Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13738, for Caleb Leach, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Leach
Caleb
S. 13738
Mass
boarded
CONTENTS

1163 New York
Caleb Leach
of Oswego — in the State of New York who was a Sergt & Bn. in the Company commanded by Captain Keitt — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dudley — in the * Massachusetts line for Ten Months, Sergt. and Four- teen Months Private —
* Continental Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 96 Dollars 66 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of Octo- ber, 1832 — and sent to F. Shringtan
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $144. 99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 48. 33 $193. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Caleb Hiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 109

4542
Caleb Leach
admitted
3 years
10 10 mo serg. 14 mo private
Thomas Harrington Amegs Tioga Co New York

BRIEF in the case of Caleb Leach of Oswego ————— in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge Com pleus Com  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? Seventy seven years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 July 6 end of the year. 6 Ord of Sgt Gen. Genl Putnam Capt. Putnam Col Paul Dudley. Maj. Austin Lt Col Miel Jackson   then for 1   1777 Sept 10 3 Sept for 10 days Capt. Caggsull. Col Wilson. Lt Col. Millard.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol water Mass. & Halifax.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? neither  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Examining Clerk:
do not copy this not original paper only

N o 4. 542 In the matter of the application of Caleb Seach for a Pension. -
Declaration &c.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of New York } Troy County - } ss.
On this 24 th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me John R. Drake a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Troy aforesaid at my office in the village of Owego in the County aforesaid Caleb Seach a resident of the town of Owego in the said County of Troy and State aforesaid aged 77 years last June who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. - That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain James Keith of Bridgewater, Plymouth County Mass. and served in the regiment of the Massachu- setts line commanded by Colonel Paul Dudley Sergeant - The number of the regiment he does not know. - The name of the his Colonel is as he has above mentioned. - Major Austin was an officer of the regiment at the time - he thinks his christian name was William, but is not certain. - The ad- jutant's name was Doliver, but he does not rec- ollect his christian name. - These are all the regimental field officers he recollects that belonged to the regiment when he first enlisted. - In the year 1776 Michael

Sackson was a Lieut. Colonel in his regiment. - He does not know to what Brigade he belonged at the time of enlistment. - The regiment lay at the time at Suman's farms between Cambridge and Boston, and General Putnam used to be there sometimes & also at Fort Putnam between Suman's Farms and Cambridge. - But he does not know whether he commanded at the time. - There was a Captain Perry belonging to the same regiment. - And also a Captain Wiley who had a brother who was Lieut. in his company. He states that his company officers were Captain James Keith as before stated and Lieut. David Thomas. - And he thinks that the quarter master of the regiment was a lieutenant of their company. - His name was Carlton, but he does not recollect his christian name. - And he further states that he first enlisted for the year, in the month of July 1775 & continued a soldier in Captain Keith's company till the end of that year, and then enlisted in the same company under the same officers before mentioned for another year. - The first enlistment was at in the town of Bridgewater or the adjoining town Halifax, Massachusetts. - The second was in the Camp at Suman's farms. Towards the close of the year 1776 he was taken sick with the bilious fever in consequence of exposure and hardship, and was carried to the Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. - Here he remained till an officer whose name he does not recollect came to the Hospital and furnished him with money and a pass to get home. - He set out for home which was in Halifax, Massachusetts but had become so feeble both in body and mind that he often forgot the way he had to go. - But still retaining an idea of home & the name of the place where he belonged he was

able to enquire; and so by one means or another he finally arrived amongst his friends in Halifax; but so altered in appearance and emaciated as scarce- ly to be known by them. - He remained at home with his mother who was a widow woman till the tenth day of September 1777; when by careful musing and proper care he had recovered his former state of health. - He then enlisted again for three years on the said tenth day of September. - That he never procured any discharge from the former enlist- ment for the reason that he was absent from the army at the time the enlistment expired. - That he enlisted for the three years above mentioned at the town of Halifax under Lieutenant Isaac Sturtevant, as a soldier with the promise of the post of a sergeant. - after this enlistment, he, with about twenty other recruits under Lieutenant Sturtevant marched to Great Barrington Mass. on their way to Genl. Gates army. as a guard to a number of teams with military stores from Boston. - On their arrival at Great Barrington they heard of the surrender of General Burgoyne. - They met the British prisoners in Kinderhook on the Hudson River; and went on to Albany where they joined a company commanded by Captain Amos Cogswell. - This regiment was commanded by Colonel James Wilson. - He continued in said company till the 10th day of September 1780 when he received his discharge signed by Colonel Wilson. - At the time of this enlistment the company officers were Captain Cogswell before mentioned and Lieut. Sturtevant also before mentioned; and he thinks a second Lieut. by the name of Cleveland. - But he is not certain as to the 2 d Lieut. - The officers of the regiment were Col. Wilson Lieut. Col. Miller - he does not remember the major - nor the adjutant. - He was discharged in New Jersey at a place called Teen Rapy some distance

below Stoney Point. - The regiment while at Albany belonged to Genl. Sarned's or Sarnard's Brigade. - Lieut. Col. Millin afterwards left the regiment & Lieut. Col. Jackson succeeded him as Lieut. Col. And he further states that for about ten months of the last part of the three years enlistment he had charge of the field Armory of the fourth Massachusetts Brigade; in which capacity he received sergeants pay and two rations. - He continued in this capacity till the end of the enlistment. - He had previously been a portion of the time in the armory at Fishkill, by permission, while the regiment lay at Fishkill and West Point. - And he further states that during the year 1775 after he enlisted, the regiment continued at Samans Farm. - And continued there during the for part of 1776 till in the spring, the British evacuated Boston & then they marched into Boston. - In Boston a part of the regiment was employed on the Castle & the rest were stationed on Fort Hill. - Soon after this, he had the small pox and the regiment went on to New York & left him in the Brookline hospital. - Doct. Rand was the principal Physician at the Hospital at the time. - after he recovered from the small pox he came on & joined the regiment at Horn Hook or Bellgate near New York. - He there remained till towards the fall of that year when the British took possession of the city of New York and the Americans left it. -

after which his regiment marched to Harlem Heights near the city where they had a skirmish with the British and Hessians and lost several men. - They then marched over Kings bridge & encamped on Valentines Hill. - But after the British took Fort Washington then the American troops moved on towards White Plains. - Soon after this he was taken sick and removed to the Hos- pital as before stated at Stamford in Connect- icut. - During the three years enlistment after he joined the regiment at Albany they marched down the river to Esopus and arrived there just after it was burnt by the British. - This was in the fall of 1777. - They marched from there to Goshen in Orange County. - The regiment halted there a few days - and from there all except those who were destitute of shoes & clothing went on to Coryells Ferry on the Delaware River about 18 miles above Trenton. - They marched from there to White Marsh in Pennsylvania. - They then crossed the Schuylkill went to Valley Forge where they joined Genl. Washingtons Army, & where they wintered in log-huts. - The next Spring Genl. Wash- ingtons Army recrossed the Schuylkill and marched to the Delaware River at Coryells ferry & crossed the Delaware into Jersey. - That he was with Genl. Washingtons Army in the battle till they arrived at Coryells ferry where, being unable to march, with a few others, he remained two or three weeks. - After he & the other invalids who were left at Coryells ferry recovered,

Then health they descended the river to Trenton & from there they went across Jersey to Elizabeth Town. They joined the regiment again at West Point that fall after. He was with the troops under Col. Bailey afterwards marching through Connecticut to Danbury & Hartford. The regiment was afterwards at Fishkill and after that at West Point. They wintered at West Point. He further states that he had a written discharge from Col. Hanson Wesson - that he kept it for many years & until his house was burnt about nineteen or twenty years ago, when he believes it was burnt, as he has not been able to find it since. - As he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Caleb Leach
John R Drake Judge Vergea Com. Pleas State of New York
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion that the said applicant above named was a revolutionary soldier and served as he

status. - And I do further certify that the said applicant is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the court. - Dated August 24. 1832
John R. Drake Judge Tioga Com. Pleas New York
State of New York Tioga County clerk's office } S.
I David Riddle deputy clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County of Tioga and deputy clerk of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings had before John R. Drake Esquire a judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County in the matter of the application of Caleb Seach for a pension. - And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that I believe that the signatures "John R. Drake judge" &c. to the said proceedings and certificate thereto an- nected are the genuine signatures of the said John R. Drake. - And that at the time of the dates thereof the said John R. Drake was a judge of the said Court, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of August in the

Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
David Riddle
Deputy Clerk
Tioga County
New York

BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
JAN 17 1921 19__
Chief of Rev War Section Sir:
I have this day received from Philip Leach  draft No. 645,019  capt. Me. N.S. Nov 80 for $ 4,100 requesting post-office addresses as per letter herewith
Copies mailed Jan 29. 1921 and Law Div. Prof. An
Very respectfully, W.H. Campbell Chief of Division. J.H.

One Postal Money order for $4.80 ✓ Law Issue JC
New York, January 15, 1921.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Reference: Rev. War Section letter January 12, 1921.
Sir:-
Replying to above reference it is requested that I be furnished with three (3) photostat copies of each of the nine (9) pages of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Caleb Leach, S. File 13,738, each set of copies to be certified.
I estimate that the cost will be as follows:
  3 copies of each page - 27 copies   27 copies @ 15¢ per copy - $4.05   3 certifications @ 25¢ each .75   Total $4.80 ✓ 
I enclose, therefore, Postal Money Order for $4.80 in favor of the Secretary of the Interior Department, as directed in your letter.
Thanking you for your courtesy in this matter, I am,
Very respectfully,
Philip Leach
Philip Leach Captain, M.C. U.S. Navy, c/o Columbia Trust Co., 358 -5th Avenue, New York.
FINANCE DIVISION JAN 17 1921 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Date Jan 14 1921 Name Caleb Leach No. 813738 Mass Troop A 1st Reg 47 Photographic copies wanted of 7 pieces, consisting of 9 pages. Remarks: make 3 negative copies of each page = 27 copies in all William Estlin Serial 4238 C.J. Bennett Chief Records Law Issue

Rev. War Sec.
aw
Jan. 13, 1921.
Capt. Philip Leach, c/o Columbia Trust Co. 358 Fifth Ave. New York City.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 3" instant, you are advised that photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Caleb Leach, S. File 13,738, will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of Aug. 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior Department.
Very respectfully,
J. D. Loughridge
Commissioner.

tion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 1921.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I enclose herewith copy of Pension Certificate No. 1163 , dated 27th October, 1832, in favor of Caleb Leach, and have to request that I be furnished with a verbatim transcript, in duplicate (preferably), of all records relating to the said Caleb Leach that may be on file in your Bureau.
For this service I shall be glad to pay such fees as may be customary.
Thanking you in advance for your attention to this matter,
I am,
Very respectfully,
Philip Leach
Philip Leach,
Captain, M.C., U.S. Navy, (Retired)
c/o Columbia Trust Co., 358 Fifth Ave., New York City.
(Enclosure)
+ send 9 pages & all of declaration & 1 admitted pension

 W. J. D. 1902 
Will turn cost of photo

PENDING FILES JAN 5 1921 RECEIVED
WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Caleb Leach-----of the State----of New York-----who was a Sergeant and Private in the Revolutionary Army-----is entitled to receive Ninety-Six-----dollars and Sixty-six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this-----27 -- day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
# # # # # # # # SEAL # # # # # # # #
Lew Cass, Secretary of War.
Examined and ) Countersigned.)
J. L. Edwards.
No. 1163.
----- Payments to be made at New York----by the Presd. Br.Bk U.S. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York. Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 page 109.

Rev. Mr. ...
13.738 INVALID.
File No. 13. 738
Caleb Leach Sergt. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1831 Jan. 12. Capt. Philip Leach advised of cost of copies. aw
1831 Jan 29. Copies mailed to Capt P. Leach aw.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Leach, Christopher GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7432 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 7, 1790 to Isaac Trowbridge, assignee
*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.