Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37608, for Jesse Leason, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Leason, Jesse
S. 37608
CONTENTS

9653 Connecticut Debe Leason
Notification sent to David Dole Esq. 10 July 1820. Windham Count
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Champlaine of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 Years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of April and sent to Judge Clark Windham Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 88.75 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 10 48. 20 4 10 30 35 136.75
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820.

Elisha Cook Jr. n Compt. Secy. of Service Dy n

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford July 25 th 1818.
On examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Jesse Leason served as a private in Colonel Isaac Sherman's or the eighth Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war from the fifth day of April 1777 to the fourth day of April 1780.
Certified by Elisha Root Comptroller of Public Accounts

37 608 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 37 608
Jesse Leason Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]

District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Special Court of Common Pleas, holden at Winsted within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this 28 th day of June — A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,]
Jesse Leason of Winsted in the County of Windham in 3 d District aged Sixtytwo years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of three years on the 15 th day of March — in the year 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Paul Brigham in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Chandler called the 8 th Connecticut Regt. in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until on or about the 15 th day of March 1780 — when he was discharged from the said service in Springfield
in the State of New Jersey That he made declaration for a Pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818. Whereon obtained a Pension certificate Number 9,653 — That I am by occupation a day labourer — or Farmer, & maker of Baskets and have been unable to do any work for more than a year by means of sickness & unable to take care of or wait on myself under which I struggle on I can neither walk nor stand without help, I have a wife Susannah aged 57 years Who is a weakly sickly woman, I have one daughter Sally aged 14 years Who enjoys a comfortable share of health & a grandchild named Jesse Leason Bates, four years old who is in good health I am illegitimate & depending on me for support.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Jesse Leason
A schedule of all the estate & income of Jesse Leason of Winsted in Windham County — (V 2-11)
  1 Iron Pot. North 50c 1 Kettle, 50 — 1 axe $1.00 $2.00   1 hoe 50c — 6 chairs $4.00 — meal tub 50c 5.00   3 windows & forks, 12 3 cups & saucers, 12 Water pail, 12 ,36   $7.36 
Jesse Leason

Continued 9653 22 April 1819
23 J. H. Loomis
Sworn to and declared on the 28 th day of June A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas; for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest. David G. Bolles Clerk.
I, David G. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration  Yea and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Seven Dollars, and 36 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this 30 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David G. Bolles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

Infra Season Private Retired
Winsted Col. Chandler's Rest + Connecticut line 1777-3 years, dec 2 d Ap l 1815
adm th
10

To Judge Blake Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Windham and District of Connecticut. The Petition of Jesse Leason of said Windham, shews, that on or about the 15 th day of April A.D. 1777 - he enlisted into the then Army of the United States, and soon after joined the Company of Capt. Paul Brigham, of Col. John Chandler, Regiment being then called the 8 th Connecticut Regiment, of the Connecticut Line, that he continued faithfully to do duty in said Connecticut Line, for the term of three years, and until on or about the 15 th day of March A.D. 1780 when he was regularly discharged - at Springfield in New Jersey and by reason of the reduced circumstances,
that I am now poor and indigent and stands in need of assistance from my Country for my support, and prays the benefit of a late Act of Congress, being 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" -
Dated at Windham the 2 nd day of April A.D. 1818
Jesse Leason
State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss. Windham April 2 nd A.D. 1818 Then came personally before me Judge Blake Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Windham and District of Connecticut; - Jesse Leason the signer of the above petition - and in my presence subscribed, and made oath to the following affidavit (viz) - "I Jesse Leason, of the Town of Windham, County of Windham and State of Connecticut Do swear, that I am a resident in the said Town of Windham, that on or about the 15 th day of April A.D. 1777 - I enlisted as a private soldier, in Capt. Paul Brigham's company in Col. John Chandler's regiment [otherwise called] the 8 th Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and soon after joined said Army at Peekskill in the State of New York, that I continued faithfully to serve in said Regiment, for the term of about three years and was discharged therefrom on or about the 15 th day of March A.D. 1780 which discharge is not in existence. That I am now indigent

and that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am indigent and that I have never and at present stand in need of the assistance of my country for my support —
Jesse Leason
Sworn this 2 nd day of April A D 1818
Before me — Jabez Clarke, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Windham County
I Job Leason of Windham Do Testify that I know that the above named Jesse Leason was in the Continental Army as a soldier in the 8 th Connecticut Regiment, as he has Testified. That I served with him in the same Regiment & company from April 1777 to March A D 1780 — I also Testify that S d Jesse is very poor & wholly destitute of Property.
Job Leason
Sworn April 20. 1818 — Before me the subscriber, and I do Testify that being myself connected with the Army of the United States in A D 1777 and to 1782, I know the above named Jesse Leason to have been a Soldier in Col d Chandlers, otherwise called the 8 th Connecticut Regiment, in one of those years, and also that he is wholly destitute of property and miserably poor — and that the testimony of S d Leason is relied on in testimony thereof, and of all the matters aforesaid.
I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham
Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Windham County
Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut Do Testify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jesse Leason did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding Declaration and affidavit, against the Common Enemy — and that he is now poor — and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned Act of Congress.
Attest Jabez Clarke

I. Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Windham & State of Connecticut. do Certify that Tabor Clark Esq. a Judge of said Court, & that the foregoing Signatures are in his own hand writing, & that the Seal annexed is the Seal of said Court - In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Name Samuel Gray Windham May 1 st 1818