Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,927, for Alexander Leslie, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.H.) or
Leslie, Alexander Laslie.
8.40.927
CONTENTS

6.330
Vermont
Alexander Leslie Laslie
of Bradford, Orange Co in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the N Hampshire line, for the term of 1 year 1776
inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Feb y 1819 and sent to Honble W. A. Palmer in the Senate
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. 5 mo. 1/30. 40.26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 1819. 48 -
$88.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6.330 1818

Alexander Leslie -
Admiral

State of Vermont.) On this 4 th day of April A D 1818 before me the subscri- Orange County p) -bee one of the Judges of Orange County Court within and for the county of Orange in said State, personally appears Alexander Laslie aged Sixty two years, resident in the town of Bradford and county afore- said who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolu- tionary war, That he the said Alexander Laslie enlisted at the town Winter Hill, near to Boston Mass. t in the company commanded by Capt George Reed in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Starks of the New Hampshire in the month of February A D 1776 for the term of one year that he continued to serve in said company in the service of the United States until the month of February A D 1777 when he was discharged at Albany, State of New York from said service, that he was in no important battle, but in the skirmish at the Three Rivers in Canada when the American Genl. Thomas was taken prisoner, and that he is reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence (but the two accompanying certificates of his services) now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and Declared before me this day & year aforesaid.
John H Cotton. Judge of Orange County Court.
I John H Cotton. Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Laslie did serve in the revolutionary as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy I also certify that I am well acquainted with s d Alexander and very believe him to be poor and indigent and needs support from his country and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
John H Cotton Judge of Orange County Court.

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Alexander Leslie
Declaration & Schedule
Leslie
6520
1847
[Large handwritten signature or initials, possibly "A. Leslie"]

State of Vermont } On this 5 th day of July 1820 personally Orange County ss } appeared before the County court for said county of Orange in open court said court being a court of record agreeably to the laws of this State having the power of fine and imprisonment etc) Nathan or Lashin age Sixtyfour years resident in Bradford in said County of Orange who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that his service in the revolutionary war was as follows. He enlisted on the 1 st of Feb y 1776 in Capt George Brattle's Company in Col John Stark's Regt New Hampshire line for one year which time I served and was legally discharged. That he made his original declaration on the 4 th day of April 1818 has received a pension certificate No 643 6330 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time disposed of any 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 who served in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor was 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.
I have 2 Swine 3 dining chairs 1 loom 1 chair 1 shovel 1 table 1 iron kettle 1 pot 1 dish pottle 1 iron pan in all $34.75 I further say that I can be a Penman a shoemaker and greatly troubled with a rheumatic complaint and other bodily infirmities which incapacitates me from following any trade for a living I have a Wife Polly aged 59 years 1 daughter Nancy 17 years and one son Aaron 15 years of age and have no other family.
I swear and declare on this 5 th day of July 1820 before said court H. C. G. B. Langhlin Clerk
State of Vermont } H. C. G. B. Langhlin Clerk of the county court Orange County ss } for the county of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing both and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court and I 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 $34.75
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Chelsea this 5 th day of July 1820
H. C. G. B. Langhlin Clerk

Rev . War Section.
July 31, 1913.
Mr. C. E. Leslie, Wells River, Vt.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 25" and received the 28" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Alexander Leslie or Laslie, Sur. File No. 40,927, Rev. War, the soldier states under oath dated April 4, 1818, that he has a wife Betsey aged fifty-nine years, a daughter Maria aged seventeen years 75 and one son Miron aged fifteen years.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Trenard Acting Commissioner.

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5520 Cornell Ave. Chicago - Oct. 5 - 1914.
Pension Bureau, War Department, Washington. D.C.
Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension certi- ficate of Alexander Leslie, who served as a Private in the New- Hampshire Continental Line. His pension began - Apr. 4 - 1818 And he was placed on the pension rolls - Feb. 2 - 1819 - I believe record of his receiving a pension is found in the Vermont list of pensions he

Having moved to Orange Co., N.H. she died in Wells River - Oct. 2 - 1850
I will gladly pay any cost attached to sending me this certificate, if you will advise me of the amount.
Thanking you in advance for your early attention to this matter, I am -
Very truly Frances B. Price (Mrs. R. C.)

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VH W S.D. 40827
Wells River Vt.
July 25-1913
Comm. Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dr Sir
In your letter of 23 rd in reply to mine of 18 th you state that at the time of Alexander Leslie's death in 1820 his wife was 59 years old &c. & give her name as "Betsey". I have always understood her name was Lucy, will you kindly inform me who gave her name as "Betsey" & when?
I am tracing up the family records & history so like to get the names exactly right.
Yours &c C E Leslie

Wells River, Vt.
July 18, 1913
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Mr Sir:
I wish to get the war record & all the information I can concerning Alexander Leslie (possibly you may have the name Laslie ) who was granted a pension for service in the war of the Revolution.
The Adj. Genl's office can give me no information & seem to think he did not serve but I found in a list of Pensioners in the Dist. Library of Boston his name & the following Alexander Leslie, private, Am. cont. pension #96. Audt PD. #239 2 , N.H. Cohim placed on list July 2, 1819, date of Com. of pension July 4, 1818, died Oct 2 nd 1820 age 64. So he must have served

The Adq. Gen. suggested that I write you,
Yours & H. E. Lester, PO Box 97
RS.
Am anxious to get the facts as to his service as I am preparing a history of that Danville,
Yrs C. S. L.

signal M.C. 1895
40927 INVALID.
Perf
File No. _____
Alexander Leslie Pa. Res. Cav.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mr. & Mrs. Soldier pen Mrs. Lizzie L. Reed. M. Lewis. Mrs. 1913 July 23 Hist. to Mr. C. C. Leslie. V.I.M. 1913 July 31 to C. C. Leslie that Soldier gives name of wife "Betty" 1914 Oct. 10 Hist. to Mrs. R. C. Price. V.I.M. 1927 Apr. 19. photos mail- ed to A. W. Dr. Goosle. W.S. Shipping Board, Wash. D.C. (see receipt for payment in Nehemiah Lovewell W24566. au.

I the undersigned of lawful age testify and say that Alexander Leslie now living in Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont was a Soldier in Col. George Steeds Company in Col. John Stocks Regiment in the New Hampshire line in the years service in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, that at that time I acted as an enlist in said Company and was well acquainted with said Leslie being enrolled and doing duty as a soldier.
Asa Lunt
Rockingham ss State of New Hampshire July 15 th 1818 Then the above named Asa Lunt personally appeared and made oath that the above declaration by him signed is true Before me Samuel Ames Justiciary
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss July 16 th 1818 Secretarys Office
In Testimony that Samuel Ames Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace for the County of Rockingham in said State, and that faith tendit are due to his official acts I have herunto subscribed my name & affixed the public seal of said State on the day of the date hereof
Sam l Spauldick Secretary