Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5678, for Samuel Lemmon, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lemmon, Samuel
S. 5678
CONTENTS
Carded.

15.816
Massachusetts Samuel Lemmon
of Belchertown in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dwight of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sargent in the Mass. line for 10 mos 15 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1833 and sent to Mark Dootittle Belchertown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $70.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept. 17.50
$87.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 50

5890 Wm Sumner
Private 10 Mr 15 days
11. 12. 13 06
April 5 1835
11 321
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Mark Doolittle Belchertown Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Sam l Lemen  of Belchertown in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 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.     Nov 1 st In 1775 " 6 " Private Gen. Capt. Wright   Nov — 76 " 4 15 Pt. Capt. Perry (Sergeant) Capt. Cutler (Sergeant)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ware Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? None  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Addison Examining Clerk.

XXXX Samuel Lemmon application 5890.

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this fifteenth day of August 1882 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Samuel Lemmon a resident of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy eight 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the year eighteen Hundred Twenty five about the first of November I enlisted as a volunteer soldier in the State Troops militia of Massachusetts =sits in the Revolutionary war in the company of Capt Elijah Dwight & went to Roxbury & W. Cambridge near Boston, at the end of about six weeks after my enlistment I went into the company of Capt James Perry of Easton. This company belonged to Col Sargeants Regiment, I served in that company till the beginning of April, in the year eighteen hundred & twenty six & was most of the time in Cambridge but a little part of the time in Boston. In April 1776 I returned home to Ware in the County of Hampshire where I remained till November the same year when I again enlisted as a soldier in the Revolu- =ting war & served four months & a half in the company of Capt Joseph Butler of Western in Hampshire County Massachusetts. In the Regiment of Col Sparhawk in this campaign I went To Danbury in Connecticut to Danbury Hill on the North River in the State of N. York & from there to Norristown & a place called Brown Brook in New- Jersey, in the spring of 1777 I returned home to Ware in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts. I was born in Ware
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Massachusetts .
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before me Samuel Hildreth Judge of Probate. We, Samuel Hildreth for said County residing in the town of Bethlehem
We, Gerrit Waldo residing in the town of Bethlehem and Jamies Lambley residing in Nash hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Lamson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Samuel H. Wiselby Judge  John James  Lawrence And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Lambert who has signed the preceding certificate, is _____ resident in _____ and that James Walker who has also signed the same, is a resident in _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Hensley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel L. Simon of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Simon for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty .
day of thru thirty two
Sam e F. Lyman Register

January 30, 1939.
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Mrs. F. W. Wellborn 2215 Campus Cedar Falls, Iowa
BA-J/ady Samuel Lemmon S.5678
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of James Lemon as described by you, all spellings of the surname searched.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.5678, based upon the military service of Samuel Lemmon in that war.
Samuel Lemmon was born in Ware, Massachusetts, date and the names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Samuel Lemmon enlisted about November 1, 1775, served as private in Captains Elijah Dwight's and James Perry's Companies, Colonel Sargeant's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged the first of April 1776. He enlisted in November 1776 and served four and one half months as private in Captain Joseph Cutler's Company, Colonel Sparhawk's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
He died August 22, 1834, place not shown. An AB,

The following family data are shown:
Samuel Lemon born the first of February, 1797. Mitchel Lemon " March 7, 1800. Mary Lemon " September 9, 1802. Susanah Lemon " March 11, 1805. Hannah Lemon " February 10, 1808.
In September 1877 Charles H. Lemon, was residing in Ware, Massachusetts. He was a descendant of the soldier, Samuel Lemmon, relationship and his age not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th
inst. and in reply to inform you that Charles Deane is the only descendant of the family I know and that the letter is not of much value as it is a common one.
Yours truly
J. B. Mansel Pleydell

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Division.
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Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington D.C. Aug 11 - 1877.
Dear Sir
Please furnish this Office with the names and present P.O. address of some of the descendants of Samuel Emerson, late a private in the Rev. War.
He made application for pension through his agent - Mr. Frank Doolittle of your town in 1883. and a Bible was sent to this Office to be filed in evidence. It is now desired to return this Bible to the family who resided in your town when application for pension was made, and for a long time previous to that date.
Please return this letter with your reply in the enclosed envelope.
P. Master Belchertown Hampshire Co Mass
Very Respectfully
O. H. Clarke Acting Commissioner in fact

Sam d Simon Born the first of Feb 1797 Mitchell " " " 7 th of Mar 1800. Mary " " " 9 " " Sep. 1802. Susannah " " " 11 " " March 1805 Hannah " " " 13 " " Feb 1808. This is all of record in the Bible this 19 th of Aug. returned to Chas Simon Esq.

Miss Amalide
File No. 5.678
Samuel Lennon Pri Rev. War.
Receipt for Bible &c to be filed Sep 25. 1877
Evans clerk

PL Dine E L
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Aug 20. 1877.
Dear Sir
Herewith transmit to your address the Bible which was sent to this Office in 1833, by Samuel Lammon to be filed in evidence in his case when he applied for pension.
You will please ac- knowledge the receipt of the Bible on the back of this letter and send it to this Office in the enclosed envelope.
Michael Lammon P.O. Chesterton New Hampshire Co Meigs
Very respectfully
O. P. Glarner Acting Commissioner P. M. Pearl

Invalid
File No. 5.678
Samuel Lennon
Pri Rev. War.
Receipt for Bible &c to be filed Sep 25. 1877
Evans clerk
Have you the file of this letter? A. B. Lennon

5899 Sam? Clemens
Mark Twain Belcher town Miss

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Sam! Simmons 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? Yes 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? 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? no
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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? yes
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

IOWA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE CEDAR FALLS
December 6, 1932.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C. Gentlemen:
I most urgently desire information of the granting of a pension (for the Revolutionary War) for the two following, father and son:
✓ I) James Lemon (or Lammon or Lamont) of Ware or Palmer Massachusetts. His wife was probably named Mary and they lived in Ware surely until 1763. This James died at the home of his son Samuel in Belchertown, Mass. Feb. 5, 1811 his age about 87. ✓ II) Samuel Lemmon (Lammon, Lamont) son of James (above) was born in Ware in 1752-53. He married Jane Holmes (possibly spelled Jennet) Feb. 1779. Jane died June 11, 1813 in her 56th year. Samuel died in Belchertown on August 22, 1831 (or 1834) at the age of 82 (as given in the church book).
I fear that I have been tedious but I wish to make as little trouble as possible in identifying the proper James and Samuel. I know that your time must be very fully claimed by the the veterans now living and that it seems an imposition to ask for those long dead. I will be so greatly indebted and most grateful for any information which you may be able to find. Let me thank you most sincerely for your kindness and assistance.
Very truly yours,
Lois Hellborn (Mrs. F.W.)
Mrs F.W. Wellborn 2215 Campus Cedar Falls, Iowa

Rev War
5678
1939 Jan. 20. Hist. to Mrs. J.W. Wellborn. A.D.Y.
INVALID.
File No. 5678
Samuel m Lyon
Rev War
Act: June 7th 1882
Index:—Vol. M , Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Hampshire County ss of Massachusetts } Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace on & for the County of Hampshire and Samuel Sumner who being duly sworn deposits & saith that by reason of old age (he now having entered his eightyeth year) & the consequent loss of memory he cannot testify with the certainty as to time of his service in the war of the Revolution than he has sworn in his Declaration hereto annexed, and further that he has no documentary evidence to prove his service in the war of the Revolution, and that other evidence cannot to his knowledge be obtained, & that it is not in his power to prove it by any living witness his said services or any part of them & that he has no other evidence except his own Declaration & oath as appears in the Declaration annexed & sworn to August fifteenth eighteen hundred & thirty two before S. Hinkley Judge of Probate. The deponent further states that there is not any settled clergyman now settled in this town & that we have not had any settled clergyman settled in the town since the Declaration annexed was made.
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Samuel Sumner H. P.

& thirty two before S. Hunkley judge of probate The deponent further states that there is not any settled clergyman now settled in this town & that we have not had any settled clergyman settled in the town since the Declaration arrived was made.
I Samuel Lemen Samuel Lemen the Signer above has subscribed in my presence the above affidavit & has made solemn oath to the truth of the same. The said Samuel Lemen is known to me & is a man of credibility & it is generally believed & understood in the neighborhood that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & the fact which he states as to there being no settled clergyman in this town is to my knowledge true attest Mark Doolittle Justice of the Peace for the County.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Mark Doolittle Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Mark Doolittle and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
S. Stoddard Clerk