Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23366, for Leonard Perkins, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Perkins, Leonard
S. 23366
CONTENTS

4829 New York
Leonard Perkins
of Seneca in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Tinker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sturkie in the Continent. time for 7 months
H. W. Jones 21 st Dec r 1853.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Jan'y. 1833 — " — and with H. B. G. Hoag H. B. G.
Arrears to 4th of Ap. 1832 $35.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec r 33 11.66
$46.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Hales Clerk Book D Vol. 5. Page 125

Leonard Perkins
Declaration
18344
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Please make returns to Horace B. Soper Batavia
Genesee Co N.Y.
comitted
7 mo private
$23.33

Declaration of Leonard Perkins, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 - 1832 - State of New York Genesee County ss.
On this sixteenth day of October - in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting in Batavia in said county, in said State, being a court of Record and having a Seal, Leonard Perkins, a resident of Byers in the County of Genesee and State of New York, aged Sixty nine years on the 2 d March 1832, 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 herein stated. -
That on or about the 16 July 1779 while he was living in Windham, Windham Co. Ct. He was drafted into the State militia for one month and went to New London under Capt. Tinker, of Windham, Lieut. Stamford and Zachow. Waldo - That he thinks there were no Regimental officers there. - that he remained in New London one week and then went to Groton and remained there on guard and helping to picket the fort three weeks and was then dismissed and went home. -
That on or about the last of May 1780 while he lived in Canterbury, Windham Co. Ct. to which place he had moved, he enlisted at Windham into the Continental service in Regular Army and went and joined the army on Robinson Flats, opposite to West Point and was put into Capt. Webb Samuel Webb's Company, of Windham - that Daniel Fitch was the orderly Sergeant and Ebenezer Poirygo was Sergeant and he was in Col. Durkee's Regiment - That Stanton was Brigadier General

6m.
and I know was Adjutant - that he enlisted for six months - that he remained at Robinson Flats about one month when went to Peekskill, thence to Kings ferry, thence to Haverstraw - thence to Paspayack, in Orange County and remained there one month and was there when Andre was hung, and then marched to a place called the Highlands and built huts for the army and remained there till the last part of November, when he received a regular discharge which he has lost and returned home. -
That he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no friend living by whom he can prove thereof. That he was born in Canterbury in Windham County. At 2 March 1763 - That he has a family Record of his age in his bible and he believes there is a Record in the town - where he was born - that since the war he lived in Canterbury aforesaid about 23 years - in Woodstock in same County between 3 and 6 years - in Henrietta, Monroe Co. N.Y. 2 years - in Byron, Genesee Co. N.Y. about 10 years - That the Rev. William Davenport and David Cook live in his neighborhood, are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State -
Leonard Perkins
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We, William Davenport, and a clergyman and David Cook, both residing in Byron in Genesee County in the State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Perkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him

to be sixty nine 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 on hearing in that opinion.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open Court.
Wm Danforth David Cook
Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named appli- ant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that, Wm Danforth who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Housatonic in the County of Berkshire and State of New York; and that David Cook who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Pitkin
Robert Clark
William Mitchell
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lieutenant Perkins for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk

Leonard Perkins Pinehurst
Declaration & Power of attorney of heirs,
for an Income of Pensions.
H. W. Lopez, atty Baltimore Maryland N. Y.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Leonard Perkins Pinehurst N.C.

State of New York County of Genesee
Be it Known, that on this first day of September , A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared,
William M Perkins
resident of Byron in said County, and made oath according to law that he is a son of the identical Leonard Perkins whose name, under Act of 7 of June 1832 has been placed on the State of New York Pension Roll at the rate of the 7 of June 1832 Dollars per annum  and Thirty Three cents per annum
That he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Horace W. Soper of Batavia
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint my true and lawful Attorney of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Leonard Perkins for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION, that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Wm M Perkins
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said William M Perkins to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested.
D Miller Justice of the Peace in and for said County
State of New York County of Genesee
It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Genesee County that Leonard Perkins was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $ 23 33 per annum,* and that he died on the first day of July Eighteen Hundred and 45 leaving surviving the following named (widow and) children and none other, to wit: James B Perkins  Maria Perkins  Nancy Perkins & William M Perkins
It is further certified that W S Miller Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this first day of Sept 1853
M G Soper Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the," or "that she is the," or "that she is the widow of," or "that he, she, or they are the child or children of," &c. 4. Pensioner's full name.—5. State the Act if known.—6. Give the State where pensioned.—7. Name the yearly amount received.—8. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 9. Claimant's signature.—10. Magistrate's signature.—*If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk's certificate should be omitted. 11. Here name each of the survivors.—12. Magistrate's name.—13.—Clerk's signature. N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

Leonard Perkins of New York
admitted
Hon. S. L. Tracy

BRIEF in the case of  Leonard Perkins of Byram  James County  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69.  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. As a Gen.     July In 1779 1 Pri capt Tinker   May 1780 6 ~ " Webb. Col Durkee. Genl   ~ Hunton,  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Winaham Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective
Papers not attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Wilson Examining Clerk.  July 19 1833

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Leonard Perkins 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. S. 23,366
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 16, 1779 1 mo. Private Tinker ✓ Conn.   Last of May 1780 6 mos. Samuel Webb Durkee        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham, Windham Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Byron, Genesee Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Mch. 2, 1763 at Canterbury, Conn.
Remarks: He died July 1, 1847 leaving the following children:  Samuel B., Warren, Harland aw. , & William M. Perkins
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Payments to be made at New York by Presd: U.S. Natl Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Left no widow New York
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5. page 125

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Leonard Perkins of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army ————— is entitled to receive Twenty Three dollars and Thirty Three 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 29 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

23. 366
Bureau of Pensions.
Leonard Perkins
Oct 16-1832
Byron N.Y. -69
July 16-79 Windham Conn.
Capt Tinker
Col
12m
May 80 Sgt Saml. Walsh
Col Bierce
6 mos
Present at reaction of Maj. Andrus
No Bat

----- Div. ----- Ex'r. ----- No. ----- ----- Co.-----, Reg't ----- -----
3-053.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., -----, 189-----
In reply to your inquiry relative to the pension claim above entitled, you are informed that it awaits evidence of

41 Reynolds St. Kingston, Pa Dept of Interior Rev Sec Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me copy of the Pension papers of Leonard Perkins who fought in the Revolutionary War Kindly send them

as soon as possible and oblige —
Yours very truly
Edith K. Crane
June 24/15 —

W
Dept. of Interior Washington D.C. Pension Record Dept.
Gentlemen —
I wish proof of time & places of service in Rev. war - date of enlistment etc - of Leonard Perkins , a son of Wm & Dorcas Perkins , born in Canterbury Ct, March 2, 1763, died in Byron N.Y., July 1, 1847. Granted a pension Jan. 29, 1833, to date from March 4, 1831.

I wish these data as complete as possible for use in " Sons of Am. Rev. " & " D. A. R. "
The form to be filled out reads:—
"My ancestor's services in assisting in the establishment of Am. Ind. during the War of the Rev. were as follows:—"
What is the fee for your research?
Yours truly —
Jas. Beecher Arnold
Friendship,
Alleg. Co.,
April 10, 1900.
New York.

Providence
23366. INVALID.
File No. 23,366
Leonard Perkins
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 28. 1908 Jas. B. Arnold Princeton N.J. 1915 June 29. Hist. to Edith L. Crane.