Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,293, for Samuel Leonard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Leonard, Samuel
S. 29,293
CONTENTS

29293 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29293
Samuel Leonard
Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Spencer Leonard Mays Bury April 21 1890 Carl Leonard Mays Son of Liberty
15-04

Bridgewater April 21. 1890 U.S. Pension Commissioner Dear Sir
Having joined the Sons of the American Revolution I am desirous of obtaining some information of my grandfather's service in the army of the revolution Samuel Leonard of Bridgewater Mass. He served as a minuteman for several months in the year 1775 in the vicinity of Boston and received a pension about 1830 I should think.
If convenient will you have the kindness to inform me of the date and length of his service, what Regiment (if any) what Officers he served under &c. And Oblige
Yours Respectfully
Spencer Leonard
Bridgewater
Mass.

15.098
Massachusetts
Samuel Leonard
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Privt in the Comp y commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg t commanded by Col l Bailey in the Mass a line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 1833 and sent to I. R. Lord Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1833 $ 13. 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 13. 33
$ 26. 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. W. Clapp Clerk, Book E Vol. 20 Page 50
1890
Sim-18 - Samuel Leonard history
Pnot
Date of death not on a B
50 1833 Plym

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the seventy fifth year of my age, do testify & say that I have lived in S d Bridgewater all my days, except my absence in the army & other times occasionally & that in the month of April 1775 I enlisted & served in Capt. James Allen's Company in the 8 month service at Roxbury in Col. Bailey's Regiment untill the term of service expired in December following. & that that  the  above  named Samuel Leonard of S d Bridgewater enlisted in the same Company & did duty as a drummer in the army at Roxbury in Col. Bailey's Reg t in S d 8 month campaign during the time aforesaid. — I have been acquainted with the said Sam l Leonard from my childhood to the present time & know him to be the same person that served with me in the S d 8 month campaign at Roxbury
Jacob Leonard
— Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Aug. 13 th 1822 Then the above named Jacob Leonard personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed — and I do further certify that the S d Jacob Leonard is a creditable witness
Before me — Nathan Mitchell Just. of Peace

To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Assis- sits for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Nathan Mitchell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that I believe his name within subscribed is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fifth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hu- red & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord
Deposition Capt. Jacob Leonard

Samuel Leonard
N. Hampshire Massachusetts
Adams
March 8 Mo.
139 62
J. H. Lord

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Leonard  61, of Plymouth  in the State of Mass  (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? 79  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. As a Gen.     April In 17 75 8 Private Col Allen Col Bailey  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? does not state  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness  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.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Samuel Leonard, declaration with a deposition.
13. 962

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twenty ninth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Scituate within and for said County of Plymouth, Samuel Leonard a resident of Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the month of April 1775 he enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt. James Allen in Col. Bailey's Regiment and did duty in that Company for the term of eight months at Roxbury near Boston in the State of Massachusetts. During the said term he was a drummer. He was in no battle and had no written discharge. Jacob Leonard now living at Bridgewater was with him in said Company & he has taken his deposition which is annexed hereto.
He was born in said Bridgewater in 1753. He does not know whether his birth is recorded or not. He is well known all the good citizens of said town.
Samuel Leonard
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, town of _____ residing in the quainted with
and
a clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well ac- who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
years of age; that he is
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of
and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in the person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H Lourd Register
I, Jacob H Lourd Register 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 Leonard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H Lourd