Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43898, for James Ramsdell, Massachusetts

SERVICE Continental Mass.
Ramsdell, James
NUMBER
S. 43898 B. 2. Mt. 626-100.
CONTENTS

9634 New-York.
James Ramsdell, of Chenango Co. 4 in the state of N. York. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spratt, of the Ulupach th line, for the term of six years. War
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9. of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of April 1819. and sent to Tilley Lynde, judge, Sherburne, Chenango Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March. 1819. 78.97. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 2 118 " 9 mo: 27 2 1819. 8: 126.97. 31.5
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Revolutionary war claim of James Ramsdell, of Chenango Co. N.Y. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Spratt, of the Ulupach line, for the term of six years. Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9. of May, 1818. Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of April 1819. and sent to Tilley Lynde, judge, Sherburne, Chenango Co. N.Y. Arrears to 4th of March. 1819. 78.97. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 2 118 " 9 mo: 27 2 1819. 8: 126.97. 31.5

N o 626.
James Ramsdell
Private.
2 d Massachusetts Reg t .
Warrant issued under date the 25 th January 1814, and delivered to the hon ble Obadiah German S. U. S. on the 17 th Feb y 1814.
Noted on Bl. 29 th June 1813.

James Ramsden private Bayley's Mass. Regiment 1777 to 1783 - 9 May 1818
Adm o
The budget cost first of re- duced circumstances of Offi- cials in waiting -
Tilley Lynde Herburne N. H.

James Ransdell 17

State of New York Chenango County ss Perso. appeared before me Silly Lynde one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango James Ramsdell aged fifty nine years and upwards and a resident of the said County, and an affiant under- the act of bankruptcy of 18 th March 1878 who being duly sworn, did say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States that he served as a soldier in the War of the revolution against the common enemy for the term of four years and - more in the 2 d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line that he enlisted in Capt Jacob Allen Company in the then Col Bailey, after words Col Sprouts regiment that he continued to serve until the end of the war when he was Honorably discharged by his Excellency George Washington at New Windsor in New York - that his discharge was left at Washington in the year 1876 by the Hon Abadiah German when he procured a land warrant for one hundred acres of Land in the State of Ohio said Land- Warrant is dated 25 th day of January 1874 signed J Armstrong Secretary of war, W. L. Cutting Clerk - and that he has no other

evidence of his service in his power - beyond what is now offered -
Sworn this 9 th day of May 1878 before me Silly Lynde one of the Judges in & for the County of Chenango.
James Ramsdell
State of New York Chenango County ss Matthew Ramsdell - being - duly sworn saith that he knows the above named applicant James Ramsdell and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity, that he saw the said James at New York and in the State of Virginia when he was in service as a soldier as stated in the above affidavit on the continental establishment and that he, this deponent fully believes the matters set forth in the above affidavit to be true -
Matthew Ramsdell
Sworn this 9 th day of May 1878 before me Silly Lynde one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chenango
Silly Lynde Judge HE as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Ramsdell did serve in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress -
Silly Lynde Judge

State of New York Clerks Office Chenango County
May 12th 1818 } I hereby certify that the within named Silly Lynde Esquire is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that the within Signature is his hand writing
Michael S. Bright Dep. Clk.

James Ramsdell Declaration -
9634
Sept 1870

State of New York Chenango County } ss
On this 13 th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open court of record in for said County and State aforesaid James Ramsdell aged sixty two years resident in the town of Plymouth in said County who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on his oath declare he served in the revolutionary war as follows enlisted in the town of Bridgewater State of Massachusetts as a private in Captain Bradford Company of infantry in the Second Regiment Commanded by Col. Bailey, and discharged by Col. Sprout was when enlisted about seventeen years old the date of the declarants original declaration was on the 9 th day of May 1818 the number of my certificate is 9.634 & granted at the war office the 19 th day of April 1819 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 by gift sale or 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 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not over has any person in trust for me any property or securities or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed The declarant further states that he is by occupation a farmer but at present not possessed of any real estate but resides in a small log house which he has built on a corner of his brother land where he is to stay during his good pleasure has no family but his wife Eunice Ramsdell aged sixty four years who with himself is much expense and not able to procure a subsistence by labour and had it not been for the liberality of his country must er. this have been supported by the poor and should his country with draw her present support he has no other attachment left him but that above alluded to
Sworn & declared this 13 th day of June 1820 before James Ramsdell Levi Tracy Esq. Mr. Noun & David Brattle Esq. judges mark
Schedule  1 Cow 1 Chug  1. 25 per ketten  1. 1. Do  1 less kettle 1 Spender  1 flat iron 1 tea pot  6 tea cups & saucers  2 whole gr. bowls  6 plates large & small  2 small pewter beakers  1 tea caddy  6 teaspoons & forks  1 tin pan  2 tin pans 4 Pans  1 porringer 1 cup  1 wooden bowl one here  2 old wheels  1 Chest of drawers  1 pine Chest  1 looking glass  1 Shovel & tongs  4 iron spades  1 table  2 Candle sticks  whole amount valued by the Court at $45.22 James Ramsdell mark

Chenango County } ss } I Nathan Chambelein Clerk of Clerk's Office } the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty five Dollars twenty two Cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 30 th day of June 1820
N. Chambelein Clerk of said Court

James Ransdell P.O. to
Stedman Ransdell

Know all Men by these presents, that I James Ramsdell of the town of Plymouth County of Chenango & state of New York Do for My self My Heirs Executors & administrators Depute Constitute & appoint for me & in My Name & by these presents Have Made constituted & appointed Steadman Ramsdell as My lawfull Attorney for me & in My Name to Do for & to use & exert Lawfull Means for the Recovery of Any Lands or Moneys which is Due to me The said James for services as a Soldier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment now in the Late Revolutionary war war for which purpose I Have signed over My Discharge to Him the said Steadman Ramsdell to receive all of said money & to make use of every lawful Means for the recovery thereof as fully and absolutely in My Name as I myself could Do if personally Present Given under My Hand and Seal this the eighth Day of September Eighteen Hundred Twelve Sealed & Delivered In the Presents of - { James Ramsdell
William Munroe

State of New York Chenango County ss On the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty before me Casper M. Rouse one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County came James Ramsdell to me known and acknowledged that he signed sealed and delivered the within instrument for the purposes then in contained I allow the same to be Recorded Casper M. Rouse

May 29, 1939.
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BA-J/CC James Ramsdell S.43898
Mrs. Joseph J. Meyers 226 Wisner Avenue, Middletown, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Ramsdell, who was a private in the Massachusetts line and received a pension in Chenango County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.43898, based upon service of James Ramsdell in the Revolutionary War.
Date and place of birth of James Ramsdell and names of his parents are not shown.
James Ramsdell enlisted in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, served as private in Captain Jacob Allen's and Bradford's companies, Colonel Bailey's & Colonel E. Sprout's Massachusetts regiments and was discharged June 10, 1783, from Colonel E. Sprout's 2 nd Massachusetts Regiment, having served eight years and one month.
In 1812, James Ramsdell was a resident of Plymouth, Chenango County, New York. For his service in the Revolutionary War he was granted warrant #626 for one hundred acres of bounty land, which warrant was issued January 25, 1814.
James Ramsdell was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Chenango County, New York.
In 1820, James Ramsdell stated that he was sixty-two years of age and that his wife, Eunice, was aged sixty-four years, date and place of marriage not stated. At that time he was living in Plymouth, New York, in a small house on a corner of his brother's land. The brother's name was not stated. It is not shown whether or not this soldier had any children.

Ramsdel In 1813, one Stedman Ramsdell was a resident of the said Plymouth and in 1818, one Matthew Ramsdel stated in Chenango County, New York, that he knew James Ramsdell during his service in the Revolutionary War. Their relationship to the soldier not stated.
For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and the date of issuance.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of James Ramsdell, and the name and address of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
James Ramsdell Certificate #9634 Issued April 19, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced May 9, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1939 - May 29 Heir to Mrs. Jos. J. Meyers cc
43 898
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,898
James Rame dell Ph Rev Inv
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870.]

By His EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof in the Second Maryland Sixth Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States eight years and a month and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the tenth
day of June 1783.
By His EXCELLENCY
Command,
J. Humphreys
REGISTERED in the Book
of the Regiment,
William H. Lee  Adjutant
THE above James Mansdell has been honored with the DGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service.
J. S. Mott

State of New York Chenango County ss I hereby certify that I am generally acquainted with James Ramsdell the person named in & who executed the affidavit herunto attached & know him to be in reduced circum- stances & in need of assistance from his country for support -
Dated at Sherburne March 31 st 1849 -
Silly Lynde one of the Judges of Chenango County Common Pleas

State of New York Secretary's Office
Certify that Casper M. Rouse was a judge of the court of Common pleas in and for the county of Chenango on the 18 th day of September 1812 and that full faith and credit was due to his acts as acting in that capacity.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Secretary's office at the City of Albany the 15 th day of May 1813
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

Letter of Order
Stedman Ramsdell.
Warrant to be deliv. d to the Hon ble O. German S. U. S. /

The Honble.
John Armstrong Secretary of the State

To the Honourable John Armstrong Esq. Secretary of War of the United States
Sir I wish you to deliver to the Honourable Obediah German Esq. a Senator in Congress from the State of New York - a Warrant for for any Lands that I am entitled to in consequence of James Ramsdell services in the last Revolutionary War as a Soldier
Plymouth Chenango County Yours Respectfully
Nov. 25 - 1813
Stedman Ramsdell W dy

James Brantley, a Pearson Baker
copy
9684
Plymouth
Con
Sept 19
Wolf-piscivorus

State of New York Chautauqua County } ss On the 11 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty four personally appeared in open court of Record holder me and for the County of Chautauqua as it proceeds respectable to the course of Common Law keep record of its proceedings and has the power of inflicting fines and imprisonment James Ramsdell aged sixty two years and is a Resident of the town of Plymouth in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according Law Doth on his oath Declare he served in the revolutionary war as follows enlisted in the town of Bridge water State of Massachusetts as a private in Captain Brad- ford company of Infantry in the Second reg- iment commanded by Col. Daly and as char- ged by Col. Stuart was when he entered about seventeen years old the date of the state marks any- in all Declaration on was on the tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen the number of my certificate is eleven thousand and six hundred and thirty four and granted at the war depart- ment or office nineteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident cit- izen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time in gift sale or otherwise disposed of any property or any part thereof with in- tention thereby to diminish or to bring my self within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to pro-

side for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the revolutionary war passed on the Eighteenth day of march one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and there is here not now here any person in trust for me any property in contracts or debts due nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
 1 Box  1 Hay Mittle  1-2 Box Mittle  1 D. Box  1 Box Mittle  1 Spade  1 Flatiron  1 Tea Pot  6 Tea Cups & Saucers  2 White & Gold  6 Black & Gold  2 Small Silver Boxes  1 Tea Canister  6 Silver Forks  1 Silver Plate  2 Silver Pan  1 Coffee Pot  1 Wood Pail  2 Pot Wheels  1 Low Chair of Downy  1 Pine Chest  1 Looking Glass  1 Shovel & Tongs  4 Iron Spoons  1 Table 2 Can Caskets  4 Chains 1 Ch & 1 Box  1 Box of Books  his  James X Ramsdell  Mark 
The Declarants further state that he is by occupation a Farmer but at present not possessed of any real estate but resides in a small Log House which he has built on a corner of his brothers land where he is to stay during his good pleasure has no family but his wife Eunice Ramsdell aged sixty four years who with himself is much informed and not able to procure a sustenance by labor and had it not been for the liberality of their country must at this time supported by the people and should his country withdraw their support he has no other alternative than that above stated to -  James X Ramsdell Mark

by labor and had it not been for the liberality of their country must at this time supported by the people and should his country withdraw their support he has no other alternative than that above stated to James his Pomsdale marks
Shenango County } I hereby certify that the above was sworn Court of Common Pleas } to before me & Frank Tilly Judge James Gruman & David B. Nuttall Esq. Judge pro tem Court H. B. Patterson Esq. Deputy Clerk
1820
Shenango County } I Nathan Chamberlain Clerk Clerks Office } of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and Schedule thereto an- nexed are true copies from the records of said Court and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the to- tal amount in value of Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty five Dollars & 22 Cents. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 19 th day of October 1820 Nathan Chamberlain Clerk of said Court

18 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RECEIVED MAR 21 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV VET. FOR. DIV. RECEIVED 15 Veteran's Administration Washington D. C.
Norwich N. Y. Mar. 20-39
I wish to obtain the Rev. War service of James Ramsdell who was a Private in the Mass. line and received a pension in Chenango County New York. He died May 24, 1821.
Thanking you
Mrs Joseph J. Meyer 226 Warner Ave Middletown N. Y.