Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23761, for Amos Leavit, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
U. H.
Leavitt Amos or Leavitt
S. 23761
CONTENTS

288 New Hampshire
Amos Leavitt
of New Hampton in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Howells of the Regt commanded by Colonel Hale in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of three years from May 1777 to May 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of Aug 1832 and payable semiannually
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of Augt 1832 and sent to J. B. West Concord N.H.
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____
Pension commencing on the
of _____ 182 _____
Amount due on 4th of Mar: 1832 $80.00 Sem. an. all: 4 Sept 1832 $40 $120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
Record.
Act 7. June 1832
Book D. Vol. 1. page 167. G.W.C.

Leavitt. Amos Leavitt - Private Col Hales Regiment New Hampshire Line 13 m d 1777 - 2 d Gray Roll -
23 April 1810 -
Admitted

State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss }
On this 23 rd day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appears Amos Leavitt aged fifty nine years resident in the Town of New Hampton County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." That he the said Amos Leavitt about the tenth day of May 1777 enlisted in the Town of Raymond in said State for the Town of Epping for three years in the Company commanded by Captain William Rowell and regiment commanded by Col Nathan Hale New Hampshire line that he continued to serve in said service in said war on the Continental establishment from said tenth day of May 1777 until the battle in Monmouth in 1778 he was there taken prisoner and detained as such until sometime about the Month of July 1779 when he deserted from the enemy from long

Island he then did not know where his company was he went to the Southward and entered the service there in the company commanded by Captain White for two years he dont recollect the reg iment nor the line but he served about a year and a half and his time would be out in the spring they thought best to dismiss him in the fall which they did on the River Ohio in 1780 that he was in the battles of Hubbardston and both at Stillwater in 1777 and in Monmouth in 1778 and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support -
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -
William Badger
I William Badger Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Amos Leavitt did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and heard before me to the Secretary

for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to the same this 29 th day of August 1818 William Badger
Attest David Waldrone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Stafford

Pension Office
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portsmouth, at the Branch Bk: U. States,
New Hampshire.
July 28, 1892
Recordable

State of New Hampshire
Shofford J.S.
Be it known that before the Subscriber a Justice of the of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th day of June 1832 - entitled an act Supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution, personally appeared Amos Scnitt and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical Amos Scnitt named in the original Certificate of Pension, herewith annexed, number 10,882 and having date at the War Office of the United States the twentieth day of May, A.D. 1819 - and signed J. L. Edwards in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War,
That his name was placed on the Pension list under act of 13 th March A.D. 1818. and was stricken from the list under the act of Congress of March 1820, on account of fraudulently that he served Col. Hays Regiment Colt's Rifles, Company in the Revolutionary Wars. -
That he now resides in New Hampshire in the County of Shofford and State of New Hampshire and when he applied for and obtained the Certificate annexed he resided in the same place and now wishes his name to be enrolled on the Pension list agreeably to the Provisions of the act of Congress approved 7 th of June 1832. -
For proof of service reference will be had to the evidence produced when the Certificate annexed was obtained. -
Witness my hand Nicholas M. Gaylord
Amos his Scnitt mark
Sworn and Subscribed to, this twentieth day of July A.D. 1832 before me. -
Nicholas M. Gaylord Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Sanborn of New Hampton County of Stafford and State of New Hampshire of Lawful age do on oath declare that I have been well acquainted with Amos Leavitt for many years and know him to be the same person named in the Pension Certificate hereunto annexed, numbered 10,882 Joseph Sanborn
Given and Subscribed the twentieth day of July A.D. 1882
Before me
Nicholas M Taylor Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Joseph Sanborn for many years that he is a man of good character and a man of truth & veracity
Nicholas M Taylor Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office July 21. 1882
I hereby certify that the above named Nicholas M. Taylor is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Stafford duly constituted and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State of New Hampshire
Walsh M. Merrill Secretary.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, " " "
Amos Leavitt — late a Private " " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty third day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Amos Leavitt
10. 002
not entered Sept. 19.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Amos Leavitt aged sixty one , resident in New Hampton 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:—
100 acres of land 1 pair of cattle 2 Cows 1 horse
I am indebted to sundry persons to the amount of $128.00
his Amos Leavitt mark
And the said Amos Leavitt following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Amos Leavitt 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 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.
his Amos Leavitt mark
And the said Amos Leavitt doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
That he entered said service in Capt Rowell's company and Colo Hales Reg. of the New Hampshire line sometime in the month of May seventeen hundred and seventy seven and continued to serve therein three years

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 23 rd April 1818, and the number of his pension certificate is 10.882 :—That his occupation is that of a Labourer but is unable to pursue it :—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.
his wife Dorothy aged fifty four unable to support herself Daughter Polly aged sixteen healthy child—
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 said court the 18 th day of July 1820.
Attest, A. Peirce, CLERK.
} his Amos Leavitt mark
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and SAMUEL QUARLES, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Amos Leavitt 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 two hundred sixty dollars which property is subject to the said Leavitt's debts . Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce, CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, 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 true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July 1820.
A. Peirce, CLERK.

April 12, 1933
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Mr. Albert H. Lamson c/o General Delivery Concord New Hampshire
Amos Leavitt, S. 23761 BA-J/MCS Qu
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Amos Leavitt, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 23761, based upon the military service of Amos Leavitt, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He enlisted in Raymond for the town of Epping, New Hampshire, May 10, 1777, as private in Captain William Rowell's company in Colonel Nathan Hale's New Hampshire regiment; he was in the battle of Hubbardton, in both battles of Stillwater and during the battle of Monmouth he was taken prisoner and held until about July, 1779, when he made his escape and entered the company of Captain White and served until the fall of 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1818, at which time he was fifty-nine years of age and was living in New Hampton, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, Dorothy, as being fifty-four years of age, and to his daughter, Polly, aged sixteen.
In 1832 he was living in New Hampton, New Hampshire.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

The Chase-Chace Family Association
Incorporated at Hartford, Conn. July 6, 1899.
PRESIDENT Hon. Albert H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.
SECRETARY-TREASURER Miss M. Josephine King, 55 Magazine St. Cambridge, Mass., Tel. University 7255-W
VICE-PRESIDENTS Mrs. Mary B. Bray, San Francisco, Calif. Arthur Taft Chase, Cambridge, Mass. Charles F. Chase, Jackson Heights, N. Y. William Palmer Chace, Jr., Somerset, Mass. Mrs. Emma S. Elliott Côté, Haverhill, Mass.
Arthur Merrill Cummings, So. Hamilton Mass. Mrs. Lucy Chase Devereux, Hopkinton, N. H. Hon. Charles Estes, Warren, R. I. William W. Estes, Providence, R. I. Mrs. Mildred Clarke Kienbusch, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Ida Chase Robinson, Providence, R. I. Mrs. Amy A. Thomas, Salt Lake City, Utah
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse, W. Newbury, Mass. Chairman John Carroll Chase, Derry, N. H.
Herbert Ray Chase, Fall River, Mass. William E. Chase, Newburyport, Mass. Mrs. Mira S. B. Goodrich, Wollaston, Mass. Mrs. Irene Chase Marden, Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Emma Chase Thwing, Brockton, Mass. President and Secretary ex-officio
HISTORIAN Albert H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.
EDITOR CHASE CHRONICLE Miss M. Josephine King, 55 Magazine St., Cambridge, Mass.
Concord, N. H. April 3, 1953.
To the Chief Clerk. Pension Rolls. Revolutionary War. Washington, D.C.
39 stamp received
Dear Sir;—
Will you kindly send me such information to the record of one Amos Leavitt, a continental soldier, the History of Plymouth N H states that he was a pensioner but does not give service of or from what town.
Thanking you in advance.
Respectfully yours.
Albert H. Lamson
Care General Delivery.

The Chase-Chace Family Association
Incorporated at Hartford, Conn. July 6, 1899.
PRESIDENT Hon. Albert H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.
SECRETARY-TREASURER Miss M. Josephine King, 55 Magazine St. Cambridge, Mass., Tel. University 7255-W
VICE-PRESIDENTS Mrs. Mary B. Bray, San Francisco, Calif. Arthur Taft Chase, Cambridge, Mass. Charles F. Chase, Jackson Heights, N. Y. William Palmer Chace, Jr., Somerset, Mass. Mrs. Emma S. Elliott Côté, Haverhill, Mass.
Arthur Merrill Cummings, So. Hamilton Mass. Mrs. Lucy Chase Devereux, Hopkinton, N. H. Hon. Charles Estes, Warren, R. I.
William W. Estes, Providence, R. I. Mrs. Mildred Clarke Kienbusch, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Ida Chase Robinson, Providence, R. I. Mrs. Amy A. Thomas, Salt Lake City, Utah
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse, W. Newbury, Mass. Chairman John Carroll Chase, Derry, N. H.
Herbert Ray Chase, Fall River, Mass. William E. Chase, Newburyport, Mass. Mrs. Mira S. B. Goodrich, Wollaston, Mass. Mrs. Irene Chase Marden, Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Emma Chase Thwing, Brockton, Mass. President and Secretary ex-officio
HISTORIAN Albert H. Lamson, Elkins, N. H.
EDITOR CHASE CHRONICLE Miss M. Josephine King, 55 Magazine St., Cambridge, Mass.
Concord, N. H. April 3, 1933.
To the Chief Clerk. 3 ct stamp returned Revolutionary Rolls. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir;—
Will you kindly send me the service rendered by Amos Leavitt , of this State in the Colonial Army, the History of Plymouth, N. H., page 1 16 , mentions him but does not give the service.
Thanking you advance.
Respectfully yours.
Albert H. Lamson
Care of General Delivery.

1933 Apr. 17, hist. to Mr. Albert H. Samson. Mrs.
Revocation
23,761.
INVALID.
File No. 23,761
Anna Leavitt
Rev. Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10.882
R
New Hampshire
Amos Leavitt
of Newhampton in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hale of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 3 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1819 - and sent to W m Bragdon Esq. (Dover, N. Hampshire.)
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 5 3/4 30 3/4 03. 1/4 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. - 40. 50
$131:16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
W m Ford County.
Notification sent to of Pensions Dover, N. Hampshire Sept. 1820 Copy of Attorney Genl's opinion sent to Hon. Mr. Upham Piscataqua, N. H.

Regulations Sent April 15 th 1823.
See Reg
Amos Leavitt Private New Hampshire.
Served 13 months in 1777 & 1778.
1 st Schedule, dated 18 July 1820. contains
100 acres of land - 1 pair of cattle 3 cows & 1 horse - not valued sepa- rately, but collectively, to $ 260.00
States, without giving the names of the creditors, that he owes $ 128.00
Claimant aged 61, by occupation a la- borer, but unable to pursue it. Wife aged 54, unable to support herself - 4 daughters aged 16, healthy.
Application made to be restored and rejected 25 June 1821.
2 nd Schedule, dated 8 Feb: 1821 - exhibits no property whatever, and states that all the claimant's property has been taken by process of law, to pay his debts. Family the same as in first schedule.
Hon: N. Upham, Rochester, N.H.

for recon:
Mr. Upham -

Superior Court of Judicature
To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the First Tuesday of July, 1820. February 1821
Amos Leavitt aged sixty two —, resident in New-Hampshire 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:—
No property of any description Whatever as the whole of the property exhibited in my disclosure before the Court Common Pleas for said County in July last has been taken from me for the payment of my debts & cost thereon by process at Law
his Amos + Leavitt mark
And the said Amos Leavitt — in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
I Amos Leavitt 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 contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
his Amos + Leavitt mark
And the said Amos Leavitt doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
That he entered said service in Capt Rowells Company and Col. Heales Regt. of New-Hampshire line sometime in the month of May seventeen hundred and seventy seven and continued to serve therein three years

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 23 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 10,882 — That his occupation is that of a Labourer but is unable to pursue it — 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.
his wife Dorothy aged fifty five unable to support herself — Daughter Polly aged sixteen healthy child —
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 said court the 8 day of February — 182 1 .
Attest, A. Peirce — CLERK.
his mark Amos Leavitt
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss. The Superior Court of Judicature AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Dover within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 8 th day of February 182 1 before William M. Richardson Esquire, Chief Justice, and
Kirtland Levi Woodbury Samuel Green } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Amos Leavitt 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 _____ dollars _____ cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce — CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss. Superior Court of Judicature I, ANDREW PEIRCE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  Superior Court of Judicature within and for the County of Strafford, 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 true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 8 th day of Febry. — 182 1 .
A. Peirce , CLERK.

We Ebenezer Sanborn, Nicholas M. Taylor and Thomas Perkins, Select-men of the Town of New-Hampton in the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, and overseers of the poor of said Town. Hereby depose and say that Amos Leavitt an inhabitant of said Town of New-Hampton, is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. The above is made at the request of said Amos Leavitt and for his assistance in obtaining the benefit of the provision of the late Act of Congress of the United States, entitled an act To provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war.
Ebenezer Sanborn Nicholas M. Taylor Thomas Perkins
Selectmen of New-Hampton
State of New Hampshire. Strafford ss - July 11. 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Nicholas M. Taylor made solemn oath to the truth of the above affi- davit by him subscribed. Before me - John Mooney Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire July 13th 1818 Strafford ss - Then personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Sanborn made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me William B. Kelly Justice Peace

Strapborn: ss- July 11. 1818 Then personally appeared The above named Nicholas M. Taylor made solemn oath to the truth of the above affi- -davit by him subscribed. Before me - John Mooney Justice Peace
State of New Hampshire ( July 13 th 1818 Stratford ss ~ ~ ~ S Then personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Sanborn made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me William B. Kelly Justice Peace
This may certify that Ebenezer Sanborn, Nicholas M. Taylor and Thomas Perkins were duly chosen and sworn to the office of Selectmen for the Town of New-Hampton in the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire at the Annual Meeting of said Town, duly held in the month of March A.D. 1818. -
New-Hampton July 1818.
Attest
Nicholas M. Taylor Town Clerk