Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13742, for Peleg Levalley, Rhode Island

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Lavalley Pileg
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New York. 14757
Peleg Lavalley
of Schoharie in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hammet - of the Regt commanded by Col Potter - in the * line for
Q. Mo. 15. day
* A.D. Lines.
Records completed July 16. 33
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 21. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of June 1833, and sent to Hon. Joseph Root Middlebury
Schoharie Co. N.Y. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 43. 33. Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept. " - 10 66. $ 53 99.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francioni Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4 - Page 65.
Certificate issued on the 13 th August 1833. with the name of Peleg Lavalley - the former having been returned under date of 18 July - it having been made out under the wrong name of Peter Lavalley - Name, likewise returned & Agent for payment under the same date - 13. Aug. 1833 -
Letter to J. A. Durkand, 17. March 1835

Ms. Bk. 14754
Peleg Sevalley
of Cheshire in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hammet of the Reg't commanded by Col. Potter - in the * line for
6 Mo. 15 days * Q. & Q. Line.
Records complete & legible
Entered on the Roll of N. York at the rate of $1. Dollars 66. Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of June 1833. and sent to Rev. Joseph Park of Middlebury Schoharie Co. N.Y. Bills to the 4th of March 1833 - 43. 33. Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 10 66.
$ 53 99.
Recorded by Francine Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 - Page 65. { Revolutionary Elam, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Certificate issued on the 13. th August 1833. with the name of Peleg Sevalley - the former having been returned under date of 18. July - it having been made out under the wrong name of Peter Sevalley - Name, likewise, returned to Agent for payment under the same date - 13. Aug. t 1833 -
Letter to J. A. Durham, 17. March 18215

14,821
Peter Sevalley
16
P. 294
admitted 6 mo. 15 days Private.
Hon. Asst. Burck Middlebury Schuhsack Co.

BRIEF in the case of  Pheg Sevalley  County of Schoharie in the State of New York  (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? 73. 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.     Vol. In 1776 Octo. — 3 — Private Gen. Capt. M. Hammet, Col. Potter   — 1777 March — 1 — Private Lieut. Holden, Col. Jones, Gen. Holden   Drafted 1777 Octo. — 1 — Private Capt. Rice, Col. Jones, Gen. Spencer   " 1778 — — 1 — Private Capt. Rice, Col. Jones, Gen. Sullivan   " 1778 Fall — 1/2 a month — Private Capt. Miller  
5. In what battles was he engaged? on Newport Islands — 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick, R. I. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? of Credible Witness 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the Seal.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk.  March 6. 1833.

In the Matter of Peleq Leuallay a Order of the Resolution
James M. [?]
Filed July 12. 1832.
Copied

State of New York Schenebady County ss: } Be it remembered that on the tenth third day of July October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me in open court before the Honorable Nathaniel Chapman one of the judges of the said Schenebady
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego Schoharie , being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the principles of the Common Law with power of fine and imprisonment Peleg Levalley - of the Town of Summit in the County of Schoharie and State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath solemnly depose and declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 entitled "An act Supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution." That he the said Peleg Levalley aged seventy three years is now a resident of the Town of Summit in the County of Schoharie and State of New York - and that he resided in the Town of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island during the whole period of the War of the Revolution - and that said Peleg Levalley further states that in the Month of October in the year 1776 he volunteered and enlisted as a private soldier into the service of the War of the Revolution for the term of three months in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Malachi Hammett, of the Town of Warwick and Lieutenant James Miller - in Col. Potters Regiment - and that he the said Peleg Levalley was stationed with said Company at East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island, and remained and continued at that place a soldier in said Company and Regiment in actual service in the War of the Revolution for the full period of three months for which he enlisted as above stated and was then discharged and returned home to his residence in the Town of Warwick aforesaid -
And the said Riley Leavalle further States as aforesaid that in the month of March 1777 he again went into the service of the War of the Revolution as a private soldier in a Company of Militia Commanded by Lieutenant Anthony Holden of Warwick in Col Louns Regiment, in Genl Holden's Brigade of Militia. And that he the said Riley Leavalle was stationed with said Company at Warwick in the state of Rhode Island and remained and continued at that place a soldier in said Company and Regiment in actual service for the full period of one month, and was then discharged.
A new setting

And the said Pleg Seually further states in manner aforesaid that in the Month of October 1777 he was again Drafted as a militia Man in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Thomas Rice in Col Lowes Regiment of Militia Warwick aforesaid for the Term of One Month. And that he the said Pleg Seually marched with said Company and went into Actual Service in the Month of October aforesaid and joined a body of Troops under the Command of Genl Spencer in an expedition against the British on New Port Island, but which expedition was abandoned by Genl Spencer. And that he the said Pleg Seually was stationed with said Company at Swanton, and remained in Actual Service in said Company as a private Soldier at this time until the expiration of one Month in actual service in the War of the Revolution and was then dismissed and returned to his residence in Warwick aforesaid.
And the said Pleg Seually further declares in manner aforesaid that in the year 1778 he was again drafted into the service of the War of the Revolution in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Thomas Rice for the Term of one month in Col Lowes Regiment, and joined the Army under the Command of Genl Sullivan on New Port Island. And that he the said Pleg Seually was present at the Battle in the Month of August 1778 on New Port Island between the American and British Armies. And retreated from New Port with the American Army under Command of Genl Sullivan and was soon thereafter discharged from service, the term of service for which he was drafted having expired. And the said Pleg Seually further states that he was in actual service at this time in said Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Rice and attached to the Army under Command of Genl Sullivan for the full period of one Month as above stated.
And the said Pleg Seually further states in manner aforesaid that late in the fall of the year 1778 he was again drafted into a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt Miller of Warwick aforesaid, and went into Actual Service and was stationed with said Company at Warwick aforesaid, and there remained in Actual Service as a private Soldier in Capt Millers Company in the

Warwick of our said, who was in the service of the United States as a private soldier in Capt. Miller's Company in the
Ains that he hereby acknowledges and claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present -
War of the revolution for the period of half a month and was then discharged from service
And the said Peleg Severy further declares in manner aforesaid that he hath not at any time heretofore received any annuity or pension under any Law of the United States providing for Revolutionary services and that his name is not inscribed on the pension Roll of any State or of the United States - and that he the said Peleg Severy produces his Brother of the Cook Severy of the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego as a witness to prove the services above stated.
And further saith not
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of October A.D. 1832
Peleg Severy
Seth Chase a Judge of Otsego County Subscribed and sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid John Dehon A. Clerk
State of New York Otsego County ss. Schobaria
Cook Severy of the Town of Worcester in said County of Otsego personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath depose and say. That he is now seventy one years of age, and that he is a Brother of Peleg Severy who has signed and made the above declaration and oath - And the said Cook Severy further saith that he resided in the Town of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island during the period of the War of the Revolution, and within the distance of two miles and a half from the place of residence of the said Peleg Severy in the Town of Warwick aforesaid - And the said Cook Severy further saith that he hath heard the above declaration and oath of the said Peleg Severy carefully and particularly read over, and that he the said Cook Severy well recollects that the said Peleg Severy performed and rendered the services in the

War of the Revolution as a soldier in the service of his country, as is stated and set forth in the declaration and oath by him the said Releg Sevalley above Made - And he the said Cook Sevalley further saith that he was in the service of the War of the Revolution with the said Releg Sevalley in the year 1777 in the month of October - and also in August 1778.
And also the said Cook Sevalley further states that he well recollects that the said Releg Sevalley was in the service as a soldier in the fall of 1776 as a volunteer and that he then enlisted as such volunteer in a company of militia commanded by Capt Hammett for the term of three months - and that he actually served in said company for the period of his enlistment of three months and was stationed during said three months service at East Greenwich in the state of Rhode Island
And the said Cook Sevalley further saith that he knows and well recollects that the said Releg Sevalley was drafted late in the fall of the year 1778 as a militia man and served in a company commanded by Capt Miller of Warwick for two weeks as a private soldier in the war of the revolution and was stationed during this two weeks service in the said town of Warwick - and further saith that
Cook Sevalley
Sworn to before me this 2nd day of Oct. 1832 - the Hon. a judge of the Superior Court
subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and year aforesaid John Debbard Jr. Clk.
In the matter of Releg Sevalley a soldier of the Revolution
Filed July 12. 1832.
Conrad

March 17. 18215.
J. H. Durham.

Sir
33 P. 99
March 17 th 45
Return you the Surrogate's certificate & deposition of Rufus Edmonds in the case of Rebecca Seagally and enclose the regulations for her instruction & guidance in asserting her claim.
The service of her husband is established and it only remains for her to make her declaration & prove the date of the marriage with satisfactory certainty. Any old paper showing the birth of a child before '94 or otherwise recognizing the relation of husband & wife before that date would be sufficient. The parol testimony of illiterate people in relation to distant dates, is not entitled to much weight.
W. James H. Durham P.O. West

June 18, 1937
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Peleg Levalley, S.13742 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. Emma B. Hawley 2580 Overlook Road Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Peleg LeValley, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned while living in New York State.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.13742, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Peleg Levalley.
This soldier was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1759. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Warwick, Rhode Island, he enlisted and served as private with the Rhode Island troops as follows: from October, 1776, three months in Captain Malachai Hammett's company in Colonel Potter's regiment; from March, 1777, one month in a company commanded by Lieutenant Anthony Holden in Colonel Lowe's regiment; from October, 1777, one month in Captain Thomas Rice's company in Colonel Lowe's regiment and was in General Spencer's expedition against the British on "New Port Island"; in 1778 he served one month in Captain Thomas Rice's company in Colonel Lowe's regiment and was in the battle on "New Port Island" under General Sullivan; in the fall of 1778 he served one half month in Captain Miller's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Summit, Schoharie County, New York, where he had lived more than thirty years, and before that he had lived in Coeymans, Albany County, New York.

In 1832 the soldier's brother, Cook Levalley, was living in Worcester, Otsego County, New York, aged seventy-one years, and he stated that during the Revolutionary War he was living in Coventry, Rhode Island.
In 1845, a deposition made by one Rufus Edmonds, accompanied by a surrogate's certificate, was submitted to the Pension Office in behalf of the claim of Rebecca Levalley. These papers were returned by the Pension Office to James H. Durham, P.O. Department, March 17, 1845, with a letter stating that her husband's service (alluding to Peleg Levalley) was established and that she must prove the date of her marriage and comply with other regulations set forth in an enclosed circular in order to establish her claim. The records of this office do not show that any further action was taken in the matter. Her residence and that of Rufus Edmonds are not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Peleg Levalley, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of the soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Peleg Levalley, Certificate 14757, issued June 18, 1833, rate $21.66, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
The papers on file in said pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of Peleg Levalley than that given above.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

2580 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. May 27, 1937.
Veterans Bureau, Revolutionary War Dept., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Peleg LeValley of New York State. I am not sure of his residence, but know that he drew a pension while living in that state.
Thanking you, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Emma B. Hawley (Mrs. Emma B. Hawley)

I 13242 Peleig Le Valley Oct 3 - 1862 9 Sunnubit, Schoharie Co NY. aged 73 yrs
En Warwick R.I. Oct 1776 R.I. Militia Capt Malachias Hammett, Col Potter 3 mos.
Mar 77 Lt Anthony Holden, R.I. Mil Col Lanes Regt. 1 mo.
Oct 77 Capt Thomas Rice, Col Lanes 17 mos
'78 " " " 1 "
Fall 78 Capt Miller 2 weeks
Born Warwick R.I. 1759

No Widow's claim either of Peleg Loralley Loralley, Peralley or Sandalley -
Records searched
July 15, 1906.
A. E. D.

D. W. LEVALLEY, Attorney at Law, Solicitor in Chancery. Practice in all State Courts. Special Attention given to settlement of Estates, and foreclosure of Mortgages. Saginaw, Mich.
Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 7, 1901.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
My great grandfather Peleg LeValley served in the War of the Revolution. As I am informed he was from the State of Rhode Island, was very young when the war broke out and served in the latter part of the war. I am informed also that he drew pension, but I do not know the number of his certificate or the date of its issue, but I think it must have been between 1828 and 1845.
I desire to be informed fully respecting his military service, his pension certificate number etc, etc.
My purpose in this is purely a matter of family pride and the information will be much appreciated.
Respectfully,
D. W. LeValley

Aug 28, 1901 J.W. Le Valley, Saginaw, Mich. 1937 June 18. List. to Mrs. Emma B. Hawley, M.C.S.
Rehran
13742 INVALID.
File No. 13742
{ Peter or Lele } Le Valley { correct name } Rev. Rev. man
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Meadaburgh N.Y. Feb 19 -
Free Joseph Bouck
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary War Washington City D.C.

Middlebury
July 18 th 1833
Sir/
I return to you the certificate of Peleg Levalley there appears to be an error in his name it ought to be Peleg Levalley not Peter you will have the goodness to have the mistake rectified & enclose it to me
yours Very Respectfully
Joseph Banch
Wm. Lewis Cap
Secretary War

Peter Lavelly
I return to you the pension papers of Mr Peter Lavelly as modified which I hope will entitle him to a pension I believe his statement to be just and true I request your immediate attention.
Yours Very Respectfully
Joseph Baugh

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Peleg Sevalley 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 ?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?  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 ?  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? yes  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 ? yes  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.

Peleg Corralley
I return to you the pension papers of Mr Peleg Lavally as modified which I hope will entitle him to a pension I believe his statement to be just and true I request your immediate attention.
Yours Very Respectfully Joseph Baugh

Payments to be made at New York by Pres: U.S. br: bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Joseph Baucher
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4. Page 65. by Francis T. Franciori Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Levalley of the State of New York who was a private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty one — — dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Eighteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Acting John R. Robt Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

14824 In the Matter of Heleg Levalley a Revolutionary Soldier.

State of New York
Schoharie County ss.
1
On this the 3 day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie & State of New York now sitting, Krosius  Levalley Watson Orr of the Town of Linnitt in said County who being duly sworn makes the following declaration that Pleg Levalley (the person named in the annexed affidavit) that he is a man sustaining a good reputation in all respects in his neighborhood where he resides & wherein wherein he is acquainted that he this present has known him for a number of years past - that he has generally sustained the reputation aforesaid - that the said Levalley is generally reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution as stated in his foregoing oath declaration -
Subscribed & sworn Oct. 3. 1832 - in open court John Schohard Jr. Clk.
Watson Orr

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states after an investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Col. Levally who has signed one of the preceding declarations, is a resident of the in-state and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit -
William Beckman first Judge of Schuylkill County
In testimony I John Gebhard W. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rleg Levally for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the third day of Oct. 1832 -
John Gebhard for Clerk of Schuylkill Com. Pleas

State of New York Schuylkill County ss: } Peleg Levalley of the Town of Summit in said County who name is subscribed to the original declaration herunto annexed, personally appeared before me Marvin Judd one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Schuylkill, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832. That he was born in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine, in the Town of Warren in the state of Rhode Island, and that he has not now any record of his age. That he has resided in the Town of Summit in the County of Schuylkill for more than thirty years now last past, and that previous thereto he resided in the Town of Coeymans in the County of Albany in the state of New York.
And the said Peleg Levalley further states that Watson Orr Esquire whose affidavit is herunto annexed and the Rev. Harvey Brown reside in the neighborhood of the said Peleg Levalley, and have been well acquainted with him for many years now last past, and can testify to his character and his belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution. And also Also that he the said Peleg Levalley is known to Col. David Witmer in his present neighborhood who can also testify to his character and rectitude and his belief of the services of the said Peleg Levalley as a soldier of the Revolution. And he further declares that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except his Mother Cook Levalley whose deposition is herunto annexed.
Sworn & Subscribed this 27 th day } Peleg Levalley of April 1833 before me } Marvin Judd a Judge Schuylkill County
We Harvey Brown a Clergyman residing in the Town of Summit in the County of Schuylkill and State of New York and J. M. Baird - a resident in the same Town - hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with

Pelez Leualley who has subscribed and sworn to the original and this additional declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three 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 - Also that he sustains a fair character for truth and veracity -
Sworn & subscribed the 27 th day of April 1833 before me - Mervin Field one of the Judges of Schoharie County
Mervin Brown - J. W. Baird
I Mervin Ladd one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Schoharie do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev Harvey Brown and know him to be a clergyman in good standing, and also that I am well acquainted with J. W. Baird of the town of Summit aforesaid and that he sustains a fair character for truth and veracity - Also that I am acquainted with the said Pelez Leualley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity and his statements are entitled to full credit - Given under my hand this 27 day of April 1833
Mervin Field one of the Judges of Schoharie County
State of New York, county of Schoharie ss. I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Mervin Field before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn and whose name also appears to the preceding certificate of credibility, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county - and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. I further certify that the annexed papers (with the exception of the half sheet on which this certificate is written) are the identical papers presented to the court of common pleas of the said county on the third day of October 1832 - Witness my hand and seal of office this 2 nd day of May 1833 - John Gebhard Jr. Clerk

Payments to be made at New York by Pres: U.S. br: bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Joseph Bouch
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4. Page 65. by Francis T. Franciosi Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Pelegh Levalley of the State of New York who was a private during the Revolutionary War Twenty one dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
awarded Nov. 1853 due Nov. 22-1853 - 2 m 18 day paid Nov. 22-1853 - $4.25