Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,291, for Lot Leonard, New Jersey

SERVICE
SERVICE New Jersey Penn.
Leonard, Lot Frances
NUMBER _____
R 6.291
CONTENTS

Let to Pa agency, H. A. Stewart, July 20. 1836
Proc. Off. July 1, 1854.
Frances Leonard, wife of Proc. Off. for Prod. Act Feb. 3, 1833, was rejected because her husband was paid under a Special Act. See letter to Geo. S. Wyley, June 27/54. Thereby her application for pension was sent to B. Auditor for him to draw his arrears of pension. "Boz. 102."
No 30769 Pennsylvania
Lot Leonard, of Greene Co in the State of Penna who was a private in the by Captain Herod of the line for Penna Militia
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of July 1836 and sent to H. A. Stewart, Union Town, Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1836 200 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 20 00 Due Dec 7, 1847 $ 220 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Act June 28, 1836 }
Recorded by J. D. Wilson, Clerk, Book F Vol. 5 Page 135.

Greene County Pennsylvania
Personally appeared in open court this 16 th day of September 1834 before the judges of the court of common pleas of said County now in session the Rev. James M c Guire Joseph Leonard Seventy nine years in November last resident in Greene County who on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the 7 th of June 1832.
That about the first of June 1775 he went out to guard the coast about the commencement of the war for two months as a volunteer militia man under captain Condict in Mendham Township Morris county State of New Jersey being about 20 years of age & was stationed for most of the time on Trumbull's point between Elizabeth Town & Amboy - and after his term expired he re-engaged for two months more under the same officers & served out this term also making four months in guarding the coast & watching the movements of the enemy.
That shortly after this he emigrated with his father's family to the western part of Penn s ylvania county where he has resided ever since & still resides and shortly afterwards in the summer of 1777 about the first of July he went out as a volunteer under captain William Herod against the Indians and marched to the flats of Brown Creek & along the Ohio river they were called Scouts or Indian spies they had no colonel or general officers with them but colonel McHenry & Col. McFarland commanded in that part of the country once in a while after serving about four months in this way as a private an election was held by the company for officers and this applicant was elected captain and was accordingly sworn in & commissioned at Phillips fort (where the courts martial and other military business was done & meetings held) as a captain of Indian spies & rangers - Having recruited & supplied his company they marched to a place called Garret's fork on Big Whitey creek in Greene county where they made their headquarters where they collected their supplies & where

They fell back when prep d by superior numbers. That he continued to command & serve at this place from the first of June to the first of October in the year 1778. When the Enemy retired, and Hostilities were not resumed until about the middle of May 1779 That then he again raised his company of Spies & rangers and established their head quarters at Rapp's fort on Ruffs creek about six miles from where Washington is now situate in Green county Penn a from this place (where the neighbouring people were forted) he marched with his men in different directions towards the Ohio river - scouting watching & pursuing the Enemy whom they made their appearance - Many people were murdered in every direction as could be where intelligence was brought of their depredations this department who continued in command as captain perceived the Enemy until danger in that quarter disappeared he was then employed in guarding the settlements contending with the Enemy for five months this season until the middle of October - The next Spring the latter part of May the Enemy re-appeared? and the people again fortified at Rapp's Fort & he again called out his men and took the command as captain under his commission before mentioned this was the Spring of 1780 - They perceived the Indians who had murdered many families on to the head waters of Whitey creek & on Dunkard, and thence to the head of Fish creek which empties into the Ohio river about twenty miles below the town of Wheeling in Virginia - wh. at pursuing the Indians on fish creek this season on a steep hill he in passing rapidly over a rocky place fell & split the cap of his knee so that he was unable to walk & was carried to the fort on the horse that carried their provisions and was unable to perform any further service until nearly a year afterwards the summer they were out about four months and a half -

In the month of June (about first corn being) he again was called by danger & a alarm to the field - being still in command as captain his service was again required - his company was again collected & reorganized and were part of the Summer Station at Bellefort higher up Ruffs creek - They were also employed in guarding the people at various other forts, Jackson's fort - 18 here's fort on Muddy creek and other places occupied all their time and they returned later than usual being in November he thinks early in the month making the season this season something more than four months but to be certain he puts it at four months - In the Spring of 1783 - he was stationed with his company at Seal's fort about 4 miles from Jefferson that this season Spring & until some time in October say the 15 they were in this fort & the surrounding country protecting the settlers against the hostile incursions of the Enemy his service this season as captain was not less than five months - making his service as captain in the years 1777 - 8 - 9 - 1780 1782 - 83 twenty two months and a half - after this he continued to serve occasionally If he were to answer to all the time he served in the forts as well as in the field it would be quite confident exceed three years he was in fort in the service with but occasional intervals throughout the war until the year when he was disabled by the injury he received on First creek before mentioned he further states that his commission and documentary evidence was all destroyed shortly after the war but he thinks he can find surviving witnesses who know of his service in the Revolutionary war as a captain He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity with the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
In answer to the interrogatories put by the court he states
 1. That he was Born in and has lived all his days in Morris county New Jersey  2. That he has no record of his age - has no record of his age  3. That he was living when called into service in Morris county New Jersey & since the war he has lived where he now resides in Morris Township Morris County Pa  4. That he went into the service as a volunteer -  5. That the names of the officers & the circumstances of his service are as set forth in the foregoing Declaration  6. That his discharge & his commission was destroyed shortly after the war 

that his neighbors Barnett Whittack & Thomas Hoge will testify to his character as a soldier & captain in the Revolutionary war & his character for truth & veracity.
Sworn & subscribed and
Open Court, September 16 th 1834
Chas Hook
Deputy
Lot Leonard
We Barnett Whittack & Thomas Hoge both of name of Penna. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Revd Lot Leonard Whittack sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier and captain in the Revolutionary war and we concur in that opinion and further that he is a man of unblemished truth & veracity
Sworn & subscribed and
Open Court Sept. 16 th 1834
Chas Hook
Barnet Whittack, Thomas Hoge
Greene County to
Pennsylvania
Personally appeared in open court
Thomas Hoge a resident of said county & a highly credible witness who being duly sworn did depose and say that he is well acquainted with the Rev. Lot Leonard the above applicant that he knows he was a captain in the Revolutionary war that he was present when the said Leonard was elected & appointed captain of a company of soldiers in Ohio or Virginia in the year 1777 on Ruff's creek in Greene county that he knows him to be in the service as a captain from that time to the end of the war every summer except one when he was lame that the defendant lived during the whole time in the near neighborhood of said Leonard and was often posted in the same fort with him viz in Bell's Fort, Red Bank's Fort & in which said Leonard commanded as captain from first to last he believes he served more than two years as captain as aforesaid which he continued to hold to the end of the war
Rev. Lot Leonard
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court Sept. 16 th 1834.
Chas Hook
Deputy
Thomas Hoge

State of Pennsylvania Washington County ) ss.
On this 22 nd day of the month of September A.D. 1856, Personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & a Court of Record in said County, Francis Seaward a resident of Green County in the State of Pennsylvania aged sixty two years who being duly sworn according to law with her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefits of the Provisions made by the acts of Congress Approved July the 29 th A.D. 1848 and February the 3 rd 1853. That she is the Widow of Sol Seaward who was a private in the Revolutionary War & who during his life time drew an Annual Pension of Forty Dollars which was paid to him at the Pittsburgh Penn Agency that he lived in Washington County Penn at the time of his decease that his certificate of Pension has been, but that a Reference to the Records of the Pension Office will Establish these facts. She further declares that she was married to the said Sol Seaward on the 13 th day of May A.D. 1821, by Thomas Berson Esq. and that her Husband the aforesaid Sol Seaward died on the Seventh day of November A.D. 1847, that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further Swears that she was a Widow at the time of the passage of the acts and is still a Widow, and that she has never received any Pension.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this day & year above written.
W. H. McVickie J. of P. & M.
John Shrimpton Deputy Clerk

I John Freeman Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that Frances Leonard the claimant is unable to appear in open Court for reasons of old age and bodily infirmity & that I know that Frances has been heard and that I believe she is the Identical Person she represents herself to be
John Freeman Judge of Court of Common Pleas
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington County, ss.
I William S Moore Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that John Freeman Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration, Affidavit was made and whose genuine signature is affixed thereto was at the time and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths And that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official Acts
Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court at Washington the 10th day of October Anno Domini 1856 Wm. S. Moore Prothonotary
State of Pennsylvania County of Washington } ss
On this thirteenth day of October Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Thomas Bredon Esq who being duly sworn did depose and say that he was a Justice of the Peace in the year A.D. 1821. and was duly authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. that on the 13 th day of May A.D. 1821. he united in Holy Matrimony. Lot Leonard and Frances Willis. that Frances Leonard who made the foregoing Declaration is the Widow of — the said Lot Leonard and is the Identical person she represents herself to be. he —

in the South that the foregoing is a correct copy or Extract from his record or Packet in relation to said marriage
Sworn to & Subscribed to Thomas Garrison before me this 13 th day of October 1856.
W.W. Hawthorn Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Washington }
On this thirteenth day of October A.D. 1856 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid David Bower & Melinda his wife who being duly Sworn according to Law, did depose and say that they were intimately acquainted with Col Leonard Francis his wife that the said Col Leonard was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War that he drew a Pension of Forty Dollars per Annum up to the 4 th of Sept 1847. that he died on the Seventh of November 1847. that the said Francis Francis is the Widow of Col Leonard and is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing Declaration & still remains the Widow of the said Col Leonard. Sworn and now resides in their family
Sworn to and Subscribed to before me this 13 th day of October 1856 W.W. Hawthorn Justice of the Peace
David Bower Melinda Bower

State of Pennsylvania } ss. County of Washington }
The foregoing affidavits of Thomas Berson Esqr & David Berson & Melinda his wife were sworn to and subscribed to before me this 13 th day of October 1856. and I certify that I know the affidavits to the credible persons, and that I know the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Given under my hand & seal at Millersborough County & State aforesaid this 13 th day of October 1856 W. W. Hawthorn J.P.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington County, ss.
I William S. Moore Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that W. W. Hawthorne Esqr before whom the within Affidavits were made and whose genuine signature is thereto affixed was at the time of taking the same and now is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and authorized by law to administer Oaths. And that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts.
Wherein my hand the seal of the said Court at Washington the 16 th day of October Anno Domini 1856
Wm S. Moore Protho
Address W. W. Hawthorn Millersborough Washington Co Pa.

May 2, 1938
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Mr. David E. Bane #57 East Main Street Uniontown, Pennsylvania
B&J/ERL Lot Leonard-R.6291
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Lot Leonard, who served from New Jersey and Greene County, Pennsylvania, and whose wife was Frances.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.6291, based upon the military service in that war of Lot Leonard. in that war
Lot Leonard was born in November, 1755, in Mendham Township, Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Lot Leonard applied for pension September 16, 1834, and stated that while residing in Mendham Township, New Jersey, he volunteered about June 1, 1775, and served two tours of two months each as a private in Captain Condict's New Jersey Company and guarded the sea coast; that shortly after the termination of this service, he moved with his father's family to western Pennsylvania, and that while living in Greene County, that state, he volunteered about July 1, 1777, and served four months as an Indian Spy under Captain William Herod in the Pennsylvania troops; that he was then commissioned captain of a company of spies and rangers in the Pennsylvania troops and served as such officer, as follows: from June 1, 1778, four months; from about the middle of May, 1779, five months; from about May, 1780, four and one-half months; that during the last named service he was injured by a fall and his knee cap split open; from June, 1782, over four months; from sometime in the spring of 1783, five months, and that all of his service was against the Indians in western Pennsylvania and along the Ohio River.

The claim of Lot Leonard for pension was not allowed as the kind of service rendered by him, spy and ranger, was not provided for in the Act of Congress under which he applied. He was allowed pension by Special Act of Congress, approved June 28, 1836.
Lot Leonard died November 7 or December 7 (both dates are shown), 1847 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was referred to as the Reverend Lot Leonard.
The officer married May 13, 1821, Frances Willis, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. In 1856, she was residing in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and was aged sixty-two years. The date of her death is not given and there is no reference to any children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Mayresburgh July 2 nd 1854
S r Waldo Esda
Sir
Yours of the 27 th ult. in relation to the application of Frances Leonard, widow of Lot Leonard for a pension in right of her husband, is rec d . You rejected the application on the ground, that; Lot Leonard having been pensioned under a special act of Congress, his widow is not entitled to a pension under the act of 8 th Feb y 1853. And you say that "to entitle a widow to the pension which her husband drew, he must have been pensioned under some general act of Congress." I hardly think that the acts of Congress will bear this construction; but be that as it may, still there must be sufficient evidence on file to entitle Mrs Leonard to the pension for which she makes application.
When Mr Leonard procured his pension, though it was under a special act of Congress, he must have exhibited satisfactory evidence of his services. That evidence must be on file as where. And it would certainly be sufficient to entitle Mrs Leonard to a pension. I have not seen the act of Congress under which Lot Leonard was pensioned, and do not know what its provisions are. If it grants a pension to Lot Leonard specially by name, the committee who reported the bill must have had before them sufficient evidence of his services, and if that evidence is preserved, would it not answer the present purpose.
Will you be so good as to let me know whether there is any evidence on file in your office sufficient to sustain the application.
Yours respectfully Leo S. Myly

1 O. L. June 27/54
1

Public Office, 27 th June, 1854.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Francis Seaman for a pension as the widow of Sgt. has been returned, examined & rejected!
Her husband was pensioned as under a Special Act of Corp. p. dated June 28 th 1836. The applicant is not entitled to any benefit in consequence of her husband being pensioned under a special act . To entitle a widow to the pension which her husband drew, he must have been pensioned under some general Act of Corp. p. As the claimant's husband was not entitled or entitled to a pension under a general pension law , she cannot derive any rights from such pension. Mrs. Seaman should file evidence of at least six months service of her said husband, to be entitled under the Act of Feb. 3 rd 1853.
H. W. H. S.
Rev. S. W. Lyman, Waynesburgh, Pa.

V. W. Hawthorne,
Nov. 5 th 1856

Pension Office Nov 5 - 1855
1853
Sir
The enclosed copy of a letter to G. W. Wyley Esq of the 15 th of July 1854 will show you that Mrs Frances Leonard is not entitled to a pension under the Act of Febz 3 / 1853.
W. W. Hawthorn Esq
Millsborough Washington Co Penn a

No 4863 Francis Leonard,
Noting Lot.
Settled S. W. by N. 57 1/2 54 " " " " July 15 "
Oct 3 153

4863 Frances Leonard Widow of Lot
Penn a
Geo. S. Wyley June 27 1854- Same July 15 1854- W. W. Hawthorn Nov 5 1856-
6291
3 Feby 1853

The Bill for the Relief of Lot Leonard is among the papers of James Scott - reported same time -
now in this claim

See back of Old Code,
"R. M."

War Dept. Office. July 15 th 1854.
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 8 th inst. you are informed that David Scovel was rejected by a Special Act of Congress. He He procured the passage of a Special Act because he was not entitled. He could not establish his claim under the act of June 1832. The fact that Congress passed an act for his relief is no evidence that he was entitled to a pension under any of the general pension laws. He On the contrary, it is evidence that his claim was not embraced by any previous acts of Congress and that he had not served on the was not evidence Example of sufficient service to entitle him to a pension.

The paper upon which his claim was allowed by Congress are upon file in this office. Upon an examination of them, I find no evidence of sufficient service to justify the admission of the claim of his Widow.
James M. [?] July 13/74
Gen. S. [?] Washington, Pa.

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Witness my hand
J. G. Edwards Esq.
Sh. Clerk
June 30.
Hon. Andrew Stewart Union Town Pa.

J. L. Edwards Esq Compt. of Pensions
Sir
By an act of the Present Session of Congress. Lot Leonard of Erie Co Pa is placed on the Rev. Pen. roll from 4 mo' 31 at $40 per. an: when his certificate is made out be so good as to enclose it to me at Union Town Pa & oblige yrs &c.
Andrew Stewart
June 29 th 1836

Muncie Town
15 July. 1876
Dear Sir
An application was made about two years ago (or upwards) for a pension by Joseph Kern of this county as a revolutionary soldier. Will you be so good as to inform me what decision was made in his case. it has escaped my recollection if I ever knew. also please forward to me as soon as convenient Mr. Set Leonard's pension certificate granted by a late act of congress.
Yours respectfully
A. Stewart
J. L. Edwards Esq
compt. of Pensions

This is to certify that we are acquainted with the Reverend Lot Leonard, who is an applicant for a pension as a Captain in the Revolutionary War in the Western part of Penn a . Green 6 th as also with Thomas Hooge and also Silas Wayne the witnesses who have sustained his statements on oath and from their high character they sustain faith & Integrity there can be no doubt of the correctness of their statement.
July 23 rd 1836
Andrew Stewart Buchanan

Greene County Penn a S p
Personally appeared before me a substance of ten years in upon said County. Elias Crone resident of Greene County Penn a a credible witness to other being only known to him, that having read the Deposition of Rev. Thomas Hoge attached to this Declaration, he concurs generally as to the truth of the facts set forth in said Deposition, with most of although in consequence of his extreme age and the impairment of his memory he cannot recollect distinctly, dates &c.
But this Deponent distinctly recollects that the Rev. Lot Leonard who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing Declaration was elected a Captain of Rangers and Indian Spies, ear- ly in the war, he thinks in 1777, on Ruff Creek in Greene County Penn a , and that he frequently posted with him in Bell's Pass and Lusk's fort in Greene County Penn a during which time the said Leon-
ard was always as captain, and  he  does not  can state the length of time that the said Leonard served as Captain, but he thinks from first to last the said Leonard must have served two years or upwards.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 13th day of February 1835
Robert Boyd
Filed January 1835 A. Williams ATL

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the law, experiment that Lot Leonard was a revolutionary Captain & served as he states. and the court do further certify that it appears to them that Harriet Tuttle who signed the above certificate is a clergymen resident of Greene County, and also that Thomas Hays who has signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.
I, New York clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lot Leonard for a pension. I also certify that Richard Boyd before whom the foregoing deposition purports to have been taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & sworn and that the signature thereof purporting to be his is genuine.
Given this 14 th day of February A. D. 1830
Ever Fox Clerk &c.

July 20, 1938
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Mr. David E. Bane 57 East Main Street Uniontown, Pennsylvania
LOT LEONARD R. 6891 BA-J/MHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request copies of the papers on file in the claims for pension based upon service of Lot Leonard (R. 6891) in the Revolutionary War.
When the record of that officer was furnished you May 2, 1938, all papers in his claim for pension and all those in the claim of his widow for pension were examined and the data reported were found in all the papers. Photostatic copies of the papers will be furnished at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is twenty-two.
Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of The Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans Administration, Arlington Building, this city, when the copies will be prepared and mailed to you.
Your stamped envelope is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 13, 1931
Mrs. Wilbur L. Leonard 2809 Main Street Buffalo, New York
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section PIL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.6291, that Lot Leonard was born in November, 1755, in Mendham Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
While residing in Mendham Township, New Jersey, he volunteered about June 1, 1775, and served two tours of two months each as a private in Captain Condict's New Jersey Company and guarded the sea coast.
Shortly after the termination of this service, he moved with his father's family (names of parents not given) to western Pennsylvania, and while living in Greene County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered about July 1, 1777, and served four months as Indian spy under Captain William Herod in the Pennsylvania Troops.
At the expiration of this service he was commissioned captain of a company of spies and rangers in the Pennsylvania Troops and served as such captain as follows: from June 1, 1778, four months; from about the middle of May, 1779, five months; from about May, 1780, four and one-half months; during the last named service he was injured by a fall and his knee cap split open; from June, 1782, over four months; from sometime in the spring of 1783, five months. All of this service was against the Indians in western Pennsylvania and along the Ohio River.
He applied for pension September 16, 1834, while residing in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was allowed pension by a special act of Congress, approved June 28, 1836.
He died November 7 or December 7, 1847, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. He is referred to as the Revérend Lot Leonard.

The soldier married May 13, 1821, Frances Willis. In 1856, she was residing in Greene County, Pennsylvania and was then aged sixty-two years. No reference is made to children.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. War Section.
September 23, 1915.
Mr. D. E. Bane, 57 East Main Street, Uniontown, Pa.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 17" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and the Revolutionary War records fail to show such a claim on file for Major Joseph Willis.
The record of Lot Leonard, R. File No. 6,291, was forwarded you November 26, 1912, and it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same person.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
December 21, 1912.
D. H. Bane, Esq.
57 East Main Street,
Uniontown. Pa.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 14" and received the 16" instant, relative to Lot Leonard, R. File No. 6291, Rev. War, you are advised that he did not claim to have engaged in any battles, but that he served as a Scout and Spy, and his company "ranged" along the Ohio river in the pursuit of Indians, and they "had no Colonel or General officer with them", although Colonels McCleary and McFarland occasionally commanded in that part of the country.
Very respectfully,
J. P. Murnane Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Lot 30, 1794 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 4 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1776 2 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1777 4 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1778 5 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1779 6 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1780 7 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1781 8 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1782 9 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.   1783 10 years Col. Washington Putnam Penn.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

LAW OFFICES BANE AND BANE 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN, PENNA.
DAVID E. BANE EUSTACE H. BANE
May 6, 1938
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Attention: A. D. Hiller
Dear Sir:
In Re: BA-J/EEL Lot Leonard-R.6291
Acknowledge receipt of your letter and report, under date of May 2, 1938, in above matter, and I wish to thank you for the information furnished me.
I had formerly secured a report from your Department on Lot Leonard, who was my great grandfather. My former report mentions Lot Leonard as moving to Greene County, Pennsylvania, under date of 1776, but did not mention his father and his family moving there with him. If your records show that Lot Leonard's father and family did move to Greene County in 1776, I may be able to secure further information at this place.
After the death of Lot Leonard in 1847, his widow, Frances (Willis) Leonard, made application for a pension, as the widow of Lot Leonard, and I am informed by my grandparents that this application was rejected. If you have that application in your records and the rejection thereof, I would like to have a copy of the same for family purposes.
You are to ignore my letter to you, under date of May 5.
Anything that you can give me in above matter will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
David E Bane DAVID E. BANE
DEB:KS

LAW OFFICES BANE AND BANE 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN, PENNA.
DAVID E. BANE EUSTACE H. BANE
May 5, 1938
Pensions Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Under date of April 14, I wrote you for a copy of the pension claim as filed in your Department by Frances Leonard, widow of Lot Leonard, who served from New Jersey and Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolutionary War, as well as copy of rejection. The rejected claim is filed at Pension No. 6291.
I have had no reply to that letter.
Lot Leonard was my great grandfather and I would appreciate having this record.
I am enclosing a stamped envelope for your reply.
Yours truly,
David E. Bane DAVID E. BANE
DEB:KS
3 sent Encl. 2

LAW OFFICES BANE AND BANE 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
DAVID E. BANE EUSTACE H. BANE
BELL PHONE 1077
April 14, 1938
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Pensions Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am writing you for a copy of the pension claim as filed in your Department by Frances Leonard, widow of "Lot Leonard" who served from New Jersey and Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolutionary War , as well as copy of rejection.
I am informed that this rejected claim is filed at Pension No. 6291.
Yours truly,
David E. Bane DAVID E. BANE
DEB:KS

Per.

WILBUR L. LEONARD 2809 MAIN STREET BUFFALO, N.Y.
May 25, 1931.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
From a recent D.A.R lineage book Volume 119, I read as follows,- Miss Orpha Rebecca Bane # 118394: born E. Bethlehem, descendant of Capt. Lot Leonard etc. "Lot Leonard (1755-1847) in 1778 served as captain of Indian spies and rangers with headquarters at Jarretts Fort, Greene Co. He applied for pension 1835 and his claim was allowed. He was born in Morris County, N.J: died in Greene Co., Pa."
This man I feel sure belongs in our line and I would greatly appreciate knowing further what the pension says. Will, you kindly tell me this and if charges are involved I shall be glad to pay same.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Wilbur L. Leonard

17.113 Rec DAVID E. BANE ATTORNEY AT LAW 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN. PENNA
BELL PHONE 1077
July 24, 1922
The Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Wash., D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would be pleased if you would send me a full and complete statement of the record of Lot Baneord , R. File No. 6,291 ,.
The statement you sent me on Nov. 25, 1912 was loaned to other decendants of this party and lost, so if you will prepare or have some one prepare the statement I will forward to you what ever expense you may be put to in the preparation and mailing to me of same.
Yours very truly,
David E. Bane

D. E. BANE ATTORNEY AT LAW 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN PA. PENNA.
Rev Sec TRI-STATE PHONE 380 BELL PHONE 1077
Sept. 17, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War record W. R. 3639 of Joseph Willis received, and I desire to thank you for having furnished me with same.
Now I note in the remarks concerning Joseph Willis that he was the son of Joseph Willis, a Major in the Revolutionary War. Now I would be pleased if you would furnish me with what records you have as to Major Joseph Willis, who took part in the Revolutionary War, as he would be a great grand-father of mine.
Will you kindly furnish me with what information you have on record of Lot Leonard, who was a Captain in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey and later moved to Greene County Pa. You will find his record at File No. 6291, Revolutionary War section. Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours very truly,
D E Bane

D. E. BANE ATTORNEY AT LAW 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN, - PENNA.
Tri-State Phone 380 Bell Phone 1077
120. 24. 7. 23. 2.
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D. E. Baue

D. E. BANE ATTORNEY AT LAW 57 EAST MAIN STREET UNIONTOWN, - PENNA.
Tri-State Phone 380 Bell Phone 1077
Nov. 21, 1917
Mr. John Department, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Bane: I am writing you for the following information, and if the information is not in a position to give it can you refer me to the Department of the government which is in a position to give it. Mr. Bane, I saw a soldier in the Revolutionary War, he is supposed to have enlisted from the state of New Jersey, or from Pennsylvania (Greene County). I want to know if this is a fact and whether he held any rank in the army. He received a pension and got it sent to him at Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., about 1907. Thanking you for any information you can give me concerning this matter, I remain
Respectfully yours,
D. E. Bane

P. O.
P. O. Francis Leonard Service: 1st of ...
Service: Will and Testament
Enlisted: _____, 18_____
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18_____
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Paul Recognized. ✓ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 188

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P.O. Francis Leonard Service: Midwest
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
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Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract _____
Cert. of Dis. _____ Searched for _____
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1912 Nov. 26. Hist to Mr. D. E. Bane & 1912 Dec. 21. Mr. Bane advised that soldier claimed no battle nor field officers - 4 1915 Sept. 23 Mr. Bane that he has already been furnished this hist. 1922 Sept. 8. Hist to D. E. Bane. 1931 July 13. Hist. to Mrs. Wilbur L. Leonard - E. E. L. 1938 May 2 - " " David E. Bane. E. L. 1938 July 20 - David E. Bane add. cost of photos. M.W. B.

LOT LEONARD.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 452.]
MARCH 21, 1836.
Mr. FRY, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition and documents of Lot Leonard, of Greene county, Pennsylvania, report:
That upon an examination of the papers presented to the committee in behalf of the petitioner's claim for services rendered during the revolutionary war, it appears upon his own declaration, made in due form of law, that he served as a " volunteer militia man " under Captain Condict, to guard the coast and watch the movements of the enemy, between Elizabethtown and Amboy, in New Jersey, for a period of four months; that he afterwards moved to Greene county, Pennsylvania; and in July, 1777, under Captain Hurd, against the Indians, he volunteered and served in scouting parties, as Indian spies, for four months; and was then elected a captain of the company, and marched to Janet's ford, where they quartered, and commanded the company there from June, 1 to October 1, 1780, when the enemy retreated; that about the middle of May, 1779, he marched his company to Ross's fort, and continued to guard the settlements there to the middle of October, making five months; that about the middle of May, 1780, he marched his company, pursuing the Indians, who were murdering the settlers along Fish creek, to Wheeling, in Virginia, and continued in this service four and a half months; that during the summer of 1781, he was unable to perform duty, on account of having " broke the cap of his knee " the previous summer, while pursuing Indians over rocks and ledges of stone; that in June, 1782, he resumed the command of his company, and was stationed during the summer at Bell's, Jackson's, and Klein's forts, to the middle of November, four months; that in 1783 he commanded his company in service at Seal's fort, to the middle of October, being five months, protecting the settlers from Indian murder and depredation, making a service of twenty-two and a half months, which, he thinks, is considerably less than he really did serve, if he could recollect so as to recount the whole; that his discharge and commission were destroyed shortly after the war.
Thomas Hodge testifies, that he was present when the petitioner was elected captain of Indian spies in 1777; knew that he was in the service Blair & Rives, printers.

from that time to the end of the war, except one summer, when he was lame. Deponent was petitioner's neighbor all the time, and often fortified with him in Bell's, Ross's and Seal's forts.
Silas Crayn testifies, that he concurs generally with the statement of Hodge; that he distinctly recollects the petitioner was elected a captain of Indian spies in 1777, and that he fortified with him at different times in Bell's, Ross's and Seal's forts; thinks petitioner must have served two years.
Barnet Whitlock, jr. and Thomas Hodge certify that petitioner is considered in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier. The credibility of all the witnesses is properly certified by the court, as also by the certificate of the Hon. Andrew Stewart and the Hon. Andrew Buchanan, members of Congress from that district.
The committee believe the evidence of service to be clear, though there is not evidence sufficient of the captaincy to entitle the petitioner to be put on the pension roll as a captain. Taking into consideration that the testimony commences in 1777, and that the nature of the service was not continual, the committee are of opinion, that to do justice to the Government and the petitioner both, would be to allow him a pension for twelve months' service as a private; and they report a bill accordingly.

Lot Leonard Petition of Lot Leonard Rev. Capt. (X Doct.) for Pension Feb 29. 1836 Ref O Com on Rev. Pensions March 21 1836 Bill — n o 452
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page] Rev. Lot Leonard $40 per annum, from March 1 st 1831 to March 1836 Wm. Williams Wm. Lloyd
Ms 146 Rev. Pen

To the Honorable the Senate & House of Reps of the U.S. in Congress assembled
The petition of John Leonard a 2nd term in the revolution war was respectfully represented, that he served for most of the time during the whole war from 1775 to 1783 part of the time as a private & part of the time as a captain as appears by the Statement read of his service on oath & herewith communicated that he was wounded in the knee by a shot which disabled him a part of the time That his claim was presented to the war department under the act of 7 June 1832 & rejected on the ground that unless he could show acts or resolutions of Congress under which he was called out his claim could not be allowed. Which is out of his power to do, that he is aged & poor & unable to do more than he has done to establish his claim which he has proved by credible testimony he was duly commissioned & acted as set forth but his commission is now unfortunately lost his hopes Your Honorable leaders will give his case a favorable hearing J. Leonard

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
13 July 1854
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States; and the third section of the Act of August 23 1842, extending the time within which Pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension Agents, the Widow of Lot Leonard - dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and — Cents per Annum under the law of the 7 June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 Sept 1847 to the 7 December 1847
Respectfully, yours
J. M. Brooke Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.