Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,128, for Edward Leavitt, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H.
Leavitt, Edward Leavitt or Abigail
NUMBER _____
W 9128 B.L. Ut 226-60-55
CONTENTS

3865 New Hampshire, Potts Abigail Leavitt widow of N H Edward Leavitt who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars, 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 20 th day of March /54 and sent to
John Peavey Tiptonborough N.H.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 18 th Vol. A
1828
178571

128581 Mar 3 June 27/53
Abigail Leavitt Widow of Edward Leavitt Surgt.
Rev. Pensioner
No. 2266 Ms. A. 9. 2. 26
Revolution Certif. dated March 22 1854
Ms. A. 9. 2. 26 3865
Ms. A. 9. 2. 26 p. 14 B B. B. B.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 26
John Pease Tiptonborough N. H.

6144.
Maine
Edward Leavitt or Leavitt
Capt Bell private
New Hampshire line 6 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of January 1819 and del d R. C. Vose, Augusta, Maine,
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818: 4 mo 14/30 — 35. 73 Semi-ann. all co ending 4 th March 1819 — 48. 00
$ 83.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Athens.
Subletter to R. C. Vose 16 April 1828.

Wid 128581 Abigail Leavitt Application

Application for Bounty Land
State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss
On this nineteenth day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Abigail Leavitt aged seventy four years a resident of Lintonborough in the aforesaid county and state who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Edward Leavitt who was a sergeant in the Revolutionary war and that she is the identical Abigail who is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum commencing on the third day of February 1853 that her Pension certificate is dated the twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty four she refers the commission of Pension to the evidence filed with her application for the aforesaid Pension in order to more fully establish her marriage to the said Edward Leavitt also to establish his death she further declares that she is still a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3 d day of March 1855 she also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of congress any Bounty land whatever
Abigail Leavitt

We Edward P. Leavitt and Lyford Peasey both residents of Tuftonborough in the state of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail Leavitt in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Edward P. Leavitt Lyford Peasey
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to subscribed the day and year before written and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
George B. Canny } Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire } ss County of Carroll }
I Sanborn B. Carter Register of Probate within and for said County hereby certify that George B. Canny before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made and acknowledged and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, for the County aforesaid this twenty second day of June A.D. 1855
Sanborn B. Carter Register.

State of New-Hampshire.
CARROLL, SS.
I, Francis R. Chase, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Thomas Rust Esq., before whom the annexed Declaration & Acknowledgment was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Carroll, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine as such Justice and Clerk.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this Twenty eighth day of April 185 3
Francis R. Chase Clerk.

State of New Hampshire County of Carroll ss.
On this eighteenth day of April A D 1853 personally appeared before me Thomas Rust one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Carroll Abigail Leavitt aged seventy three years a resident of Tuftonborough in said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the third day of February A D 1853. — That she is the widow of Edward Leavitt late of Ripley in the County of Somerset State of Maine a Revolutionary pensioner and drew a Pension at the rate of ten dollars per month for many years previous to his death evidence of which is now on file at the Pension Office in Washington City D. C. as she verily believes. —
She further declares that she was married to said Edward Leavitt in the town of Rochester in the County of Strafford, State of New Hampshire by the Rev Mr Haven a Congregational Minister on the 28 day of January in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen  eighteen and that her name before her said marriage

to said Leavitt was Abigail Peavey and that her husband the said Edward Leavitt died in the aforesaid town of Ripley on the 20 th day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty. — She further declares that she has not any family record of her marriage or of the death of said Edward Leavitt nor does she know of any public record of her said marriage or of his death, and further that she is still a widow, never having been married to any person since the death of said Edward Leavitt. — She further declares that she never received the Arrearage of Pension that was due to said Edward Leavitt from the fourth of March 1830 to the day of his death and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of recovering the arrearage which was due as aforesaid as well as the pension to which she is entitled to recover under the law of February 3 rd 1853. She further declares that she has never made any application for a pension or arrearage of Pension before this date, and further that her health is poor that she is not sufficiently able to attend Court Abigail Leavitt
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written and I believe her declaration to be true Before me Thomas Root Justice Cr. C. Pleas

And I further certify that the within named Abigail Leavitt from bodily infirmity is not able to attend Court and that I am in no way interested in said claim.
Thomas Rust Justice Co. C. Pleas
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Please deliver the Certificate for a Pension and also the certificate for arrearage of pension to which I am entitled by the Laws of Congress to Andrew L. Hovey Esq. of Tiptonborough N.H., who is hereby appoin- ted irrevocably my attorney to prosecute my claims for a Pension and arrearage of pen- sion at the Pension Office at Washington with full power to appoint a substitute to act for him in the prosecution of the afore- said claims.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 18 th day of April 1853.
Witness
John Peavey
Abigail Leavitt
Canoll SS.
Subscribed and acknowledged the day & year abovenwritten
Before me Thomas Rust Justice Peas

Rochester June 29. 1853.
Extract of "Marriages by Rev Joseph Haven"
Eighteen hundred and eighteen January twenty eighth Edward Leavet resident at Tuftonborough with Abigail Peary of Tuftonborough -
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in the record in fair legible date and figures as follows.
George H. Dennett Town Clerk of Rochester 1818. Jany 28, Edward Leavet resident at Tuftonborough with Abigail Peary of Tuftonborough.
I George H. Dennett above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Rochester, in the County of Strafford, and State of New Hampshire, and that the above is a true extract from the record of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
George H. Dennett Town Clerk of Rochester Strafford ss June 29. 1853
Then personally appeared George H. Dennett and made oath that the above by him signed is true
Before me
Jas H Edgely Jus Peace

The State of New Hampshire Strafford — Court of Common Pleas Clerk's Office
I, Ruben Hays, Clerk of said Court truly certify that James McLaughlin Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is true & genuine that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 13 th day of July A.D. 1853
Ruben Hays Clerk
Chas. Esq. Deary 50 ct

State of New-Hampshire.
CARROLL, SS.
I, Francis R. Chase, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Thomas Bush Esq., before whom the annexed declaration was made, and who has thereunto
Judge of said Court subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this ninth day of
January 1854
Francis R. Chase Clerk.

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss. on this twenty eighth day of December A.D. 1853. personally appeared before me Thomas Rust a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the aforesaid state and county duly authorized to administer oaths John Peasey a resident of Tuftonborough in aforesaid county aged forty nine years who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is well acquainted with the widow Abigail Leavitt who now resides in the aforesaid town of Tuftonborough that some thirty years since she lived on a small farm about one half a mile from him the said John Peasey and that she lived there as the widow of Edward Peasey who was a cousin to the him said John Peasey. that about thirty years since said Abigail Peasey as she was then called was reputed to have been married to Mr Edward Leavitt in the town of Rochester in the county of Strafford in aforesaid state he said Leavitt then resided in the town of Wolfborough adjoining the aforesaid Tuftonborough that soon after they were so reputed to have been married as aforesaid the said Edward and said Abigail as husband and wife moved from this section of country to the town of Ripley in the state of Maine.

that said Edward and Abigail Leavitt left the small farm which she said Abigail owned and which she was the property of her first husband the aforesaid Edward Peavey in the care of him the said John Peavey as their agent to rent the same and account to them for the proceeds thereof that after said Edward & Abigail Leavitt removed to said town of Ripley. They returned to said Tiptonburgh several times during his life time as together as husband and wife to reside at the house of him the said John Peavey and to settle with him and receive the rent of said farm that about twenty years since said Edward Leavitt was reputed to have died in said town of Ripley leaving several children by his first wife and two children by his last wife the aforesaid Abigail Leavitt that for several years previous to his death he was reputed to have drawn a Pension at the rate of ten dollars per month for services in the war of the Revolution that soon after the death of said Edward Leavitt said widow Abigail Leavitt returned to said town of Tiptonburgh with her two sons reputed to be the children of said Edward Leavitt (and whose names are known as Edward Peavitt & David Leavitt) and she and her two sons took possession of the farm which she said the said Edward Leavitt left in the care of

in the said John Peavey, and have resided there until this day, with the exception that her youngest son David C Leavitt has been absent from home two or three years, and is reputed to be in California that in the year 1834 he said John Peavey, at the request of said Abigail Leavitt went as her agent from Lupton high to the aforesaid town of Ripley, in order to collect the rents due her for the use of her dower in the real estate which said Edward Leavitt died seized and possessed of that again in the month of November 1851 he the said John Peavey, went with the said Abigail Leavitt to said town of Ripley where and where she sold & conveyed by deed all her right title and interest in and unto any and all the real estate that said Edward Leavitt died seized of which sale and conveyance was made in his said John Peavey's presence by her to Joseph Leavitt (a son of said Edward Leavitt by his first wife) and that she was then and there recognized by the children of (said Edward Leavitt by his first wife) and by all persons as far as his knowledge extends as the widow of Edward Leavitt aforesaid and is so reputed in the aforesaid town of Lupton high where she now resides and further that he now has in his possession many papers relating to said transaction as aforesaid John Peavey

State of New Hampshire Canoll ss
Dec 28 th 1853
Personally appearing the within named John Peavy and made out that the foregoing statement by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Thomas Rust Judge of the C. C. Pleas
I further certify, that the affiant John Peavy is a credible witness whose testimony may at all times be fully relied on Thomas Rust.

Edward Leavitt, Athens Somerset Co. Supt. Col. Reed's N. H. Reg. 1777 to 1783.
6 years
April 21. 1818.
Admitted
Edward Leavitt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts em- bracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do certify to your Honor, that Edward Leavitt, a citizen of the United States, now resident in the town of Ripley, in said county of Somerset, in the District of Maine, on the twenty first day of April A.D. 1818 made ap- plication to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to trans- mit the same, and the proceedings had thereon to your Honor, that he might be placed on the pension of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", passed March 18. A.D. 1818, which declaration, with the other evidence produced by said applicant, is herunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a careful examination of the said applicant, and a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said Applicant did serve as a private soldier, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, until the end thereof, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have herunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Court in which I preside to be herunto annexed, this twenty first day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Before me
Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just. C. Court C. Pleas 2 Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Edward Leavitt, aged sixty years, born in Exeter New Hampshire, a citizen of the U. States, now resident in Ripley in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in November 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier, for the period of during the war, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, in Capt. Frederic Bell's company, and Col. Hall's regiment, New Hampshire line - afterwards commanded by Col. George Reed. I served until the sixth of June 1783, when I was finally and honorably discharged from the army at Newburgh, being a sergeant. My discharge is herewith forwarded. I was in the battle of Hubbardston in the battle of Bennington's heights and at the taking of Burgoyne, and I wintered one winter at Valley Forge.
From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge been on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Edward Leavitt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Somerset Co.
On the twenty first day of April A.D. 1810 Edward Leavitt above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just. C. Court C Pias 2 Eastern Circuit.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Phillip Leavitt Esqr of Athens in the District of Maine of lawful age. Upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Edward Leavitt above named. From his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Phillip Leavitt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Somerset Co.
On the twenty first day of April A. D. 1818 Philip Learitt Esqr within named, after having been care- fully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Junr C Justice C. Court C Plus 2 Eastern Circuit

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Leavitt, Edward GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3286 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 21, 1789 and 226-60-55  Wt. 3286 to Ladd and Bass, assignees
*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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

20 July. 30. Rec: Swi "Ruth."

7 Pension Office. 19 th June 1852.
Sir, Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, on the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. Males
Commissioner.
Edward Leavitt, act 1828. $120 per annum, died 27 July 1831. pd.
F. Bush
Quartermaster
Francis Root Esq.
Wm. Auditor, Treasury.

W.H. 1875. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. ! Alston Street, Mount M.

N.W. June
226 ✓
Paeng

No. 2645
Abigail Seavitt wid: of Edward,
Sitton Road 23 Sept. 1853 " " " " 29 Jan. 1854
At 3 rd Fyly, 1853

STATE OF MAINE.
WILLIAM G. CROSBY, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE. To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Samuel H. Seebold of Ripley in the County of Somerset Esquire, was on the twenty ninth day of March A. D. 18 45 , appointed and commissioned, and on the twenty fifth day of June A. D. 18 49 , qualified as a Justice of the Peace and Justice within and for our said County of Somerset that he still continues to hold said office:
Wm. G. Crosby
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 caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four and in the seventy- eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Abner Jackson Secretary of State.

We Joseph Leavitt & Margaret Leavitt both of Ripley in the county of Somerset, Maine of lawful age do depose and say that Edward Leavitt a Revolutionary Pensioner formerly of this town Died at his residence in the town on the 25 day of July 1831 and that we were present at his death. That Abigail Leavitt now residing in Eastonborough N.H. lived with him before and at the time of his death as his reputed Wife (and that she had two children in his lifetime reputed to be the children of the said Edward Leavitt
Joseph Leavitt
Margaret Leavitt
Somerset ss
Ripley February 27 th 1854 Personally appeared Joseph Leavitt & Margaret Leavitt both of Ripley and made Oath that the foregoing statement by them subscribed is true Before me Samuel A. Fodd Justice of the Peace Somerset ss February 27 th 1854
I hereby certify that the above named Joseph Leavitt & Margaret Leavitt are credible persons
Samuel A. Fodd Justice of the Peace

Flavia

Brief in the case of Abigail Seavitt, widow of Edward Carroll County and State of New Hampshire, act 3. Febry 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 15 th May, 1828
Recon. Evidence of Marriage, (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jno. Peasey Esq. Tuftonborough N.H. Name and residence of Agent M.P.
W. B. Smith Examining Clerk.

108581
[Faint, illegible handwritten text, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Tuftonborough June 22 1853- Hon L. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir.
I herewith send you the application of the Widow Abigail Leavitt for Bounty Land under the act of March 3 d 1855. Yours Respectfully John Peasey

July 22 nd 1853.
Appl. of Abigail Leavitt, widow of Edward Leavitt, Carroll Co., N. H.
Act 1828 No. 137
No. 137
Act 3 rd Feb. 1853.
$120.00 Per An. Comm. Feb. 3 rd 1853.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
John Peasey, Yattonborough, N. Hampshire. Seag: Admit for 12 per An.

Yeffonburgh June 22 d free to  Benjamin Burns
178581
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Suffolkborough March 14 1854 Hon L P Waldo
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the affidavits of Joseph & Margaret Leavitt proving the death of Edward which I hope will be all that will be required in the establishing the claim of the widow Abigail Leavitt as it has been obtained with much expense & trouble and the claim is a just and lawful one although it seems she was mistaken as to the exact time of his death this is not strange at all to any person that is acquainted with her as she has been partially insane at times Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt
John Peavy

Shelburneborough Jan 13 1854 Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Sir
I herewith send you testimony to prove the identity of the widow Abigail Leavitt as being the widow of Edward Leavitt late of Ripley. When a pension her application being now on file and suspended under this rule requires evidence to identify her as his widow. I hope you will be able to forward her certificate so as to enable her to draw on the 4 th of March next
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt.
John Peasey

Tuftonborough July 17 1853 Hon. L. P. Wald.
Dear Sir.
I here with send you the application of the widow Abigail Leavitt for a Pension as the widow of Edward Leavitt a Revolut- ionary Pensioner and formerly resided in Ripley in the State of Maine I presume the evidence of his death is on file in the Pension office together with an application for arrears of Pensions due him at his decease if not I shall be able to forward testimony to prove the same ere long having sent to said town of Ripley, in order to obtain said proof you will pleas- direct your answer to this application to A. L. Hovey in care of John Peavy Tuftonborough. With pleas. issue certificates in this and other cases if consistent so that the widow can draw their money in September next
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt
John Peavy

No of orig Pay 137
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
8 July 1828.
Edward Leavitt — of Ripley — in the County of Somerset — in the State of Maine — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain 2 Benter's — company, in the 2 regiment of the New Hampshire line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
My Dear Secretary, A. Jenkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9 th July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Edward Leavitt, in the New Hampshire line
It further appears that Edward Leavitt not is now on the pension list of the any — — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner
correct/ 120,008

37 610
Rev INVALID.
cur
File No. 37,610
Edward Leavett
Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. L , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9128
Abigail Leavitt
Wid
Edward Leavitt
Sergt Rev War
Act: Febr. 3 d  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Edward Leeth in the 1st Battalion  Regt. , having faithfull- ly served the United States two Years and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
6 day June 1783
G. Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
J. Humphreys
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. Miley Adjutant.
THE above Edward Leeth has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for two Years faithful Service. 6 June 1783
William M c Henry

State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss. on this second day of January A D 1854. personally appeared before me John Peasey a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid State duly authorized to administer oaths James Cooney a resident of Tuftonborough in the aforesaid State and County aged fifty nine years. who first being duly sworn according to law declares that he is well acquainted with the widow Abigail Leavitt who now resides in the aforesaid town of Tuftonborough and that she now resides about a quarter of a mile from him and is his nearest neighbor that he well knows that thirty years or more since she was reputed to have been married to Mr. Edward Leavitt and was reputed to have moved with said Leavitt as his wife with him to the town of Ripley in the State of Maine and that he recollects that she returned to said Tuftonborough in company with said Edward as her husband in a few years after she first moved away to visit and transact business that she again left said Tuftonborough with said Edward Leavitt as was reputed and returned with him to Ripley. That about twenty years since said Edward Leavitt was reputed to have died at Ripley aforesaid and within a year or two afterward

That is to say, after the reputed death of Edward Leavitt the said widow Abigail Leavitt returned to said Luptonborough bringing with her two young boys by the name of Edward P Leavitt and David C Leavitt and also a lot of household furniture and moved on to the farm where she now resides it being the farm formerly owned by her first husband Edward Peavey he having died without leaving any children that her oldest son Edward P Leavitt now resides with her and her youngest son David C Leavitt is reputed to be in California that he has never heard it questioned that the said Abigail Leavitt was not lawfully the wife and widow of said Edward Leavitt he further declares that said Edward Leavitt was reputed to have served in the Revolution war and that the above named Edward P Leavitt and David C Leavitt are reputed to be his children
James C. Gurney
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written and hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said James C. Gurney and he is a credible witness
John Peavey, Notary Public

Edward Leavitt, Sergt. 2 Reg. New Hampshire line Claim for 2 years pay as a Sergeant .
The answer is requested To Verdant Post Office Augusta Maine

State of Maine
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 - I Edward Leavitt, of Ripley in the County of Somerset, in the State of Maine, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the War, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period, I was a Sergeant, in Captain Asa Bent's Company in Second regiment, commanded by Col. George Reed of the New Hampshire line. - And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. - And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteen th day of May 1828, on the Pension lists of the United States. My Sergeant Warrant dated the first day of March 1783 - I herewith annex - my Honorable discharge is in the War Department. - Witness my hand, this Eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Edward Leavitt
Witnesses John G. Dill Caleb Leavitt
Before me, Calvin Selden, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Somerset, in the State of Maine, personally appeared this day John G. Dill and Caleb Leavitt, both of the said County, to me well known to be credible witnesses, who did, severally, make oath, that Edward Leavitt, by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier, and as a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated - Witness my hand, this Eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. -
Calvin Selden
I, James Dinsmore, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Somerset in the State of Maine, do hereby certify, that Calvin Selden Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Somerset this eleventh day of June Anno Domini 1828 James Dinsmore Clerk

Augusta Maine June 11. 1828.
Sir,
In pursuance of your instructions of the 28 th of May last, I herewith transmit you my declaration and evidence of my services as a Sergeant in the New Hampshire line during the War of the Revolution. If my papers are satisfactory to your Department, I presume I am entitled to two years pay as a Sergeant-viz. from the 3 rd March 1826. to March 4. 1828, which amount you will please to send me by mail directed to the care of Robert C. Vose, Clerk of the courts Augusta Maine. I also annex my Sergeant Warrant given me by Major Scott Commandt. - my Honorable Discharge, signed by the Commander in Chief is filed in the War Office, Pension Department. where my name was placed on the Pension Roll of Maine, when I drew my pension up to 4 th March 1820. when my name was dropped from the Roll and I have not rec d any payments of the United States on account of my pension since the last mentioned period - Any future payments which may be due & coming to me, I wish may be made at the agents Office of the State of Maine. -
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Ob t Servant
Ebenezer D. Leavitt
Hon. Richard Rush
Sec y U.S. Treasury
Washington.