Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41761, for Alexander Lemmon, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
2 Lemmon, Alexander 2 Lemmon
S. 41761.
CONTENTS

10.227- P.M.O.
1888 July 19 - S.F. Cary - history - Prior
Alexander Lemmon
of Hamilton in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gaineswood of the N. York line, for the term of 3 years
inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of June 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of July 1821 and sent to Sam: H Hunt, Esq. Cincinnati, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1821 - 267.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1821 - 48.00 2 yrs 0 mos \frac{29}{30}  \frac{4}{31}  $315.76
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
21 st May 1820
Hamilton County -

Alexander Lemmon
Private
Col. Gansevoort's Regiment
New York Line
1777 — 3 years
2 nd June 1810
Sched: $47. 25
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, mostly illegible.]
Hamilton County

The State of Ohio
County of Hamilton
Personally came before the undersigned one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid Alex ander Lemmon who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that some time in the summer of 1775 he enlisted at Eriopug in the State of New York for six months under Capt Elliott Housbrook of Colonel James Clinton's Regiment, being the third of the New York Line. That he served for that period in the Company and Regiment aforesaid in Canada, and there engaged to serve for two months longer, and after the expiration of the time aforesaid he returned to Albany & was discharged.
And this deponent further deposeth and saith that afterwards, at some  the present time he cannot at the  the present time, but believes early in the year 1777. He enlisted again at Albany to serve for three years in Captain James Gregg's company of the 3rd New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Gansevoort and Lt Colonel Witter, and that the Regiment aforesaid belonged to Genl James Clinton's Brigade of the New York Line. That the Regiment to which he belonged was stationed at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River for 18 months or more, and was after wards in the year 1779 in the expedition under General Sullivan against the hostile Indians on the Susquehanna River - That this deponent served the period of three years for which he enlisted and received an Honorable discharge from Colonel Gansevoort, which several years afterwards he lost at the head of Elk in the State of Maryland, that he served the whole of the three years above stated in Capt Gregg's company, and belonged to it at the

time of his discharge. And this deponent further deponeth and saith that from his advanced age (now being now in the 69th year) and reduced circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and further saith not Sworn to & subscribed (S) Alex r Lemmon before me this 2nd day of June 1818
William Burke Associate Judge H. b. (D)

State of Ohio } Hamilton County }
I William Burke one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Said County do hereby Certify that I have this day Examined the deposition herunto Annexed and the Said Alex r Lemmon having been first duly Sworne declared on Oath that from Reduced Circumstances he Stands in need of Assistance from his Country for Support. from examination I am Satisfied that he Served at least Nine Months at one period of the Revolutionary war on the Continental establishment against the Common enemy. and I herewith inclose the Vouchers which together with his examination have induced this belief and that he Stands in need of Assistance from his Country for Support
William Burke Associate Judge
Cincinnati } 2 nd June 1818 }

Prague 6th Dec Alexander Scriabin Declaration of Roberts Bldg - only

State of Ohio Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
Original claim
On this 2 nd day of January 1821 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County expressly made so by the Laws of this State Alexander Leaman aged seventy one years resident in said County who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and saith that some time in the summer of 1775 he enlisted at Esopus in the State of New York to serve for six months in the Company commanded by Captain Elliott Haskbrook in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Clinton being the 3 rd in the New York line; that he served for that period in the Company and Regiment aforesaid in Canada and then engaged to serve two months longer and after the expiration of the time aforesaid he returned to Albany and was discharged. That this deponent further saith that same time in the year 1777 (the precise time he cannot now state) he again enlisted for at Albany to serve for three years in the Company commanded by Captain James Gregg in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Gansevoort in the line of the State of New York an Continental establishment, that he served out this time and received an honorable discharge; That he was at the capture of St Johns, the attack upon Quebec under Montgomery, at the defense of Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River and in the expedition into the Indian Country under

General Sullivan And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 during the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust for me any securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income or property other than what is contained in the schedule which hereafter follows and is by me subscribed. I further declare that I am a Weaver by trade that I have a Wife living and six Children who live with me namely Rachel aged 18 years, Dan aged 16 years, Sammie aged 14 years, Alexander aged 12 years, Mary aged 8 years and Sam aged 4 years. Rachel, Dan and Sammie I consider capable of maintaining themselves but Alexander, Mary and Sam are dependant on me for support. I am now so advanced in years and my eyesight has so failed me that I am unable to follow my trade or maintain myself I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 2 nd day of February of January 1821

Dan l Ganolette
Schedule of Property taken and subscribed by Alexander Leam by an application for a Pension this 2 nd day of January 1821 to wit
  1 Mare 10 years old n n n $ 10 00   1 Cow and Calf n n n 10 00   1 Sheep n n n 6 00   1 Loom & Tackle n n n 12 00   2 Chairs " 50 1 table " 50 Benches n n n 1 00   18 Gallon Kettle n n n 2 00   1 Dutch oven n n n 1 50   1/2 Doz Knives & Forks n n n " 50   2 tin Cups n n n " 12 1/2   2 Plates n n n " 12 1/2   1 Saw and 6 Shears valued at n n n 4 00   $ 47 25 
I am justly indebted to several persons in the sum of about — " " $ 17 00
Approved and Subscribed in open Court this 2 nd day of January 1821
Alex r Leam
Dan l Ganolette

I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Hamilton County in the State of Ohio do hereby certify the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the Court aforesaid that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty Seven Dollars & twenty five Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of Jan y 1821
Dan l Gano
Clerk
Original to be delivered to the Court

Alexander Lemmon, by birth an Irishman, by occupation a left handed barber, was residing in June 1818  July 1821 in Hamilton Co Ohio in his 69 th year & stated that he enlisted in the summer of 1775 at Esopus, Ulster Co NY for 6 mo s with Col s Harbuck in the 5 th reg t Col s James Clinton in the expedition to Canada under Gen t Montgomery, partici- -pating in the capture of St John (Nov 3 1775) of Montreal (Nov 13 1775) & in the assault on Quebec (Dec 31 1775) when Gen t Montgomery was mortally wounded. At the expiration of his term he engaged to continue his enlistment for 2 months longer & on his discharge returned to Albany NY, where he very soon  again enlisted for 3 early in 1776 at Albany years with Col s James Ewing in the Stations at Fort Stanwix reg t of Rond s by Col s Gansevoort who left garrison in the defense of Fort Stanwix, on the Mohawk River, (now Rome Oneida Co - The Siege commenced Aug 2 1777 & the British from the Fort together with the battle under Gen t Herkimer (who was killed Aug 6 1777) He joined the Expedition against the Indians under Br d Sullivan  Gen t Sullivan Gen t Sullivan at which marched from Wyoming Valley in 1779. (Fort Stanwix after the repairs & additions to it by Gen t Schuyler in 1777 was called Fort Schuyler)

41761 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41761
Alexander Lemmon Br. Geo. W.
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Returned for the certificate of the magis- trate as to the credibility of the witness —
17. April 1821.
Certificate of credi- =bility in prison by the Mayor.
May 1st 1821.
Service proved by two witnesses —

State of Ohio City of Cincinnati } ss
Before me Isaac G. Bennett Mayor of the city of Cincinnati aforesaid, perso- nally came, on the 27th day of July 1820, at the city aforesaid. David Munroe of lawful age, who doth on his oath make the following declaration that he enlisted (to the best of his knowledge and rec- ollection early in the year 1779) to serve for three years and after wards enlisted to serve for during the war, in Capt John Blanchard's Company of the 9th Massachusetts Regiment upon Continen- -tal Establishment. Commanded, by Colonel Henry Jackson, from Boston, that he served in this Regiment until the end of the war when he was discharged, in the neighbourhood of New -burgh in the State of New York, that while in the service aforesaid, he became acquaint- =ed with Alexander Lummis, the same person who is now an applicant for pension for revolutionary services, who he knows to be a private in Capt. James Gregg's Company of the 3rd New York Regiment upon Conti- =nental Establishment, commanded by Colonel. Gansevoort, that he knows him in

The service, for more than eighteen months in con- tinuance, during the years 1779 & 1782 at differ- ent places on the North river, where the New York Massachussetts & New Hampshire lines served together, and more particularly at Pawkeepsie. Snake Hill (near Newburgh N. Y.) and at and in the vicinity of West Point where the army was encamped, and the two lines Massachussetts & New York took up their winter quarters together, deponent is certain, that, the said Alexander Lemmon now an applicant for pension is the identical person of that name who was a soldier in Capt Gregg's Company, from these circumstances, that he was an Irishman by birth, and a barber by trade, and from the fact of his using his left hand in his business. He was known, in his Regiment by the name of the left handed barber and from his being marked with gunpowder in the face, which deponent then understood and believes, the said Lemmon received in the expedition into Canada under, General Montgomery, and further he said as to
David his X Munroe mark

State of Ohio City of Cincinnati
I Isaac G. Burnet Mayor of the City aforesaid. do hereby
That, David Munroe the foregoing deponent personally came before me and was sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing deposition at the time and place therein mentioned and do further certify, that the deponent is a credible and I do believe a disinterested witness
In Testimony whereof I have sub- scribed my name and affixed the corporate seal of the said City on the day & year above written.
Isaac G. Burnet, Mayor

Cincinnati May 1st 1821.
Sir
I transmit to you the enclosed papers in the case of Alexander Lemmon which I received a few days ago from the War Department in order that the Mayor might certify as to the credibility of John Lofler one of the witnesses. This has never been complied with and permit me to say that it would have been done in the first instance had I not deemed it an act of supererogation, for the magistrate to certify to the credibility of an officer under oath. This has never before been required in any of the cases, that I have forwarded all that was required, was the certificate of an officer without his oath.
very respectfully Sir your most obedt Servt.
Samuel F. Hunt
To J. A. Edwards Esqr Union Agent War Department

State of Ohio
City of Cincinnati
On the 28th day of October 1820, personally came before me, Isaac G. Burnet Mayor of the city aforesaid at the city of resaid a. John Lofler of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that from the month of September, in the year 1777, until the close of the war he was a captain in the service of the United States, in the Quarter Master Generals Department, under the direction of Quarter Master General, Gleason, that from his knowledge of the country and mores especially of the navigation of the Mohawk, river he was charged with supplying the Garrison at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk river, with provisions & stores. That during the whole time of the establishment of this fort, in 1777, 1778, & part of 1779, he supplied the troops with provisions, stores & etc. and also at the fort, for weeks & months at the time. And from this intercourse with the Garrison, for during almost three years he became well acquainted with Colonel Gansevoort, and the principal officers of the Garrison, and many of the privates, many of whom, he had known before they entered the service, Deponent well knew Capt. James Gregg of Colonel Gansevoort Regiment, and many of the privates in his company, Deponent well recollects, Alexander Lammom, (who was a

private in Capt James. Gugg's company.) for about one year, in the service in Co. Tennessee , the same person who is now, an applicant for pension, deponent. more particularly recollects. Said deponent from the circumstance of his being a barker & and, in consequence of his using his left hand, he was, called, the left handed barker, he was beside an Irishman, by birth & and a hum- orous & eccentric man, and further this deponent saith not. John Lofler —
State of Ohio City of Cincinnati } J. P. J. Isaac, G. Burnet Mayor of the City of Cin- cinnati aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Lofler the above deponent personally came before me and was sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit at the time and place therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my subscribed my name, and affixed the corpo- rate seal of the said city on the day & date above written
Isaac Burnet, Mayor
I do certify that John Lofler whose signature appears to the foregoing deposition is a credible & believe a disinterested witness — May 1, 1821 —
Isaac Burnet, Mayor

The State of Ohio, } Sec. Hamilton County, }
I, DANIEL GANO, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Do hereby Certify, that William Burke Esq. before whom the annexed Deposition of Alexander Lennon was taken on the 2 d day of June 1878, and whose certificate thereof is attached and whereof has been is and was at that time an acting
Associate Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hamilton of the seventh Circuit of the state of Ohio, duly elected, commissioned, and sworn into office, and fully authorised to receive acknowledgments, take depositions, and administer oaths; and to all his acts as such, full faith is due and ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court, at Cincinnati, this 5 th day of August Anno Domini 1818,
Daniel Gano
Clerk C. C. P. H. C.