Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8046, for Joel Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Pease, Joel
R. 8046
Mass
CONTENTS

On this bond, B John Foley of Rome in said County age 70 years and upwards, being duly sworn deposes and says. That he is well acquainted with Saml. Pease within named — and was acquainted with him in the Revolutionary War — Another deponent further says, that in the Year 1781 as this deponent believes, he saw the said Saml Pease , in the army and he was then a member of Capt. Brooks Co and Col. Jenks Regt of Connecticut Troops as this deponent believes — This deponent about Eighteen months after this, saw the said Saml Pease again in service doing duty as a soldier — The last time he saw Pease he was at Corn  pond — How long he continued in service this deponent does not know certainly — but he understood that he enlisted the last time for Three Years , and this deponent believes he served as he states in his application,
John Foley
Mark On this personally appeared before me John Foley above named to me known as a man of credibility truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. July 8 th 1833.
J. B. Johnson Sup. Court Commr.

Clerk's office of H. Scott Brown, Clerk of said County. Queens County ss. To all to whom these presents shall come, I, H. Scott Brown, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Benjamin P. Johnson before me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing aff. was taken, is a Superior Court Commissioner and duly authorized to take affidavits. That I am acquainted with his handwriting, and the foregoing signature of his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18 th day of July, 1883.
H. Scott Brown Clerk M. J. Rea Dep. Clerk

God Peak.
Shasta Co. N.Y.
1781- 1978 Capt Levi Brooks Co. For Jinks Regt Three months -
1781-3 Capt Wilburn Co - For Brown Regt Two Years .
R.P. Johnson agent home
Pay the W.S. R Bank
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and that dark Peak above him looks infinitely so

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County, }
On this Sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court  before the publicly  now sitting,  Col Isaac  the court of Common Pleas of Oneida Co. a resident of said county and state, aged Sixty Seven 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 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 he was born at East Windsor Conn. 1765. Record of age on Town book there. lived at Wilbraham Mass. when he entered service. Since the war has lived at Windsor Conn. Subfield. Hartford, Paris N.Y. non M c Moreland Oneida Co N.Y. — That he was drafted in the Militia in the Year 1780 or 1781 for 3 months in Capt. Lewis Booths Co. Col Jenk s Reg t and marched to Horse neck and there was stationed and served three months — This dep t on reflection feels confident this service was in summer of 1781. —
In the fall of 1781 He enlisted in Capt. Wilburs Company Col Brown. Reg t . Conn Troops, for two years and marched to old Hartford. went by water to New York — Horse neck, White Plains, Black Rock Kingsbridge — was in the battle of White Plains and in engagements at Black Rock and Kingsbridge — This defendant was wounded in the battle of White Plains — The Troops also marched thro New Jersey into Pennsylvania. This defendant was discharged at or near White Plains at the expiration of his two years which was in the fall of 1783 — He did not as he recollects receive any written discharge, if he did, the same has long since been lost —
Gen Sullivan was one of Genl Officers He here to annexed affidavits, & he knows of no person whose testimony can procure an award to him.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. H. H. H. H. H. Oneida Co. N.Y.
Isaac Boose

He hereby relinquishes ever, when testimony to the truth as to the matter to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
D. HATTAWAY Judge of Oneida Co. N.Y. Counsellor at L.
Isaac D. DOOSE
We, Silas Beckwith Jr. farmer and Zacharias Munnell & Sons. Barnes farmers residing in Westmoreland, Oneida Co. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Pease who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about sixty seven 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. That he
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. is a man of truth and veracity by Silas Beckwith D. HATTAWAY Judge Silas Beckwith Jr. Zacharias Munnell
Zacharias Munnell & Sons Barnes Sworn before me
D. HATTAWAY Judge
Loon Barnes
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 Silas Beckwith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Westmoreland in said Co. farmer and that Zacharias Munnell & Sons Barnes who have also signed the same, are residents in Westmoreland aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And that said Isaac Pease from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court. — And that there is no clergyman residing near Pease is the reason of a clergyman's name not being obtained. D. HATTAWAY Judge of Oneida Co. N.Y. Counsellor at L.
I, George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Pease for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17 th day of Nov. 1832,
And I certify that said Joshua Hattaway is a Judge of said court, and that Numa Leonard is a justice of the peace for said court, and that the signatures of the said Joshua Hattaway & Numa Leonard are in their proper hand writings.
Geo. Brown Clerk

19707
Joel Pease Oneida County New York
B. P. Johnson Rome New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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, shewing the Service of Joel Pease Oneida Cety. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1781 3 pr. Capt Booth Col. Banks Torrey's Creek aged 67   1781 2 " Capt. Willes Col. Brown White Plains N. York Willonham Traditional   2 3 Mass.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
att. Foley herewith returned

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 } ss. 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 day 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 he 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
Done
R Newman

New York Rev.
Joel Pease
Suspended
let to B.P. Johnson
30 Oct 1833
B.P. Johnson 17 July 1835
8046
Act. 7 June '33

26 July 157 My. Joe Pease N.Y.
Mar 28 Hon. J. L. Edwards Common Pleas Pittsburgh.

Home Oneida N.Y. July 10 th 1835.
Hon J. Edwards.
In Enclosed is a Certificate from the Comptroller of Public accounts of the State of Connecticut, stating the services of Ad Beale for three years. This I presume must be satisfactory to the Department of this Service. Returns are most respectfully requested to the subscriber.
I am very Respectfully Your most ob t Serv t .
Benj. T. Johnson

8046
P. O.
Joel Race
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford 28 th May 1835
On examination of the books of this office, it appears that Joel Pease served as a private in the 2 nd Regiment of the Connecticut Line of the continental Army commanded by Colonel Zeblon Butler from January 1 st 1777 to January 1 st 1780 - 3 years -
Certified by Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts