Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30535, for Leavitt Lane, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lane, Leavitt
S. 30535
CONTENTS

Let to Quincy Lane, Nov 25. 1834 Transf d to Mass: from 4 Sept 1834 - Jan 11. 1836 of Nat n . sent to S. Lincoln, Hnyham, Mass: 13 th time to 10 th time P er was p er See N o 281. Mich n . For Let to Hon. J. D. Adams, Mass 4. 1836.
Duplicate Certificate issued and forwarded to Hon. J. D. Adams, March 10 th 1836.
Massachusetts. 14227 New York
Leavitt Lane
Columbia in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Compy y commanded by Captain Alden of the M t commanded by Col Dailey - in the Mass for 7 month 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1833 - and sent to Darius Peck Hudson - New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 . . 51. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 . . 12-75
$ 63-75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E. Vol. 11. Page 24.

South Wingham W. (Nov 21) Free 2 Lane p III
Nov 25 Leanto Lane Nov 24 Nov 227
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

South Hingham Massachusetts Dec 22 1885
James L. Edwards Esq Sir- will you be good enough to inform me how my father can get his pension Money in Boston in the room of getting it New York as he has his informally His name is Leavitt Lane he resided in Hudson New York when he got his certificate and drew his pension in New York city he lost his wife about a year ago and then removed back to his native place Hingham Mass Plymouth County he now wishes to draw it at the pension office Boston his pension is about $25- he has about one year due him and is very much in want of it If you will inform me what steps to take you will very much oblige us by writing to me
Yours Very Respectfully Quincy Lane

23376 Leavitt Lane New York
ms
Darius Peck Hudson New York
good

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
 A Statement, showing the Service of David Lane City of Hudson County of Columbia State of NY    Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1778- 1 15 prnt Capt Butler Genl Lourd Genl Sullivan 71 years Town of Hingham Documentary Evidence   Enlist d 1780 6 " prnt Capt Alden Col Bailey Genl Lardner County of Plymouth State of Mass Living Witnesses for first tour. Witness Credible No Colonel given to the first tour of service  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Penion Papers of Scratch Lane 23390

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York } ss
County of Columbia } ss. On this twenty fourth day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Justice Court in the City of Hudson now sitting Dewart Lane a resident of the City of Hudson in the County of Columbia and State of New York a good and true man who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in stated.
The Last of July or the first of August in the year 1778 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Company of Captain the second Lieutenant name was Elias Whitman Baxter, the first Lieutenant name was Elias Whitman in the brigade of General Lovell in the Massachusetts State Troops. I enlisted for and served six weeks and left about the middle of September 1778 having served out the time of my enlistment. I resided in the town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts when I entered this service. I was a volunteer in this service. This service was in General Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island. I was in a battle in this service which battle commenced at the lower end of Rhode Island near Newport and the American forces retreated from near Doring Hill over Quaker Hill to near Butts Hill. The action was between Quaker Hill and Butts Hill. General Sullivan commanded the American forces at this battle. I marched from Hingham through Abington and Bridgewater from thence to Swanton Ferry & there crossed over to Rhode Island. I did not serve with any Continental regiments or

Companies I knew no regular officers in this service. I have no documentary evidence of this service and know of no person whose testimony I can produce at this time except that of Canterbury Barnes whose deposition is herunto annexed.
Some time in the month of September 1780 I do not recollect the day of the month I enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the United States and was one of the six months men raised by the said town of Hingham for the Continental Army in 1780 in Colonel Bailey's Regiment and General Larned's Brigade of the Massachusetts line and served seven months and ten days under the following named Officers. I was in the Company of Captain Aldeen Regiment of Colonel Bailey, Major Mansfield, the last part of my service the regiment was commanded by Colonel Sprout. I left this service about the first day of May 1781 I cannot recollect the day of the month. I resided in the town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth then Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts when I entered this service. I was in no battles in this service. I enlisted in the town of Hingham under the direction of a Committee of that town & was ordered by this Committee to go and did go to Dorchester & was there mustered & was ordered by the muster master there to go forward on to Springfield & was there mustered again and remained there about three weeks until a recruiting officer (I don't recollect his name) came to take charge of us and I marched from Springfield with the recruiting officer through Litchfield & Danbury in the State of Connecticut to Verplank's point on the Hudson River in the State of New York and there crossed the River to Stony Point and from there I marched to Tottoway in the State of New Jersey and joined General Washington's Army which lay there in tents. From there I went with the whole Army in November to West Point where we

had our winter quarters - During that winter I went with a detachment of about three hundred to Putnam Bridge, over Copton River to protect the inhabitants from encroachment and plunder by the British Tories and Cow boys who were then at White Plains - I was there six weeks or two months and then returned to my regiment at West Point. I was on a station guard there the last part of my time. I remained at West Point until my time was out. I remember General Washington but the names of the other regular officers except those of my Company, regiment and brigade above stated I do not recollect - I have no documentary evidence of this service except the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts which is hereto annexed and I know of no witness in this State whose testimony I can procure who can testify to this service.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that my name is not on the Pension Roll or agency of any State - I sworn to and subscribed 2 the day & year aforesaid 8 Leavitt Lane J. Parker Clk
To the following interrogatories propounded by the Said Court the said Leavitt Lane answers as follows: To the interrogatory "Where & in what year were you born?" He answers "I was born in the town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty sixth day of May 1761" To the interrogatory "Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?" He answers "I have no record of my age but there is a record of it in the clerks office in the town where I was born as I have been informed & only believe to be true but the deposition of Nicholas B. Whitney

as to the record of the time of my baptism is hereto annexed". To the interrogatory "Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live?" He answers "I was living in the aforesaid town of Kings Mountain when called into Service and lived there until June 1815 when I removed to the City of Hudson in the County of Columbia and State of New York where I have ever since resided". To the interrogatory "How were you called into Service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?" He answers "I was a volunteer in both of my terms of Service". To the interrogatory "State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service". He answers "I do not recollect the names of any of the regular officers who were with the troops when I served except those I have named in my foregoing declaration. I do not recollect any Continental or militia regiments but those to which I belonged so as to specify them. As to the general circumstances of my Service I refer to my foregoing declaration". To the interrogatory "Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?" He answers "I received a verbal discharge at the end of my Service in Rhode Island from Captain Basset. I received a written discharge at the end of my Continental Service from Major Mansfield (who then commanded the regiment Colonel St Mont being absent) which discharge is lost". To the interrogatory "State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?" He answers "Colonel

Charles Darling, Major Daniel Fowler, Doctor John Tallman and Messrs David West Levi Hubbell, James Hoyt, Schabod Lor and Richard Bales.
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Leavitt Lane
J. Parker Clk
We Charles Darling residing in the city of Hudson in the County of Columbia and State of New York and Fletcher M. Brekman residing in the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Leavitt Lane who was Subscribed and Sworn to the above decla- ration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Charles Darling
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid
F. M. Brekman
J. Parker Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Servant as he states - And the Court further Cer- tifies that it appears to them that Charles Darling & Fletcher M. Brekman who have signed the pre- ceding Certificate are residents in the city of Hud- son in the County of Columbia and State of New York and are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit and that there

is no Clergyman of any denomination now residing in said City of Hudson who has resided in the said City of Hudson more than one year -
I John D. Parker Clerk of the Justices Court in the City of Hudson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Priscilla Lane for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twenty seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
J. D. Parker Clk

"1761!" "May - Leavitt son of Josiah & Lucy - Lane"
A true copy from the record of Baptisms of Infants in the 2 nd Congregational Society in Hingham which record was kept Revd Daniel Shute my predecessor as Pastor of said Society.
Attest
Nicholas B. Whitney. Pastor of said 2 nd Congregational Society.
Hingham Jan'y. 12. 1833.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. January 12th, 1833. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said county of Plymouth, the above named Nicholas B. Whitney, and made solemn oath that the above words and figures " 1761 - May - Leavitt son of Josiah & Lucy - Lane " - are a true extract from Shute's Record - that the above declaration by him subscribed is true - that he believes it to be the record of the baptism of Leavitt Lane now living in Hudson New York. personally known to him since Whitney, and that said Lane is reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution. I further certify that said Nicholas B. Whitney is Pastor of the second Congregational Society in Hingham and that he is a man of good reputation for truth. Solomon Vincent, Justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Solomon Lincoln Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County That the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this first day of February A.D. 1833.
Jacob H. Lord

30535 Rev Y INVALID.
File No. 30535
Leavitt Lane
Dis Rev Mr
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Leavitt Lane Mass. Revv.
Copy papers for Hon. J. D. Adams Feb. 27. 1836
1 Set attached Mr Taylor Papers given to Mr Bullock Mar 2 o 1836 to Copy, Feb 27 th

Dec 23
Leavitt. L. A. C. Search & come from Albany
to Mass Correct.
4227 Solomon Hingham Mass.
Wm. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Plymouth Mass Probate Office
Dec 18. 1835
Dear Sir
I send the enclosed at the request of Solomon Lincoln Esq. Hingham Plym o County Mass. to whom you can address the order trans- ferring Mr. Lane from the N. Y. to the Mass. Agency.
Yours &c
J. H. Lord Reg.

Payments to be made at the City of New York by the Pres t of the Dr s Da s & W s Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of N.Y.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 211 by George Taylor Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Leavitt Lane of the State of  New York who was a private in the army of the  Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty  Five dollars and fifty — 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 15 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Examined and } Countersigned. }

Commonwealth Bank Pension Office Boston, 31 st May 1836.
Sir,
On the 10 th day of March 1836. Leavitt Lane private during the Rev. War obtained a new Pension Certificate in lieu of one dated 15 th May 1833. which was lost or mislaid. — on applying for his Stipend he stated that it had been found and I herewith transmit the same to the Department in obedience to the direction on the back of the new Certificate.
I am, very respectfully, Your ob t Serv t . L. M. Stone for John R. Simpson Agent
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm te Pensions Washington D. C.

I Leavitt Lane now of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State of Massa- chusetts, but formerly of Hudson in the County of Columbia and State of New York, a Revolu- tionary pensioner under the laws of the United States do testify and say that while I resided in Hudson aforesaid I procured proof of my services rendered in the Revolutionary army and forwarded the same to the War department and was allow- ed about $25- per annum during my life payable at the New York Pension Roll agency. The certificate whereof, duly signed by the Sec- retary of War I have now lost or mislaid thereof and that I have made diligent search for the same and cannot find it: That since I removed from Hudson aforesaid to Hingham my name has been duly transferred from the New York Pension Roll agency to the Massachusetts Roll agency and that my pay

is in arrear since my removal from said Hudson an account of the loss of my certificate aforesaid, - I therefore request that another certificate be furnished me in lieu thereof.
Leavitt Lane
Norfolk Is. Feb. 16. 1836. Subscribed and sworn to - before me - Fisher A Kingsbury Jus. peace
I certify that I received this paper from a gentleman of respecta- bility in Massachusetts, and I have not the least doubt that the person who has taken the oath before Justice Kingsbury is the identical Leavitt Lane who is a Penfancier of the U. States.
J. Q. Adams
Washington 9 March 1836
Issue Dnk Cert Send it to Hon. J. Q. Adams W.R.

I Canterbury Barnes of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy two years of age, do testify and say that I was a private soldier in Capt. Bayten's company, Lovell's Brigade, Sullivan's Expedition, to Rhode Island in the year 1778. We were stationed a part of the time at the north end of the island, and were obliged to retreat when the fleet left for Boston. Leavitt Lane now living in Hudson, New York, then belonging to Hingham, was in said company, I think, about six weeks. At the end of that time I left this company and joined another of Artillery under Capt. Walter Hatch. —
Canterbury Barnes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth p. January 5th, 1833. Then personally appeared before me Solomon Simons, a justice of the peace, for the above county, the above named Canterbury Barnes, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed. I further certify that said Canterbury Barnes is personally known to me, and that he is a man of good reputation for truth.
Solomon Simons Justice of the Peace for Plymo. County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Solomon Lincoln Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this first day of February A.D. 1833.
Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 16, 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Lewitt Lane of Hingham, was one of the "six months men raised by the Town of Hingham for the Continental Army, 1780," and that he served seven months and ten days.
Edward D. Bangs. For

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Massachusetts } County of Plymouth }
88.
On this fifteenth day of December 1835, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth personally appeared Leavitt Lane who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Alden in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Hudson, New York to Hingham, Massachusetts , viz: to spend the remainder of his life with his children in his native town.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Leavitt Lane
Thomson Linsley Just: Peace.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. On this fifteenth day of December 1835, before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth personally appeared Peter Gardner of Hingham in said County of Plymouth and on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Leavitt Lane who was born and for many years was a resident in Hingham, aforesaid, and emigrated to Hudson in the state of New York and has recently returned to reside in his native town, and on his oath he further declares that said Leavitt Lane was a soldier of the revolution and the same who is a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 - and that he is the same person named in the preceding affidavit and that he took the preceding oath and subscribed the same in presence of him the said
Peter Gardner.
The words "personally appeared"
inserted before signing
Solomon Lincoln
Peter Gardner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. On this fifteenth day of December 1835 the above named Peter Gardner personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made solemn oath that the above declaration made & subscribed by him is true. I further certify that said Peter Gardner is well known to me as a person of veracity and good reputation for truth
Solomon Lincoln, Jus: Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby cer- tify that Solomon Lincoln Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commis- sioned & qualified & that the signatures to the two preceding Affidavits purporting to be his are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of December A.D. 1835
Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate