Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32970, for John Lealand, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. A.
Dealand, John
NUMBER _____
L 32970
CONTENTS

To Massachussetts from New Hampshire
John Bealand
of Merrimack in the state of N. Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reid of the N. Hampshire Line, for the term of One year
Enscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of June 1819 and sent to J. R. Smith Esq. Amherst New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 1083.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819 48.
$ 131:43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to J. R. Smith Esq. Amherst N. H. July 19. 1820 Transf. to Mass. 29 Jan. 1820 and notification sent to J. R. Smith Esq. Boston. Mass.

Application for a Transfer
County of Suffolk, Boston June 23 1829, On this day, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Suffolk, personally appeared John Sealand, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jones, in the regiment commanded by Col. Read, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Massachusetts, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future.
John Sealand
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid
John S. Killen Justice Peace
Also, at the same time personally appeared Joshua Corwell, a person of veracity, and made oath, that he knows John Sealand above named, to be the identical person described in the above affidavit. Joshua Corwell
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year above.
John S. Killen Justice Peace

John Sealand
of
New Hampshire line
Sworn to 22 nd day of 1818 Ap r .
2 Witnesses
John Sealand.
private
Colonel Reads Reg t
New Hampshire Co
1776-1 year
Admitted C H O

I John Sealand of the Town of Merrimac in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire Statesman a Resident Citizen of the United States now in the fifty eighth year of my age according to the best of my knowledge do solemnly swear that in the latter part of Dec r A D 1775 or first of January A D 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year in the Continental Service in the Revolutionary war I served in the Company commanded by Capt John Jones in the Reg t Command- ed by Col o Read in the New Hampshire Line which term of one year I faithfully served out excepting excepting some thing like a fortnight as I was taken sick about the time of my discharge & unable to do duty & my Officers discharged me with honor on that acc t as my time would be out by the time I could be conveyed home I was dischar- ged at a place called Mount Independence op- posite Ticonderoga the beginning of the winter the the last of Nov r or in December A D 1776 making about one year from the time I left my home for the service until my return. I had a discharge signed by my Lieut o Elijah Clais my Cap t being dead I further declare that I am not on the pension list of Invalids and that I am in reduced
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circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for my support not being pos- sessed of only seven or eight acres of land unimproved & very poor & but trifling per- sonal property insufficient for a comfortable support
John Leland
Sworn to this twenty second day of April A D 1810
Before me J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss On the twenty second day of April A D 1810 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared John Leland resident in Merrimack in said County in the fifty eighth year of his age & being duly caution- ed made solemn oath agreeably to Law in order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolution- ary Wars," that he enlisted the latter part of December A D 1775 or first of Jan y A D 1776 as a private soldier for the term of one year & served in Capt. John Jones Compa- ny in the Regiment commanded by Col. Read in the New Hampshire Line and continued to serve in said Corps or the service of the United States until about a fortnight before the expiration of my year of enlistment when I was honourably discharged by said Officers on account of my being sick) at a place called Mount Independence I went to Pica- tuega - that he has never been placed on the Pension list of the United States and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his

support From all which I certify, that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said John Leland did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy on the Continental Establishment more than nine months I further certify from the best of my knowledge that he is reduced in his circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for his support And I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. J. H. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith is in his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough afore- said in testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court.
Moss Eastman Clerk

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John Leland
Cont'd H. 708
9 June 1829

TO the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Exeter within and for the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire.
John Leland 1820 July 5 th aged Sixty two resident in Dunstable
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: Personal property only
  1 Cow 12.00 1 old plow 2.50 2 hay forks .37 1 scythe & snath .30 2 old axes 1.25 1 grind stone .30 1 hog & three pigs 8.00 1 harness 2. 1 old cart 3.50 1 churn .37 3 cider barrels 1.00 1 meat box .50 2 wash tubs .50 2 flour barrels .25 1 Chest .70 1 iron square .50 1 table .17 2 boxes old iron 2.50 1 wheel .50 1 broad ax .37 1 swift drill .75 1 bread trough .25 1 Riddle sieve .13 1 old table .75 2 ant chains 1.00 1 trunk .50 5 kitchen chains .63 1 meat chest .37 3 tin pans .75 Carry up $40.46 
  Brought up 240.46   1 tea kettle .50   2 old dish plates 1.00   2 pots 1.20   2 iron Basins .67   1 Grid & toast iron .40   1 shovel & tongs 1.25   1 pair dogs .42   1 old pail .13   1 lantern .20   15 lbs tin ware .50   4 lbs pewter 1.00   7 earthen plates .25   1 set cups .15   11 tea spoons .25   1 pair bellows .20   1 small flat iron .25   1 Lock. glasses .30   1 tea pot .50   2 bottles .37   1 birch tub .25   13 lbs. of fork .38   5 large spoons .30   1 iron shovel .56   1 beam & hooks 2.00   1 meal bag .50   $33.93 
John Leland
And the said Leland oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz: John Leland
in pursuance as aforesaid, produceth to said Court the following
do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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.

And the said John Leland doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz. That in the year 1776 he was a private soldier for one year under the command of Capt. John Jones in Col. James Read's Regiment in the New Hampshire Line in the Revolution. That he faithfully served during said time and was regularly discharged at Mount Independence in New York.
That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 22. 1818 And the number of his pension certificate is 11700 That his occupation is a clay labourer
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. my wife Assa aged fifty in tolerable health and one daughter Lotta aged thirteen in as good health as children of her age
John Leland
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 Hon. George A. D. Smith Justice of Peace the 5 th day of July 1820  Abraham D. Merrill
Hillsborough ss.] Court of Common Pleas. July 5.
The aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration, duly subscribed and sworn by the said Leland 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 $53.93
Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Attest, Abraham D. Merrill Clerk.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Hillsborough ss.] I  Abraham D. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough 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 truly copied from the records and files of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 5 th day of July 1820  Abraham D. Merrill Clerk.

32970
Rev INVALID.
June 27, 1905 History to O. H. Leland, McGregor, Tex.
File No. 32,970
John Leland Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]

R. F. D. Route 4
McGregor Texas June 9 th 1905
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir -
I have been informed that John Leland who died at Cheshire Mass. in 1841 was a revolutionary soldier - Please inform me whether or not he ever drew a pension and if he did please inform me what service he performed and when and where Very Truly yours O. B. Leland

J. 32,970.
John Leland
apl 22 1818 Merriman
Hillsborough Co. N.H. 57
Dec 75 Jan 76 Pri
Capt John Jones
Col. James Reed
1st line 2 nd Cont Serv.
1 yr.
dis. mt Independence N.H.
1870 wife Anna 50
da. Lotta(?) 13-
1879 res. Mass -

Pension
Pension Office 29th June, 1829.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency Levi Lincoln Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That John P. Lillie, Esq r . is a Justice of Peace, within and for the County of Suffolk.
Levi Lincoln
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to His Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony, Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of June A. D. 1829 and in the fifty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

U. S. Bond Bank
Boston June 23 1829
Sir
I herewith enclose the Application of John Speakland, a Revolutionary Pensioner, now on the pension Roll of the State of New-Hampshire, in order that he may be transferred to the pension Roll of Massachusetts, in season to receive the next his next semi-annual stipend, in September, at this Agency.
Very Respectfully
Sir, of Kennebec St.
John Skillin P.C.O.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington

James Reed; Deposition.

This certifies that Robinson Perkins of Fitzwilliam in our County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire is a reputed acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Cheshire whose official acts are entitled to credit by the Laws of said State J. J. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough
Daniel Stokes Deputy

I James Reed of Lawful age do hereby testify and say that I was in the Continental Service for the term of one year beginning about the first of the year A.D. 1776 in Capt. Jones' Company in Col. James Reed's Regiment and am knowing to the enlistment of Mr. John Lealand into said Company for said term and well recollect that he continued to serve in said company more than nine months before discharged James Reed
State of New Hampshire Chepshire St. June 29 th 1818 Then Personally appeared the above named James Reed and made Oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Robinson Perkins Justice of the Peace
To all whom it may concern this may certify that I consider the above named James Reed a credible witness
Robinson Perkins Justice Peace

I Daniel Lake of Lawful age do hereby testify and say that I was in the Continental Service for the term of one year beginning about the first of the year A.D. 1776 in Capt. Benjamin Mann's Company in Col. James Reed's Regiment & am knowing to the indictment of Mr. John Leland into Capt. Jones' Company in said Regiment for said term and well recollect that he continued to serve in said Jones' Company more than nine months before discharged. Daniel Lake
State of New Hampshire Cheffshire ss. June 29 th 1818 Then Personally appeared the above named Daniel Lake and made solemn Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before me Robinson Perkins Justice of the Peace
To all whom it may concern this my certify that I consider the above named Daniel Lake a credible witness
Robinson Perkins Jus. Peace This Certifies that the signature of the  Robinson Perkins on the back of this paper is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court
Moss Eastman Clerk