Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26776, for Solomon Livermore, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Livermore, Solomon Lois
W. 26776
CONTENTS

2635 New York
Solomon Livermore
of Jefferson in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Nye of the Reg t . commanded by Col. De Motte in the Wap ty line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov: 1832 — and sent to P.O. Dickey Sackets Harbor N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. '33 20 $ 80
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Giles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 109

527 New York - Albany Lois Lingenmore widow of Solomon Lingenmore man who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848. ~ 12 th ~ July 1849
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Dec r 1849 and sent to
Adriel Ely Watertown N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 120, Vol. 4
Henry Robinson Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Worcester, ss. -
I Washington Tufts do hereby certify that I am Clerk of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester aforesaid and have the custody of the records of said Town, that in the book of records of Marriages, Births & Deaths is the following entry.
"Marriage Consummated by Revd Joseph Appleton, Solomon Sivermore & Lois Warren both of Brookfield. Jan'y 15 th 1790"
that the above is truly copied from said book and that the figures are plain and legible and clearly express the date to be January fifteenth, Seventeen hundred & ninety.
Washington Tufts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. - October 26, 1849.
Personally appeared before me Washington Tufts, and made Oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Abraham Skinner, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 31 st 1849
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Abraham Skinner was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. M. Sefton Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

10,585
Solomon Livermore
admitted -
John O. Dickey Baskett's Harbore Jefferson Co. N. York.

10,585
BRIEF in the case of Solomon Livermore - Hunsfield,  Co. of Jefferson 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? 70 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.     In 17 76 3 private " Gen. Cap. Myc   1 Apr 1780 9 Col. Le Martre or De Martre Cap. A. Coburn, D. Buffington, Gen. Lafayette  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brookfield, Worcester co., Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

Lois Leavon widow of Solomon Leavon abt 242. (1845) Act 2 July 48 Adriel Ely Watertown NY
Mum 1790 (city) husband died 12 July 1845 adnd $40 00 pr ann from 12 July 1845
Adriel Ely Watertown NY

State of New York Jefferson County
On this 13th. day of October 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned the Judge of the Jefferson County Court Lois Livermore a resident of the town of Hounsfield in the County of Jefferson State of New York aged Seventy Eight years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed February 2 nd 1838 entitled "An act making further provisions surviving for widows of the soldiers of the Revolution"; That she is the widow of Solomon Liv- ermore who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army and was pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of Forty dollars per annum - She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Livermore in Brookfield, the place of her nativity which is in the County of Worcester State of Massachusetts on the fifteenth day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety and that she has a record thereof & is informed & believes that it is also recorded in said town of Brookfield; that her name before marriage was Lois War- ren; that her husband the aforesaid Solomon Livermore died at his residence in the town of Hounsfield aforesaid on the twelfth day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty nine - She further

declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four (1894) at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me & I certify her that from infirmity and Lois J. Leavens age, it is inconvenient mark for Mrs Leavens now to at- tend in open Court H. H. H. H. Co Judge Jeff Co.
State of New York Jefferson County
1. John DeWitt being sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs Solomon Leavens & her late husband & that the said Solomon Leavens died on the 12th day of July 1849 & that his Leavens above named has not married but is still his widow
Sworn & subscribed
This 13 th day of October 1893 John DeWitt before me & I certify that the said affidavit is a credible person
H. H. H. H. Co Judge Jeff Co.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, James G. Lynde , Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Robert Lansing before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same County Judge
in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same ; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand-writing and signature.
Witness my hand, and seal of said County, this 5 th day of November in the year 184 9
James G. Lynde Clerk.

L. Livermore 57- 10,585.
admitted 12 mo
40%

State of New York County of Jefferson
On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Solomon Severmore, a resident of the Town of Hannaford in the County of Jefferson and State of New York a gentleman of forty 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 Jan 7th 1832) That he intitled the sum of the United States under the following named Officers and Funds as major steps. That he enlisted in the Militia in the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts the year the British left Boston thinks in 1776 was then about Seventeen years of age, from thence went to Worcester Massachusetts where he was enrolled in a company commanded by Captain Nye, from thence went to Boston and remained there and at Dorchester point in the service of the United States for the term of three months when he was dismissed at Boston.
And that on the first day of April in the year 1780 he entered at Brookfield Massachusetts into the Continental Service for the term of nine months and faithfully served the said term of nine months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Simote or Dettmore in the company commanded by Captain Asa Coburn and Lieutenants Buffington, under General La Fayette from Brookfield marched to Springfield Massachusetts where he was first mustered and drew rations from Springfield marched to West Point New York where he joined the Army under the above named Field Officers, from thence marched to Tappan New York was at Hackensack where the troops remained for a time, was also at Elizabeth Town New Jersey at the time the mutiny house was burnt, was at a place called Pennamys and went to Bergen Point and obtained forage not far from that place a man was hung on the hint of a tree for as he understood plundering the inhabitants this man was hung by the side of the road by order of General La Fayette, from thence he returned to West Point where he was dismissed the last of January December or first of January, was in no

Battles during the time he was in the Service, as is not renewed a contino discharge. That he was born in the year 1762 on the 10th day of February that he was born in the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts. When he reached the age of about thirty years of age from there moved to the town of Sickfield in the County of Herkshire in the State of New York. Does not recollect the length of time he resided there from there Moved to the town of Humpstead in the County of Jefferson and State of New York where he now resides and has resided there for about twenty three years, last past.
He hereby acknowledges every claim what ever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Solomon Livermore P. Burroughs Clerk
We Sibus Fields a Clergyman residing in the Town of Mansfield in the County of Jefferson and State of New York, and Hooker Dorchester - residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Solomon Livermore, who has Sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Sibus Fields Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid P. Burroughs Clerk
Hooker Dorchester
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Sibus Fields who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, residing in the

Town of Hunsfield, and that Hooker Dorchester — who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to to credit
I Pileg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Severmore for a pension,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office — this 11 th day of September, 1832
P. Burchard Clerk

March 8, 1924.
Miss E. M. Allen, 831 Myrtle Ave., Watertown, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26776 , it appears that Solomon Livermore was born February 10, 1762, at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. While a resident of that place he enlisted in 1776 and served 3 months as a private in Captain Nye's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted April 1, 1780, and served 9 months as a private in Captain Asa Coburn's Company, Colonel Gimat's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York. He died there July 12, 1849.
He married at Brookfield, Massachusetts, January 15, 1790, Lois Warren. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 13, 1849, while a resident of Hounsfield, New York, aged 78 years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26776  26776
Lois Livermore Wid of Solomon Livermore Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 May 27. Hied to Ida L. Livermore V.P. etc.
1924, Mch. 8. - Hied to Miss Elez. M. Allen. um

Solomon Livermore, Jefferson Co NY act 7 June 1832 $40 00 per am }
To what time was he last paid? Pension Office Feb. 8. Decemr. 7/1849 P.A. to 1 st March 1849 W.W.B. (acet no further in)

Watertown Jeff County N.Y. Nov. 5 1849
Sir
I herewith in close the application of Lois Livermore for a pension, from the 12 th day of July 1849;
Yrs Respectfully
Adriel Ely
Col J L Edwards and 9 Pensions

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
May 20, 1908
Searched by S. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Solomon Livermore
Service, M. G. Conn.
Reer War
Remarks: No claim as above Try Wid. # 26776

a Commissioned Off cer in Revolution ary War who fought with a Vermont Regiment As their records are not complete they were not sure of his being my relative. He is buried in Mussellonge Cemetery - Hounsfield - Jff Co. N.Y. (Has a Rev. marker placed by D.A.R.)
The other soldier was Solomon Lummore - Born in 1762 & died in Hounsfield in 1849 aged 87 yrs. He also is buried in Mus- sellonge Cemetery. He fought with a Mass. regiment & was at Valley Forge with Gen. Washington
Thanking you I remain
(Miss) Eliz. M. Allen. 831 Myrtle Ave Watertown N.Y.

Watertown, N.Y.
Feb 5-1924
Commissioner of Pensions,
Am writing you upon the advice of Adj. Generals' office to obtain if possible the war proof (Revolutionary) of two soldiers. The first was my great great grandfather Ebenezer Allen born in Hadley - Mass. in 1762. and died in Hounsfield N.York July 3-1824. He lived in Wordstock or Hartland Vermont during the war + up to 1808 & fought with a Vermont Reg - Was a Major according to our records This fact is mentioned in several Jefferson Co-(N.Y.) histories but I do not know where they obtained their data The Adj. Generals office has a record of an Ebenezer Allen

a Commissioned Off icer in Revolution ary War who fought with a Vermont Regiment. As their records are not complete they were not sure of its being my relative. He is buried in Mussallonge Cemetery - Hounsfield - J. Co. N.Y. (It has a Rev. marker placed by D.A.R.)
The other soldier was Solomon Lummore - Born in 1762 & died in Hounsfield in 1849 aged 87 yrs. He also is buried in Mus- sallonge Cemetery. He fought with a Mass. regiment & was at Bally Forge with Gen. Washington.
Thanking you I remain
(Miss) Eliz. M. Allen. 831 Myrtle Ave Watertown N.Y.

Watertown N.Y.
May 14 th 1908
Pension Department
Dear Sir
Can you give me any information of Solomon Livermore a veteran of the Revolutionary war of the State of New York. He came from Connecticut. I would like to know the date of his enlistment and his discharge
Ida L. Livermore Route E. Watertown N.Y. Box 44

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Solomon Livermore Med File 26776.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 3 mos. Pvt. Asa — Mass.   Apr. 1. 1780 9 mos. Asa Colburn Ebenezer                                            
Battles engaged in, 1 Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brookfield Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept 11 1832 His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Hounsfield Jefferson Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, Born Feb 10. 1762 at Brookfield Mass. Died July 12. 1849 at Hounsfield N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier married at Brookfield Mass. May 15. 1790 Lois Warren. She was allowed pension on an application executed Oct 13. 1849, while a resident of Hounsfield N.Y. aged 87 years. The above noted is the only soldier.
Very respectfully,