Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,296, for Samuel Lesley, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Lesley, Samuel or Lisle, Sarah
R. 6.296
CONTENTS
Penn residence in 1816

The Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Lancaster, Sarah Lesley Widow of Samuel Lesley Deceased a Pensioner, And on her Solemn Oath doth depose & say that she was Lawfully Wedded to her late Husband Samuel Lesley on the Seventh day of February 1789 By the late Revd. Robert Smith pastor of Beque Church (long since dead) & believes that there is not any person now living that was present, Says she is upwards of Ninety Years Old Feeble & partly blind & further saith not witness my hand or marks — Witness present
John Davis
Sarah Lesley marks
Sworn & Subscribed before me this Twenty first day of February 1840
Peter Ranck Justice of the peace
Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss.
I, the undersigned Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Lancaster Do certify, that Peter Ranck as above-named is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified & that his signature above is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office March 2 nd 1840
J. M. Seneca Protho

1816
Copy Will of 6688 Samuel Lesley deceased
6688 Samuel Lesley Pennsylvania
Am. Ed. Davis H.R.
Ex. 9

In the Name of God Amen. I Samuel Lesley of Earl Township & County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania Being Sick and Weak in Body but of Sound mind memory and Understanding (Blessed be God for the same) do make and publish this my Last Will & Testament in Man- ner & Form following, to wit, First it is my Will and I do order that all my Just debts & Funeral Expenses be duly paid and Satisfied as soon as conveniently can after my decease. Secondly I give and bequeath unto my Dear & Loving Wife Sarah Lesley her heirs and assigns forever all the Residue of my Estate Real & personal, And Lastly I Nominate constitute and appoint John Wallace of the County & Town- ship aforesaid (Shopkeeper) to be the Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby Revoking all other wills Legacies and bequests by me made heretofore & Declaring this and no other to be my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Tenth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Twelve 1812
Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Testator as his Last Will and Testament in the presence and at his Request have hereunto subscribed as Witnesses
Alexander Martin George Sheaffer
his Samuel X Lesley Mark
Lancaster County ss. In Testimony that the foregoing is a correct copy of the Original remaining filed in the Registers Office of said County and duly compared therewith
I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Office at Lancaster this 13 th day of April Anno Domini 1816
William Bausman, Reg r

Lancaster County Pennsylvania ss.
I, the undersigned Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do Certify, that William Bauman Esq within-named was at the time of certifying the within paper viz: on the 13th. of April 1816 the Register of Wills in & for said County of Lancaster duly commissioned and qualified: and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of Office the second day of March 1840.
J. McTeargan Protho.
1816
Copy Will of 6688 Samuel Lerley deceased
6688 Sarah Lerley Samuel Pennsylvania
Wm. Ed. Davis H.R.
Ex. 9

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
R. 6296.
January 24, 1925.
Mrs. E. D. Wall, Marianne, Ark.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Samuel Lealey or Lislely was wounded at the battle of Brandywine.
He was allowed pension from March 4, 1794 on account of disability resulting from said wound.
In 1812, he was a resident of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died July 28, 1812.
Soldier married Sarah, whose maiden name is not stated, in February 1789.
In 1840, she was living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and aged ninety years.
There is no further information on file as to his services or to his family, owing to the destruction of papers, when the War Office was burned in 1800 and 1814.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Sarah Lesley of Samuel Pennsylvania
Suspended Feb 12 not found March 1840 No 8. Davis
6296
Act 7 Feb 1838

REJECTED
6296 Sarah Lesley
P. O. _____
Service: Samuel _____
The name of Samuel Lesley is on Enlisted: the Invalid roll of Pen v , 18 which is a very book - names Discharged: _____, 18 in Several States from 1801 to about 1815 - he is there recorded Application filed: _____, 18 as having died July 28, 1812 Memor
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1925 Jan. 24 - H ist. to Mrs. E. D. Hall aut.

In the list of pensioners printed in 1835, among those invalid pensioners whose pensions were paid at Phila. Pa. and whose residences could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the War Department papers in 1801 and 1814, appears the name Samuel Lesley, private, annual allowance $48, service in Rev. Army, (pensioned from March 4, 1794 under Act of June 7, 1785.)
His name is not found in the American State Papers.
In the Invalid record book of payments at the Pa. Agency one Samuel Lesley is reported as dead July 28, 1812.
(No claim found for above.)

Marianna, Ark. Lee Co. - Department of Pensions, -
The records of the State of Pennsylvania show that Samuel Leslie or Leskey applied for a pension for Revolutionary service.
He was a private of the Invalid Regiment. His

wife according to one old Bible was Nancy Allison to whom he was married in 1778. His children were Sam, John, Agnes Alex. Margaret, and others whose names are lost. Can you give me any further

information of Sam L Berley? I thank you,
Mrs. E. D. Wall Mariana Guam - Ark State Historian DAR.

Samuel Lesley Pa. Invalid to what time paid?
(Per officer)
March 10. 1840
date of inquiry
not on roll 3 d and it's off

House of Reps Washington City Mar 5. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Sarah Leslie widow of Sam d for a continuance of her husband's pension to her. I have known Sam d and Sarah Leslie for more than thirty years and that they lived together as man & wife since I first knew them within a few miles of my residence. I have also an intimate acquaintance with John Wallaw the witness in her behalf and state without hesitation that the utmost reliance may be placed in his statements. You will confer a favour on me by attending to this matter early, as the applicant is entirely dependent on her neighbours for support and is very infirm.
Very respectfully Yours
Obl Serv t
Edw d Davies

Lancaster City County ss. Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Judge of the court of Common Pleas of said County, John Wal- lace, Esquire, of Earl Township in said County, who being sworn  on his oath doth depose and say as fol- lows, viz: I have known the late Samuel Lesley (now deceased) and Sarah his wife (now a widow) for more than forty-five years past. They were reputed man and wife, and lived as such all the time I knew them. They were both communing members of Zion Church. I saw them about the year 1800, and for several years afterwards seated regularly at the Communion table of that church of which I was, and am still a communing member. The ruling elders of that church would not have admitted them to the communion table of the church unless they, Samuel and Sarah Lesley, had been lawfully husband and wife.
About the year 1800 or 1801, Samuel Lesley em- powered me as his lawful attorney in fact, or agent, to receive his pension from the Commissioners of Loan office at Philadelphia, which I did until his death, without fee or reward. He was unable to travel for his pension himself, having been ruptured from the effects of his wound received at the battle of Brandywine.
J. M. Wallace
Sworn & subscribed March 2 1840 before me J. M. D. Ale H on and Judge of the Court

Pennsylvania Lancaster County ss.
I, the undersigned, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, Do certify that John Wallace, Esquire, within named is a credible person, and that his state- ment is entitled to belief: and also that Samuel Dale, Esquire, within- named is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and an alderman of the city of Lancaster, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signature of each is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of Office at Lancaster March 2 nd 1840.
J. W. Senevan Protho.