Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,249, for Miles Lee, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Lee Miles Fanny
NUMBER
R. 6249
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be read in Churches.

Miles Lee Born August 13 th 1759
Sibyl Gells Born January 12 th 1769
Married May 20 th 1794—
Sibyl Lee died May 6 th 1798
12 Minutes before 11 O'Clock A.M.

Mary Lee Born October 28 th 1810
Feb. 17 th 1811
Amelia Lee Born
October 13 th 1812 about 2. O'Clock
April 4 th 1813
Sylvia Lee B
Sylvia Lee Born
May 25 th 1815

THE NEW TESTAMENT Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised, By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXCIII.

Miles Lee & Fanny Curtis
Married August 11 th 1799 -
Nancy Lee Born August 31 1801 -
Denis Lee Born June 5 th 1803 -
Thomas Lee Born February 23 1806 -
Maria Lee Born December 30 th 1808 and Died March 1 st 1809
Nancy Lee died March 21 st at 5 O'clock P.M. 18 th Years 6 Month.

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Miles Lee
6, T
Jenny Lee
note Farmington
Cor Jun 20 1808
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Samuel Whitmore Farmington Conn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Miles Lee 6t
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. In which the claimant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Nov. 1774 - end 4 Private Sergeant Pike Served at Farmington 73 born in Farmington 6t, in list of those, now Lives in Sheffield Mass   June 1778 - " 3 " Serg t North do   July 1779 - drafted 1. 8. " Capt Darns Col Adams Housatonic guard   Aug 1780. " 1 Woodford New Haven guard  
A surviving Witness in favor his service with his discharge - have enclosed given by - Ormstead - Am - Genl
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and the said applicant, or his heirs, if the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested, shall transmit such evidence as they can, be cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____; 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 that 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 shown 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. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

13.405 Miles Lee Claim for Pension

State of Connecticut - } S o Farmington October 4 th 1832 - Hartford County }
On this 4 th day of October 1832 - personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for Farmington District in the County and State aforesaid, now sitting, Miles Lee late a resident and inhabitant of the town of Farmington aforesaid, now residing in the town of Sheffield in Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts, aged 73 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 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - in -
1 st On or about the 10 th day of November 1777, he enlisted into a company raised in said Farmington for the purpose of guarding and protecting the munitions of war, captured with the army of Gen. Burgoyne, then deposited for safe-keeping in said Farmington, and was engaged in that service under the command of Serj t Samuel Peck from the time of his enlistment, till about the 13 th day of March 1778, having served about four months, when the said munitions were removed to Springfield in Massachusetts - During this service he was under pay and drew rations as a private -
2 d In the month of June 1778, he enlisted into a company raised in said Farmington for the purpose of guarding and protecting one hundred casks of Gunpowder, which were taken as a prize from a British vessel, by Capt t Manley of the American privateer (name not recollect d ) and then deposited in said Farmington for safe keeping; he was engaged in this service, under Serj t Thomas North from the time of his enlistment till about the 10 th day of September 1778, having served at this time, every night, for three months - During this time he was under pay as a private -
3 d On or about the 1 st day of July 1779, he was drafted into a company of detached militia commanded by Capt t Barnes for the term of six weeks, he immediately marched from Farmington under Capt t Woodford to Housatonic, and then joined the company of Capt t Barnes of Col. Adams regiment, and served there till the 3 rd day of August 1779 and was then discharged by Gen. Wolcott on account of sickness, and then returned to his home in Farmington - (Discharge inclosed)

4 th In the month of August 1780. about the time of the invasion of New Haven, he was drafted into a company of detached militia commanded by Capt Joseph Woodford, he marched with the company from Farmington to New Haven, and was there employed as a guard on the Long wharf till the latter part of September 1780. and was then discharged after a service of one month —
He did not know any continental officers while in service, and has no documentary evidence of his service except the included discharge, but thinks he can prove his service by Noahick Woodruff, James Andrews, David Lee and Solomon Wetton —
In answer to the interrogatories propounded, he says — to the 1 st He was born in said Farmington on the 18 th day of August 1759 —
2 nd His birth is recorded in the town records of said town —
3 rd When called in service he was living in said Farmington, and lived there ever since till the 21 st day of February 1818. when he removed to Sheffield in Massachusetts, and has lived there ever since. —
4 th already answered —
5 th He never received any written discharge, except the included —
6 th He is generally known in Farmington and Sheffield —
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 — — — — — Miles Lee —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District —
I Noahick Woodruff residing in the town of Farmington aforesaid hereby certify that I have been a long time well acquainted with Miles Lee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be 73 years of age, that I served two months in the spring of the year 1780 in guarding the military stores taken from the army of Gen. Burgoyne, then deposited in said Farmington; and that he, the said Miles Lee was in the same service, during the same time —
Noahick Woodruff
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid —
Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District —

I James Andrews residing in the town of Farmington aforesaid. hereby certify that from my youth I have been well acquainted with Miles Lee who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that I know he served in the company of Capt. Burns at Haverneck in the year 1779, and in the company of Capt. Woodford at Mrs. Hawn in the year 1780 - as he has stated in the 3 rd and 4 th particular above, as I was in the same service at the same times -
James Andrews
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid -
Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District -
I David Lee residing in the town of Parkersmead in Litchfield County State aforesaid. hereby certify that I have been a long time well acquainted with Miles Lee who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that I know he served in the year 1778 in guarding a quantity of Gunpowder taken from a British vessel, by the privateers commanded by Capt. Manley, then deposited in Farmington, as he has stated in his 2 nd particular above, that said Gunpowder was guarded at said Farmington about three months - I was employed about six weeks in guarding the same, and the said Miles was employed with me at the same time in that service, and before and after -
David Lee
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid -
Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District -
I Solomon Wetten residing in the town of Farmington aforesaid. hereby certify that I have been a long time well acquainted with Miles Lee who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that I know that he served in guarding the military stores taken from the army of Genl. Burgoyne in the year 1777, and in guarding the gunpowder taken from a British vessel and deposited in Farmington in the year 1778 - as he has stated in his 3 rd and 2 nd particular above - as I served with him in the same service at the same times -
Solomon Wetten mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid -
Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District -

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 Readiah Woodruff, James Andrews and Solomon Wetton who have signed and sworn to preceding cer- tificates are residents of said town of Farmington, and that David Lee who has signed and sworn to a preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Barkhamsted aforesaid, and an credible person, and that their state- ments are entitled to credit - Samuel Whitman Judge of Probate Farmington District -
I Henry Nash Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Farmington do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Miles Lee for a pension - And I also certify that Samuel Whitman, who has affixed his name in his own proper hand writing as above, is Judge of Probate for Farmington District -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 5 th day of October 1832
Henry Nash Clerk

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Fanny Lee wid of Miles Marp act 29 July 1828 Married before 1800

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss:
on this eight day of August A.D. 1848. - personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the said County of Berkshire in open court - Fanny Lee - a resident of Sheffield in the said County of Berkshire aged Seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 29 th day of July 1848. She also makes the Declaration in addition thereto in order to obtain under the act of June 7 th 1832. the amount of pension money due her late husband Miles Lee at the time of his death which took place on the 27 th day of February 1833. which was before he could make or renew his Declaration for a pension before the Probate Court in said Berkshire County, he was not acquainted with the pensions Rules. She declares that she is the Widow of the said Miles Lee - who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War - and for the proof of his services as such soldier she refers to his original Declaration for a pension, and his proofs which are annexed to his said Declaration which proofs consist of his discharge signed by C. Wolcott - M c Genie - and the affidavits of Noadiah Woodruff - James Andrews - David Lee - and Solomon Welton - and his printed Letter from the War Department and Pension office with its Tabular form filled out, - which Declaration and proofs are all herein enclosed, - She further declares that she was married to the said Miles Lee on the eleventh day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety nine By John M c Intyre a-

Justice of the Peace - that her said marriage took place in the Town of Farmington in Hartford County in the State of Connecticut, - That her Husband the aforesaid Miles Lee died on the Twenty seventh day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty three, in the aforesaid Town of Sheffield, - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second of January - Eighteen hundred, and at the time above stated, She further swears that her name before she married the said Miles Lee - was Fanny Curtiss , - that she is now a Widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension, - She also swears that if the Pension office have received a letter from her son - Thomas Lee stating that her Husband the said Miles Lee , died in the year 1827, it is a mistake, -
Sworn to and subscribed on the Eight day of August A.D. 1849. By the said Fanny Lee
Fanny her X Lee mark
Before me Daniel N Dewey Judge of said Probate Court State of Massachusetts,
Berkshire County ss: I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Fanny Lee for a pension that the Hon Daniel N. Dewey is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature, -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this Eight day of August in the year 1849,
Henry W. Bishop Register of said Probate Court

How rich B! Aug 1779
Miles Lee of Col! Barn. Comu! in Col Adams Reg! is on a list of Subsidy Disbursed from Service - Robert M. Gual

All the within papers = - Belong to one Revolutionary pension Claim,,
The Claim of ( Fanny Lee ), The Widow of ( Wiles Lee - a Revolutionary Soldier)

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O.
Fanny Lee
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Carrasville July 11. 1849
Dear Mother
I avail myself of the opportunity offered by Mr. Curtiss to send the pension papers - I have had much trouble to obtain them from Johnson after having sent for them several times by S. J. Curtiss before his death. I written to him since twice I have at last obtained them. He told me he thought they were in Washington. I wrote to the Commissioner of pensions & received in answer that there were no records of Fathers papers nor any in support of your claims so that I know they must be in Johnsons hands so I wrote to him again stating the above facts requesting him to make another search & he sent them to me about two weeks ago.
you will perceive by the letter I received from Washington that I stated that Father died in 1827 I know not how I came to make that mistake unless I had in my mind the year that I & Denis came to Sheffield to trade in your communications with the department it will be proper to correct that statement for me
Col. Edwards - N.Y.
I write this in a hurry having been haying to day & excessively hot it has been tomorrow I must go to Utica with butter & next day Mr. Curtiss leaves for Sheffield in the morning so that I cannot write much no local news all well perhaps Loly will write some tomorrow I get 14¢ for Butter Remember me to my Truly Yours, Thomas Lee Frisnas

Pensions Office, June 4, 1849.
Sir, In reply to your letter of the 26th ult. I have to inform you, that it does not appear from the records or files of this or of this office that any papers were ever received here in support of the claim of your father Miles Lee, to a Pension for Revolutionary services, up to the period of his death in 1829. Nor does it appear that any papers have been received here in support of the claim of your mother Fanny Lee. Enclosed are the regulations for the guidance of widows in claiming Pensions,
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt J L Edwards
Thomas Lee, Esq. Savannah, Ga.

Home of Representatives 29 th Dec r 1859
J. L. Edmeston, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Sir
At the request of Mr George Greene of Sheffield, Massachusetts, I enclose to you papers to support the pension claim of Henry Lee widow of Miles Lee. with much respect
Your obedient Servant Julius Prothwell

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Fanny Lee Marp
Sister Hon J. Rockwell 5 th Jan 7 1850
LA claimant, Feb. 19/52
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Act 29, July 48

This certifies that I have carefully examined the records of this Town, and by such examination, have not been able to find any record of the marriage of Miles Lee, in said records.
Harrington Simeon Hart Town Clerk.
October 25. 1849.
State of Conn. County of Hartford, ss Harrington October 25. 1849.
Personally appeared before me Simeon Hart, known to me, to be the Town Clerk of this Town, and made oath to the above certificate.
Giles Stillman Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, ROGER H. MILLS, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern: That Giles Stillman is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,---having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to His official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Giles Stillman to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 26 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Roger H. Mills
Secretary of State.

Know All Men-By These Presents- That I Fanny Lee-Widow of Miles Lee-of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts- have made constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make constitute and appoint George Crane of Great- Barrington in the County of Berkshire aforesaid-My true and Lawful Agent for me and in my name place, and stead. To-Ask the Department of the Interior and pension office-of the United States for a Reconsideration of my- Revolutionary pension claim, Which claim I made and asked for, under the act of 29 th July 1848-and said claim disallowed- also-I Fanny Lee- therefore pray, your Honors, J. E. Heath- Commissioner of Pensions- Alex. H. H. Stuart- Secretary of the Interior- Will personally, Reexamine my said claim, and all the proofs thereto annexed- and grant me a small pension if no more, I think. Your Honors- will be satisfied that my Husband Miles Lee, was a Revolutionary Soldier for at least Six- months if not more, - I have been informed, that the pension Department, have granted small pensions, in cases where, the proof, was no better, than in my present case, I give- this power of attorney in order to comply with Rules- No-one, and, thereby approved by the Secretary of the Interior, Giving and granting unto my said Agent, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present with full power of substitution and revocation hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent or his substitute shall lawfully do, or cause to be done by virtue thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 13 th day of September A.D. 1851- Fanny her Lee Sealed and delivered in presence of }
Oliver Peck Thomas Lee
State of Massachusetts; County of Berkshire-SS.
Sheffield September 13 th 1851-
Then personally appeared the above named Fanny Lee, and

acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Oliver Peck Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Oliver Peck and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed, Before me Oliver Peck Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire ss. I Denis Lee - of Sheffield in said County do depose and say that I am a son of Miles and Fanny Lee, My Mother the said Fanny Lee. in the month of August last past made and signed her Declaration for a Revolutionary pension My Father the said Miles Lee, a few months before his death made his Declaration to obtain his Revolutionary pension which pension he never received, - My Father the said Miles Lee. died in this said town of Sheffield on the Twenty Seventh day of February in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, I attended him in his last sickness and also attended his funeral,
Sworn to and subscribed on, Denis Lee
This 5 th day of December A.D. 1849.
Before me George Crane Justice of the Peace, I hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with Denis Lee whose affidavit is taken above that he is a respectable witness and whose statements are entitled to full credit - Given under my hand this 5 th day of December A.D. 1849. - George Crane - Justice of the Peace
Berkshire ss. I Charles Ledyard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that George Crane before whom the foregoing affidavits of Fanny Lee & Dennis Lee were subscribed to & sworn to was on the fifth day of December in and was a Justice of the Peace within said County duly commissioned & qualified that I am acquainted with his handwriting & truly believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his to be true and correct In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my

Said Count of Common Pleas this 25 th day of December 1849 Charles Sedgwick Clerk

State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire } ss. I Fanny Lee, a Resident of the town of Sheffield in said County of Berkshire do depose and say that I am the Widow of Miles Lee, late of said Sheffield deceased, who in the month of October in the A.D. 1832, which was a few months time before his death he made his Declaration claiming a pension for his Revolutionary War Services - which pension he said Miles never received - he not being acquainted with the pension rules consequently he made his said Declaration in the town of Farmington in Hartford County and State of Connecticut - on the eight day of August last past Before the Hon Daniel N. Dewey, Judge of the Probate Court within and for said County of Berkshire - I made and signed my Declaration for a Revolutionary pension under the Act of the 29 th of July 1848, for the Revolutionary Services rendered by my late husband the said Miles Lee deceased, - My maiden name was Fanny Curtiss, I was married to the said Miles Lee, on the = 11 th day of August A.D. 1799, in the town of Farmington in Hartford County and State of Connecticut, - I am informed by the town Clerk of the said town of Farmington that there is no Record of the marriage of Miles Lee, upon the Records of the said town of Farmington. — and consequently I herewith transmit to the pension office my said Husbands original family Records which Records are both made in his own hand writing - and kept by me until the present time, one of his said Records contains the Record of his and his first Wifes Birth and Marriage and also his first Wifes death - and one of his said Records contains the Record of his and my Marriage and also the Births of his and my Children, both of said Records was made by and in my said Husbands own handwriting, I sworn to and subscribed on this } Fanny her Lee 5 th day of December A.D. 1849. } In presence of Percy Lee
Before me George Crane Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Fanny Lee, whose affidavit is taken above she is a respectable Witness, her statements are entitled to full credit, Given under my hand this 5 th day of December A.D. 1849.
George Crane Justice of the Peace.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lee, Moses GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4554 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 21, 1791 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.