Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42443, for Levi Symonds, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 26
Symonds, Levi
S. 42443
CONTENTS

76504
New York
Levi Symonds of Catskill in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cilley of the N Hampshire line, for the term of Three Years .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of Mar 1838 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Mar 1838 and sent to Judge Phelps
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1839  $12 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6th 1839  $48 9 mo 32 5/8  $35 $124 12 1/2
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Esq.
Recommendation

Declaration of Lion Symonds
1 th May 23 rd 1818
private Colley's reg t New Hampshire 77 Three years
12 yrs
admitted
to The Honorable Secy of War

State of New York & ss Ontario County ss
On this 28 th day of May 1818
before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Personally appeared Levi Symonds aged 55 years Resident in the Town of Haden in the County 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 that he the said Levi Symonds enlisted in Charles Town in the State of New Hampshire for the term of three years in the Con- tinentals Service in the Month of December 1777 in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Farnwell in the first New Hampshire Vir- ginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Sylla and that he continued to serve in said corps until the 14 th day of December 1780 when he received an honorable discharge at the Highlands on the North River in the State of New York and that he was in the Battle of Monmouth & Red- Bank - and that he is in Red Bank at present Status and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence (except his discharge herewith transmitted) now in his power of his said Services.
Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me
Levi Symonds
Stephen Phelps

Ontario County ss-
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Levi Symonds did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months or more in the Continental establishment and by satisfactory proof I have no doubt of his being in reduced circumstan- ces and entitled to the provisions made by the aforemen- tioned Act of Congress and I now transmit the proce- edings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress Canandaigua May 20 th 1818
Stephen Phelps

The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my Agent May 20 th 1815 Levi Symonds
This may certify that Levi Symonds of the 1 st H amp . Reg t did not receive in the years 1778, 1779, & 1780 but, Two Coats, Two Waistcoats, two pair Breeches, one pair of Woolen Overalls, Three pair Linen Overalls, Six Shirts Four pair Stockings, Two pair one pair shoes, one Hat, one Blanket, & one Hunting Shirt, agreeable to the Accounts of Capt Kimble Late Pay Master to the 1 st H amp . Reg t , together with what I have Delivered)
Thos Blake Pay Master
Dec r 13 th 1780

Danbury Dec r 15. 1780 Honed Four Days Provision Spiced Five Days Rations - 11 Church St. Pratt AC9
Levi Symonds Discharging

The bearer Levi Symonds a Soldier in the first N. Hampshire Reg. formerly an inhabitant of Charles Town County of Cheshire & State of N. Hampshire having honorably & faithfully served the of the United States Army being the term of his enlistment is hereby discharged from the army & is permitted to return to the State of N. Hampshire
All Paying Commissaries are desired to give pay- ments to the above named Levi Symonds with the interest due on his pay account. Certificate of his last Drawing
Camp Soldiers Tavern Dec. 14. 1780 J. Gillet Col. 10 To whom it may concern

State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the fore- going certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I herunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 5 th day of June AD 1818
John N. Nace

In the matter of Levi Symonds -
C
7650
15 Mar 1819
Oct '19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twentieth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Levi Symonds aged fifty six years, resident in the town of Livingston in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Served man Capt Isaac Farwell in Col Joseph Sill's in the New Hampshire line commencing in July 1778 & continued to serve as a private in the above mentioned Regiment till the latter part of December 1780 at which time I was regularly discharged
and that he made application for a Pension on the twentieth day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 7650 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz.
one acre 1.00 1 hoe 62 2 ad chain saw 50 1 pr 50 . 2.62
Two ad 19 part of an ad chain 62 1 pring iron 38. 1.00
$ 3.81
Levi Symonds
I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by means of a rafter and other implements am able to do but very little work of any kind and that I have no family —
Levi Symonds
Sworn & declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me
Wm Rogers Judge of Ontario Co. Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
John Van Hosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Three dollars and 88 cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 19 th day of August 1820
John Van Hosen
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.
Plas

1828-aug. 22 - Photo 15 m 1 (A. G. Draper. m 1 1878)
42443
Levy  INVALID.
File No. 42.443
Levi Symonds
Phila Pa
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 499
[Arrangement of 1870.]

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
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All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
25862
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
August 16, 1928 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copy of one page from Rev. War pension claim of Levi Symonds, S. 42443
No. of copies one Shall form be kept standing? days
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
Aug. 17 1928
Chief Rev. 1812 War Section Division.
c c Sym
I have this day received from Mrs. A. G. Draper cash in the amount of $ 40/100, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Copy furnished D. 22-1928 S. J. RANDALL Aug. 22 1928
O. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
266 L
to C.O. Aug. 17 to Land Aug. 20
Cash - 40 cents
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK AUG 17 1928 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

August 16, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Please furnish photostatic copy of one page(certified) from Rev.War pension claim of Levi Symonds, S. 42443.
Signed,
Ms. A. G. Draper Grace Dodge Hotel Washington, D. C.
Received payment
40 cents
August 16, 1928
Margaret M. H. Finch Rev. 1812 Wars Section
Cash - 40 cents FINANCE DIVISION BOOKKEEPER'S DESK AUG 17, 1928 DIVISION OF PENSIONS