sick, in Captain James Peck's Company and was discharged December 31, 1777; from August, 1778, one month in Captain Charles Norton's Company and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island Expedition; from about July, 1779, when Fairfield and Norwalk were burned, about three weeks in Captain Thomas Shepherd's Company and from August, 1779, ten or twelve days at New Haven and three months at East Haven under same captain.
Identified all Conn. officers in Conn list

In the winter of 1780, John Lewis moved to Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and while residing in Lenox, that county, enlisted and served as sergeant under Captain Charles Ford and Major Woolsey and Colonel Brown, marched to Schoharie, New York, where the company remained until the burning of that place by the Indians, then marched up the Mohawk River to a place near the German Flats. He stated that Colonel Brown was killed at Stone Arabia and that he was discharged there in November, 1780, having served four months but did not state whether or not he participated in the engagement at Stone Arabia. He enlisted in September, 1781, and served one month, names of officers not given.
Could not find Capt. Chas. Ford in Mass. N.Y. or Conn. books. Adj. Woolsey was probably Major Melancthon L. Woolsey. For Col Brown see Loring VOL. 1 page 280. 281
In June, 1790, he moved from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, to Seneca, Ontario County, New York, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, aged seventy-four years.
There are no data as to soldier's wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Lewis (S.10979), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Lewis Certificate No. 8759 Issued April 27, 1833 Rate $58.32 per annum Commenced March, 4 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file in this office based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of a Clear Lewis, brother of John Lewis.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of New York Ontario County ss.
John Lewis of the Town of One Ca, County and State aforesaid, the within named de- clarant hereby on his Oath further declares, that in 1776 he served under
Colonel Thaddeus Cook Lieut Col. Jonathan Baldwin Major Captain Stephen Yale
There was no other commissioned officers belonging to the Comp- any as there were many of the Officers sick after they re- treated from New York - Joined this Company at Wallingford in Connecticut the beginning of October and was discharged at Saw Pitts the beginning of December having served upwards of two months as a private soldier - he cannot state to a day but at least two months and one week - Enlisted in December 1776 at Saw Pitts for four months served under Colonel Thaddeus Cook
Lieutenant Col. Major not recollected as he never mustered with the Regiment except in the night Captain Augustus Collyns Lieutenant Dan. Johnson
Ensign
Served four months and was discharged at Rye in New York March or April following - was in Genl Wooster's Brigade - 1777 served under said Col. Cook
Captain Stephen Yale Lieut Abraham Stanley Ensign Solomon Doolittle
Then under Captain James Peck - does not recollect the names of the other officers - was discharged Dec 31. 1777 in 1778 was under Captain Norton - but cannot recollect the names of any other officers as they were not much together.
in 1779 under Capt. Thomas Stephens & Lieutenant Reuben Rice was with the Regiment but a few days - Thaddeus lived in New Haven but his name is not recollected - Genl Ward's Bri- gade; was in service three months and three weeks -
1780 Enlisted in July at Berkshire Massachusetts for four months - discharged in November -

Then served under captain Charles Ford
  Lieutenant  Spencer    2 nd Lieut  Harrison    Major  Root    Col. Brown   
Served this term of four months as a sergeant - That he was young and careless when he entered the service and did not take that particular notice of names and dates that he should have done - That from the great length of time that has since elapsed and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to day and date and therefore cannot give the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not up than eleven and a half months as a private and four months as a sergeant - and for such service he claims a pension
That in June 1790 he removed from Berkshire in Massachusetts to Seneca in Ontario County and State of New York where he now resides and has resided ever since
John Lewis
Sworn to and subscribed this 7th day of January 1833 before the subscriber a Notary Public - with my hand and seal of office the day and date aforesaid
Wm Bayly Notary Public for the County and State aforesaid
State of New York, ) S. Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Richard Ontario County ss. ) Wm Bayly, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, and also to the certificate of Affidavit of Matilda Wheaton hereto attached, was at the respective dates of said certificates, a Notary Public in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of January A.D. 1833. Charles Crane.

Oct-9-1901 Carla Allen Holyoke Mass
Nov. 9-1903 - visit to J. A. Lewis - Sioux Falls, S.D. 1938 - July 14 - Visit to Mrs Nettie C. Barton - Et
Rev. Allen
10949 INVALID.
File No. 10949
John Lewis Sergt. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Blank page cover rec. in p. 187-1140 part H
2008 Alton Rd Miami Beach, Fla.
June 20, 1938
The Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:—
My great. great grandfather was John Lewis , town of Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y., had wife Rebecca
had children Charles C.P. Lewis Rebecca
Laura
Emily + perhaps more.
John Lewis died intestate Aug. 7, 1834. His inventory dated Town of Seneca, Ontario Co., N.Y., Oct. 27, 1834 shews that a Revolutionary Pension was due him for $22. \frac{30}{100}
Will you kindly send me the war records of this John Lewis?
I am compiling a family genealogy and am most anxious to obtain the above records, also the date of his birth and any family data which you may be able to give me.
Thanking you for your help and kindness
Very truly yours
(Mrs.) Hettie C. Barton

2 9759
Sioux Falls Oct. 28 28 1908
Hon. Eugene Ware - Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. Dear Sir,
I am very anxious to obtain the military record of an honored soldier, patriot and pen- sioner of the Revolutionary war whose name was John Lewis. He was a pioneer settler of Seneca Township Ontario County N. Y. where he died in 1834.

His widow died the same or following year - His Post Office was Geneva - was receiving a Pension of $76.00 per year -
I think he enlisted in either Massachusetts or Con- necticut - not certain however.
I have examined the Re- volutionary Records obtain- able, and find the name in many Companies and Regiments but being unable to trace them farther, I fail to identify him.
Through the Pension Department I can only hope or expect to obtain

The name or number of the Company in which he enlisted; the Regiment and perhaps the Army Corps in which he served. The names also, of Commanders is desirable.
If you can give me information in these respects, in whole or in part it will be thankfully received and appreciated.
If I have transgressed the rules of etiquette or propriety, by venturing to address you, please

attribute it to an ig- noramus, and assign this letter to the waste basket without prejudice
Address J. B. Lewis 203. N. Phillips ave Sioux Falls S. D.
Yours Respectably J. B. Lewis

C. A. ALLEN, M. D., 16 FAIRFIELD AVE.
Holyoke, Mass., March 8 1901
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: - Will you kindly send me a certificate of service of one John Lewis, who enlisted as a minute man in the Army of the Revolution from Lynde Conneaut. June 2. 1777. and was afterwards pensioned.
By so doing you will greatly oblige
Yours Very truly
Carl A. Allen.
Holyoke, Mass.