Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1199, for Phinehas Leonard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Leonard, Phinehas content
W 1199
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 3091.
Thomas Leonard
of New Bedford Mass who was a member of the Company commanded by Captain Cooper of the 1st Regt commanded by Col Leonard in the Mass. line for Hillsborough Q.M. Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 20 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec 1826 and sent March 10 Morris Springfield Me
Arrears to the 4th of Sept-1836 $113.68 Pension allowance ending 4th March 10 33 $124.01
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Adams Clerk, Book Vol. 2 Page 57

Reported
205 206 Massachusetts
Content Leonard widow of Mincaz Leonard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Capt Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of June, 1849 and sent to James W. Cook Springfield, Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 63 Vol. 1 29 July, 1849 book R @

Contul Leonas Leonum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ff-
I Emerson Davis of Westfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth aforesaid, are ordained Minister of the Gospel & Pastor of the Congregational Church in said town testify & declare that I have the custody & keeping of the Records of said Church - that it appears from said Records that on the twentieth day of January in the year seventeen hundred & ninety five, Phineas Leonard of West Springfield & Content Wheeler of Montgomery were joined together in marriage and that the Record of said marriage purports to be in the hand writing of the late Rev. Noah Atwater, at that time the ordained Minister & Pastor of the said Church - that the following is a true copy of the Record, & is in the said letters & figures following, to wit: -
"Married 1795. Jan'y. 20 th Phineas" "Leonora of West Springfield & Miss. " "Content Wheeler of Montgomery. "

And I the said Emerson Davis above named depose testify & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Natick in the County of Middlesex aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church as per by the said Rev. Noah Atwater & certified by me on this fifteenth day of December A.D. 1848. Emerson Davis
Libraries & rooms to be before me on the day & year last above written,
Samuel H. Brooks  Initiation of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that M c Clusky Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Esquire and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
this Sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Rich d Bliss Clerk.

N 282 Content Leonard bro of Phinehas Mass Oct 29 May 1848 Married 1795— husband aged 47 Adm $20 per March 1848
James M. Brooks Springfield Mass
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10

State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire } ss.
On this 12 th day of Dec r A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the Hon. Alvin D. Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record, Content Leonard a resident of West Springfield in the County & State aforesaid aged eighty five years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 29 th of July 1848 entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary War."
That she is the widow of Phinehas Leonard late of West Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & served as a Private in the War of the Revolution about eight months according to the best of her remembrance & belief - but

She is unable to state the company or Regiment to which he belonged nor the names of his officers though she has often heard him mentioning them - but for the proof of his service she would refer to the Declaration of her said husband on file as she believes in the War Office of the United States at Washington and that he received a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832, amounting to twenty Dollars & sixty cents per annum according to her best recollection, till his death on the 18 th day of November 1847.
That this declarant was married to the said Phoebe Leonard her late husband on the 20 th of January in the year 1795 at her Father's house in the town of Montgomery in said County of Hampshire (then the County of Hampshire) by the late Reverend Noah Sturtevant then & for a long time afterwards the settled ordained minister of the Gospel & Pastor of the Congregational Church in the town of Northfield & County aforesaid, there being at the time of such marriage no minister of the Gospel in said town of Montgomery;

that her said husband died as above stated at said Nett Springs, to wit, on the 16 th day of November A.D. 1847, and that she has remained a widow ever since that time & not intermarried — all which will more fully appear by reference to the proofs & documentary evidence hereto annexed.
Contest Second
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year first above written before DAVID FARRIS Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant is the widow of Phinehas Leonard as stated by her in the foregoing declaration — That the said Phinehas was a Revolutionary soldier & Pensioner as therein stated, and that the marriage of the said Contest with the said Phinehas — the death of said Phinehas & the other facts contained in said declaration are truly & justly stated. &
I Justin Willard Clerk of said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Contest Leonard for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Shrewsbury this eighteenth day of December A 1848 Justin Willard Clerk

State of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss.
On this twelfth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six, personally appeared in open court, before Oliver B. Morris Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Hampden now sitting at Springfield within and for said County. Phinehas Leonard a resident of West Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts aged eighty five 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.
That about the middle of December 1776 he volunteered in a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt Thomas Stebbins in the Regiment which according to my best belief was commanded by Col James  Samuel Root and marched to Roxbury Mass where he remained four months when he was dis- charged and returned home, that he served as a private and that Gad Warren of West Springfield whose Deposition is hereto annexed knows in the same company at the same time who testifies from his personal knowledge to his service or to his absence from home on service.
That about the last  first of April or first of May in the Year 1777 he volunteered as a Sergeant in a company commanded by Lieut Enoch Cooper in the Massachusetts Militia in the Regiment commanded by Col David Leonard. Lt Col Hale belonged to the same Regiment, Doct Timothy Horton was Surgeon & Doct Aaron J Miller Surgeon Mate of the same Regiment, that the company of Lieut Cooper marched to Albany and from thence to Ticonderoga and was present when it

Surrendered by Genl St Clair to the British That he was in the Retreat through Hubbardston Winning & then was discharged and returned Home That he was absent from home three months. That the time for which he volunteered was four months but was discharged at the end of three months as the Company was broken up. Col Leonard died of the small pox which during the term of service and the Commission of the Regiment devolved upon Col Hale, That Dr Sawyer served with him at the same time in the same company and also Uriah Loomis. and he does not now know of any other persons but those mentioned who can testify to his service That he is well known to Simon Flower Esq Samuel Lathrop Esq Frederick Palmer Esq Alfred Flower Esq who reside in his neighborhood who can testify as to his reputation and their belief in the statements herein made and of his service That he served Seven Months in the service of the United States in the Revolution war, and for such service is now a pensioner He hereby acknowledges every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on
That he was born in West Springfield in the year 1751 and has resided there ever since and his birth is recorded on the Town records in Springfield West Springfield being at that time a part of the Town of Springfield
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the Agency of any State.
Phinehas Gurney
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robert Morris Judge of the Court of Probate

We both of West Springfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phinehas Leonard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides. We have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And
Eustin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phinehas Leonard for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six
Eustin Willard

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. CW
May 14, 1927
Miriam K. Stearns 5836 Wayne Road East Liberty Pittsburgh, Pa
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1199 it appears that Phinehas Leonard was born in 1751 at West Springfield, Hampden County, Massa- chusetts.
While residing at said West Springfield, he enlisted and served in the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From December 1776, four months as a private in Captain Thomas Stebbins' Company, Colonel Larned's Regiment; and from April or May 1777, three months as Sergeant in Lieutenant Enoch Cooper's Company, Colo- nel David Leonard's Regiment, and was in the Ticon- deroga Expedition.
He was allowed pension on his application exe- cuted November 12, 1836, while a resident of West Springfield, Massachusetts. He died there November

18, 1847.
Soldier married January 20, 1795, Content Wheeler, at her father's house (father's name not given) at Montgomery, Massachusetts. She was allowed pension on her application executed December 12, 1848, while a resident of West Springfield, Massachusetts, aged eighty-five years.
There is no data as to children.
In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, for a soldier named John Carter, some of the following data is essential- approximate dates of birth and death, and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

New May.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1199
Content Leonard
Widow
Phineas Leonard
Private & Corpl. Captain Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: — Vol. A Page 426
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1921-Meg 14-H21 To William H. Sherman

5836 Wayne Road East Liberty Pittsburgh Pa.
March 11th 1927 Commissioner of Pensions - I would like a copy of the pension record of only Phineas Leonard, of West Springfield Massachusetts a revolutionary soldier.
also of Col. John more Barker of Concord New Hampshire, a revolutionary soldier and a

colonel of a regiment of Volunteers in the War of 1812.
Respectfully
Miriam Keokee Stearns

Phinehas Leonard Map
Acct for 4 hrs 13 33 Copy 2 7 33 $ 20.66
Capt. Cooper, Col. Leonard Map Military
Ad 7 June 1882

Thursfield Mass ts
Nov 24, 1836
Hon. S. L. Edwards
In Herewith enclosed is the declaration and application of Phinehas Leonard for a Pension. He claims for Seven Months & and I fully believe his claim just & true and that he is entitled to a pension should a certificate be granted it may be directed to me
I am very respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Richard D. Morris

Hamptonville Ms. Dec. 22. 1868
Sir
I enclose to you the Declaration of Mr Leonard, widow of the late Phinehas Leonard & would ask an early action on the case as may be practicable. I am not aware that any objection can possibly be made to her receiving the same amount of pension that was paid to her husband.
I am very Respectfully Your Abt. Aunt.
J. Ann Brooks
J. L. Lander Esq. Comm. of Pensions

Phinehas Leonard, Mass act 7 June 1832, p 20 67
To what time was he last paid? /
H.C.A.
Pension Office June 4 th 1849
Died 16 th Nov. 1847 per to his will. H 1848

I Gad Harriner of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath do testify & say that in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy six I was hired by John Porter of West Springfield at that time a Lieutenant, to live in his family & take care of his affairs for four months, while he should go with troops to Roxbury - that Pincus Leonard was then a near neighbor of said Porter & went away with said Porter for the purpose of going to Roxbury as a soldier in Captain Thomas Stebbins Company, of which company said Porter was Lieutenant, that both Porter & Leonard were absent about four months, during all which time I had charge of said Porter's affairs at home. They went away from home about the first of December Seventeen hundred & seventy six & returned in the following Spring.                      Gad Harriner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. November 5 th A D 1836 Then the above named Gad Harriner appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. and I hereby certify that said Gad Harriner is a respectable citizen of West Springfield and a credible witness and entitled to full credit Nathan Morris judge of the board of Probate

I Er Taylor of Longmeadow in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy six years do testify and say that about the last of April in the Year 1777. I was drafted in the Massachusetts Militia to go to Ticonderoga. That I went in the Company commanded by Lieut. Brock Cooper in the Regiment commanded by Col David Leonard and that Phinehas Leonard of North Springfield was a Sargeant in the same Company that we left home about the last of April or first of May and Marched to Albany and from there to Lake George and then across the Lake to Ticonderoga where we remained until the place was captured by Gen. Burgoyne. That we retreated from Ticonderoga to Hubbardton & then to Bennington where we were discharged the term of our engagement Three Months having expired I further say that said Phinehas Leonard was in the Company the whole time and served according to the best of my recollection Three Months .
Er Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss November 12. A D 1836. Then the above named Er Taylor appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. I further certify that said Er Taylor is a respectable citizen residing in Longmeadow and a credible Witness and his statements are entitled to full faith and Credit.
Richard D. Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss:
I, Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court being a court of Record within & for said County do hereby certify that Oliver B. Morris Esq. before whom the annexed Deposition of Gad Warren was taken & who has attested the caption thereof is a Justice of the Peace & the Judge of said Probate Court & that his name subscribed to the certificate of said caption is his true & proper signature I further certify that Richard D. Morris Esq. before whom the preceding deposition of E. V. Taylor was taken & who has attested the caption thereof is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that his name subscribed to the certificate of said caption is his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court at Spring- field this twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six
Justin Willard

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Leonard, Richard GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9806 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 19, 1789 to John Baldwin, assignee Notation: "Certified by N. Cutting Dec. 4 th , 1820"
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Leonard, Robert GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7404 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 1, 1791 to — not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.