Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,861, for Wadleigh Leavitt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Leavitt, Wadleigh
S. 21861
CONTENTS

N. 11.728 Vermont
Wadley Leavitt
of the Province in the State of Lower Canada who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam in the N. Hampshire time for 2 years, Private $ 80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1833 and sent to J. Hinman Derby Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 3 Page 74

13,031
Map
Madley Leavitt Lower Canada
admitted
admitted 24 mos Private. $80:00.
T. Winman Esq. Derby Vt.
E.

BRIEF in the case of  Wadley Leavitt  of  Millborn  in the State of  Lower Canada  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     17 th April In 1781 - 3 - Private Gen. Capt Whipple Col Putnam Col Vose  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? With Judah & Hoamphus  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? This certificate  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

13031
Wadley Leavitt's
Declaration
on final Ditt.
adm 
2 years per
$80

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court Orleans County  District } held at Derby within and for the County  District of Orleans on this 14 th day of August 1863 A Woodley Leavitt of Melbourn in the district of St. Francis in the Province of Lower Canada aged sixty seven 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 Provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th  at Southfield Vt. 1862 that he enlisted in the enemy of the United States on the 14 of April 1861 in Capt. Whipples Company in Col. Reefes Putnam's Regiment in the Massachusetts line. Joined the Continental Army at Westpoint immediately after my enlistment. Some time after I was under the command Foster during the first year of my enlistment spent the time up and down the North River the second spent a part of the time on Gullows hill and a part of it on VerPlanks point at last on the Spring of 1863 was at New Windsor where the dicing wars men were discharged and I was transferred in the first Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Vose where I continued until December until I took my discharge. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State — Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Woodleigh Leavitt

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as the States
I John H. Hinshaw Register of the Probate Court for the district of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wadsworth Leavitt for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of August 1832
John H. Hinshaw Register

Resolution
21861 INVALID.
5
No. 21,861
Wadley Leavitt
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1790
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dec 24 1900
Jas R. Jackson Littleton N.H.
Aug 15, 1901 — Hon Thos Ryan Ark see letter inside

21. 861
Wadleigh Leavitt
Aug 14, 1832 - 67
Melbourne - Dist St. Francis Prov. Lower Canada
apl Northfield N.H.
17.81. Apr Whipple Mass.
• Col Rufus Putnam " " " "
Dec. 24, 83 P.M.
No. Bath
Ctf 11728 - act Jan 7. 1832 isnow Jan 10. 33, Vt. A 8 3

July 15-1901
Sir In response to your communication of the 10th inst. I have honor to state that a list of the military service of Wadsworth Leavitt in the Rev. War was furnished Mr. Jas R. Jack - son of Littleton N.H., Dec 24, 1900.
The papers referred to by you are not with the Case & it is presumed that the letter mentioned was the one referred by Senator Chandler through your office & that all papers were returned through your office to the
Senator,
Yours
Hon Thos Ryan Asst Secy

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.,.....189....
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
J. M. Lockhorn Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:

13031
Woddy Levitt
in final settlement account
J. Hinman Esq. Derby St.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wally Beavitt  Malborn  Lowr  Canada which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? no III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? See current copy
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡ QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

✓ BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Wadsworth Leavitt Soldier in the first Massachusetts Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the twenty fourth Day of December
1783
By the General's Command,
H. M. M c Leod
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Baugh Capt. & Adj t D r

Jan y . 14. 1785 Rec d of Doctor Thomas Williams Three Final Settlements which he paid for my use. The first bears date New York March 1784 - one for Eighty dollars - One for Fifty Five \frac{50}{90} of - Dollars - The Other for Twenty One
\frac{69}{90} of Dollars -
Wadsworth Leavitt
Wadsworth Leavitt Rec d Jan y 14 th 1785
For Wadsworth Leavitt
Leavitt
Bank of America 296th 1820
I certify that Wadsworth Leavitt came to my house this morning and said he had left this Discharge with my Father in 1784 to receive his pay - That in 1785 - he came received his Certifi- cates as above & left this discharge on exami- nation of the files of that year I found it - I have no doubt he is the same man. Thomas Williams