Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37165, for Mark Leach, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Leach, Mark
S.37165
CONTENTS

Set to Hon. H. O. J. Smith Jan 7. 1838.
Volunteering sent to George D. Dinsmore Esq. Feb 1820. Portland, Maine
10.471
Dear R Maine
Mark Leach
of Raymond, in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Mass line, for the term of three years.
Enscribed on the Roll of the State of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of July, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of May 1819 and sent to H. K. Morris, Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of May 1819. 58.32 Semi-annual all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819 48.00
$106:32
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland ss....At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Circuit , begun and holden at Pentland within and for the County of Cumberland on the third Tuesday of being the  June  day of and by adjournment from day to day, to the thirtieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Green Judah Dana & Wm Widger , Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty third day of June  above written in the year 1820 , personally appeared in open Court the same
the same, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit , County of Cumberland  Marble  Leach aged seventy seven years, resident in Raymond in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- tionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. George Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty seventh day of July A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10471 was granted. And I 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 con- tained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is par- ticularly described below  on the back hereof , also subscribed by me.
Marble Leach
Sworn to and declared, on the 23 d day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benj Green Judah Dana Wm Widger
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
One Axe valued at one dollar one Hore valued at thirty four cents
Mark Beach
Amount of property mentioned in the foregoing Certificate is one dollar & thirty four cents signed by Benj. Green Wm. Widgey J. Dana
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Mark Beach who, by occupation am a Shipwright which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age & consequent Infirmitis
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Margaret Beach My wife 78 unable to labor by reason of Old Age Mark Beach  

to gribbed her gribbed (necessary) estate (necessary) of the real and personal estate (necessary) and bedding etc.
Cumberland ss. I George Bradbury Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cumberland do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, & the Schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of said Court - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one dollar & thirty four cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Affixed the Seal of the said Court on this eighth day of July A.D 1820
Geo Bradbury
   Capacity of each to contribute to the support Amount Notes     ... ... ...   ... ... ...  

Mark Leach, Private, Col. Wose's Regt. Mass: Line 1777-3 years .. dec: 27 th July 1818
Mark Leach

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I, Mark Leach, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Raymond in the District of Maine, on oath declare, that on or about the seventh day of January, A. D. 1777 I enlisted in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the District of Maine, as a private in the company commanded by Capt. George Smith, in the regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Rose in Gen. Glover's Brigade, in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war; - that I continued to serve as a private in said company, and in the services of the United States until the seventh or eighth day of January, A. D. 1780 when I was regularly discharged from service in the Highlands, near West-point in the State of New-York, and received an honorable discharge in writing signed by Col. Rose which I have since accidentally lost; - that during the term of service aforesaid I was stationed at various places on Hudson's river and was at the taking of Burgoyne - And

I do further on oath declare, that I am seventy five years of age; and not borne on any pension lists of the United States and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support.
Wherefore, I the said Mark Leach pray that this declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension lists of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress passed March 10. 1910. entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war".
Mark Leach
July 27. 1910.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Seather Fitch esq. of Westbrook in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Raymond in said District, on the twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Mark Leach of Raymond in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Westbrook aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Raymond in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I John Starbird of Westbrook, in the county of Cumberland of lawful age, testify & say. That Mark Leach of Raymond, was a soldier in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment. He joined the company, as a private, to which I belonged, in April 1777, then commanded by Capt. George Smith, in the first Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Joseph Vose, in the Massachusetts line. Leach was honorably discharged from the army the first of January 1780. He came part of the way home with me.
John Starbird Cumberland ss Westbrook August 11. 1810 The above named John Starbird made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Luther Ditch Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named John Starbird is a creditable witness L Ditch Just. of Peace Aug 11. 1810

I Arthelus Lewis of Westbrook in the county of Cumberland of lawful age testify & say, that Mark Leach of Raymond entered into the service of the United States as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution, on the continental establishment. I think he enlisted in the latter part of the year 1777 and I saw him and he belonged to the army in the fore part of 1779, at which time I left the army. I am ignorant of the manner of his leaving the army and when. He belonged to Capt. George Smith's company, in which I was Lieutenant. Col. Joseph Vose's Regiment in the Massachusetts line.
Arthelus Lewis
Cumberland ss Westbrook August 11. 1818 The above named Arthelus Lewis made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Luther Fitch Just. of Peace
I hereby certify that the abovenamed Arthelus Lewis is in my opinion a creditable witness. Luther Fitch Justice of Peace
Aug. 11. 1818

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty seventh day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Marks Leach the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of Archelaus Leewis, esq t an officer in the revolutionary army, under whom the applicant served, and also the deposition of John Starbird, a private soldier in the revolutionary war, both which depositions are hereunto annexed, and were taken in pursuance of a Dedimus Potestatem by me granted
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Marks Leach the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albin L. Parrish Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

- Leach me 2d Copy schedule
Cop.
Mr. McCloud 1 Sheet Jan 12
Am H.O. J Smith V82

Copy the Schedules of ——— Leach Maine, act 1818, for Hon. F. O. J. Smith H. R.

37 165 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37/165
Mark Leach
Dis Rev 1870
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]