Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40252, for Joel Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Please Joel
S 4025-2
Continental
Mass.
CONTENTS

12.989 R Ohio
Joel Prase of Ashtabula in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Chas Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of July 1819 and sent to George Todd Warren Ohio
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10.56 3/4 82.89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48
$ 130.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Revolutionary July 21. 1821 sent as before
Hebrew off 13 July 1820 sent to Rev. A. May 1820 Note pension sent to J. B. Giddings, Warren, Ohio.

Joel Pease
Private
Col Webb's Regiment
Connecticut Line
1777 - 3 years
On roll
Admitted
10th March 1841
The Certificate of the as to the service of the name of Appling wanting -

State of Ohio Franklin County ss
50
On this twenty fourth day of June 1818 before me the subscriber President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Third judicial circuit of the State of Ohio personally appears Joel Pease aged fifty seven years resident in the County of Ashland in said circuit and State who being by me first duly sworn as the law directs doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war;" That on or about the first day of Jan- uary 1777 at Somers in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut he enlisted as a pri- vate soldier for three years in the company commanded by Capt. Wallbridge of the Second Regiment of the Connecticut line command- ed by Col Charles Webb, that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until the twenty ninth day of December in the year 1779 when he was discharged from service at Baskerville in the State of New Jersey - but the discharge aforesaid is lost to the said Joel and can not now be produced - That from the said 29 th day of December 1779 until the 17 th day of June 1781 he performed sundry short tours of duty

in the different Corps in the revolutionary army when on the 17 th day of June 1781 at Milford here in the State of Massachusetts he is listed as a private soldier in Capt. Watson's company of the ninth Regiment in the Massachusetts line com- mandeed by Col. Jackson and continued to serve in said Corps as in the service of the United States until the 28 th day of December 1783 when he was discharged from service at Westpoint in the State of New York, but the discharge last expressed is lost in consequence of having been forwarded to Boston to procure the balance of pay by an individ- ual who never returned the same. That he was in the Battles of White Marsh, Monmouth, Stony Point and sundry skirmishes - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the aid of the his country for support, that he has never received any pension from the United States, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said ser- vices than what is herunto annexed - Sworn to & subscribed the 24 th  day of June 1818 before me George Hod. Jad Breeze 
State of Ohio Franklin County & Warren 24 th June 1818 - I am a native of Franklin in the county of Franklin  Franklin State of Ohio and say that from the commencement of the year 1777 he has been ac- quainted with Joel Dyer, that about that time the said Joel enlisted in the service of the United States for three years and was absent from his place of residence about that length of time when he

returned and as was reported had served faith- fully, that subsequently the said Joel enli- sted for a second term of three years as this de- ponent was informed and served faithfully and that the said Joel is now in reduced and indigent circumstances, and in the opinion of this deponent stands in need of the aid of his country for support. And further the deponent saith not - sworn to & subscribed Joel Pease before me the 24 th June 1818 } Simon Hobbs George Tod. President &c
State of Ohio } Franklin County } March 24 th June 1818 - David Webb of said County deposes and says that he entered as a private soldier in Col. Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut line early in the year 1777 to serve during the war - that he well recollects that in the line of his afterwar service there was a soldier in said Regiment in one of the companies that were raised in the north east part of Connect- icut by the name of Joel Pease - and further the deponent saith not that he believes the deponent Joel Pease is the same man - sworn to & subscribed } David Webb before me } George Tod. Pres. &c
State of Ohio - } March 24 th June 1818. Simon Hobbs Jr. Franklin County } of the same County maketh oath that Joel Pease, the fifth mentioned deponent, is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of the country for support - sworn to & subscribed } Simon Hobbs Jr. before me } George Tod. Pres. &c

I George Tod President Judge of the Court of common Pleas & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joel Pease did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy, that the said Joel is in reduced circumstances, And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and heard before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name officially on the day before written -
George Tod.
I George Tod President as aforesaid do further certify in addition to the above, that Joel Pease above named, I am satisfied, is in reduced circumstances, & that he renders the assistance of his country for the State of Ohio support. Given this 1 st day of July 1879 (George Tod.)
George Parsons Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for Stark County do hereby certify that the Hon d George Tod whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates which signature are in his own proper hand writing is and was at the time of subscribing the same President Judge of the courts of common Pleas in the third circuit of the State of Ohio duly commissioned and sworn agreeable to the laws of said State and as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit in court and country In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 27 th day of June 1878
George Parsons
Joel Pease Private Col. Webb's Regiment Connecticut Line 1777 - 3 years On roll Adm'd
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 27 th day of June 1878

Schedule of property belonging to Lord Pease
copy -
ips d 26 July 1819.
Not entitled

State of Ohio Ashtabula County
Court of Common Pleas June Term 1820
In this 21 st day of June 1820, Personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said county, Job Pease aged sixty years resident in said court-who being first duly sworn as the Law directs, both on his oath declares that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, Three years in the company com- manded by Captain Porter Walbridge in the Regiment-com- manded by Colonel Charles Mott in the line of the State of Conn- ecticut on the continental establishment-That he afterwards enlisted into Captain Adarn Shapley's company of Artillery in Colledger's Regiment-for one year he served three months in said regiment-That he then exchanged places with Nicholas Dawson and served six months in Capt Stevens Company in the regiment-commanded by Col Lamb of the Connecticut-line on the continental establishment-That he enlisted for three years in the company commanded by Capt Watson in the regiment-commanded by Col Henry Jackson of the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establish- -ment-That after serving two years and six months was discharged by reason of long service and good conduct-That he applied for a pension on the twenty fourth day of June 1818 and received a pension certificate number 12,989, 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 in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to di- -minish 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 passed the eighteenth day of March 1888 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule —
  Fourteen acres of Land  Five tea cups & saucers    Two Cows  Six Table plates    One sow & four pigs  Two punch bowls    One old set-cooper tools  One coffee pot    One axe  Three knives & forks    One hoe  One pint-mug    One pork Barrels  Three table spoons    One half Barrels casks  One tea spoon    Surplus Munroe Stave  Two pewter plates    Two Tin Barrels  Eight-woolen cushions    One pewter tumblers  One caithen crock    One pair Stuley beds  One churn    Two broken chests  One Sea Cannister    Forty pounds pork  One broken candlestick    One hundred pounds flour  One wooden clock    Two pails  One pewter bed pan    Seven bushels corn  One soap tub    Two and a half bushels wheat  One butcher knife    Three hundred of heading  One foot-stool    One Trammel  Sixty pounds tobacco    One Tin Stove  One pair Shirts    One pair of fire tongs  Eight-quart indian meal    One Seal Kettle  One half bushel measure    One Gallon Bottles  Three bushels    One quart Glass Bottles  Two pounds flax    One pint-Glass Bottles  Five pounds sugar     One spice mortar     Two pounds cheese     One Sheep     nine hens & twenty five chickens     One pound & half wools     One pint-Salt  
One Almanack One Spelling Book One Old Bible —

One debt of fifteen dollars fifty cents against David Solson Two dollars fifty cents against Abner Waters - Six dollars against Lester Waters Three dollars against Walter W Thompson Two dollars fifty cents against David Wallace Two dollars against Merrill - One dollar fifty cents vs Shimmer Two dollars fifty cents against Ebenezer Woodworth - Three dollars fifty cents against Amasa Woodworth - Five dollars against Aaron Hurd - About Two dollars against Joseph M Smith One note of hand signed by Calvin Andrews of twelve Dollars And the said Joel Pease Joel Pease on his oath further saith that by occupation he is a cooper that by reason of the infirmitiy of old age he is able to labour but little, his family consists of seven persons besides himself, to wit: Asenath his wife aged thirty eight years - Camuna his son aged twenty Lucy his daughter aged nine years, Asenath his daughter aged seven years, Naegart, Nautilus his daughter aged four years, Jesse his son aged two years and a son five weeks old all of whom are not of sufficient age to render him any assistance in supporting themselves or his family - And the said Joel Pease on his said oath further saith that he is indebted to Joel Penny fifty six dollars and eighty cents - To Fish Merrill - thirty one dollars twenty four cents - To Jonathan D. Wight - twenty three dollars thirty cents To Jonathan Whitney seven dollars ten cents To James D. Wight - fifteen dollars sixty two cents To Jeremiah Huddy twenty six dollars ninety eight cents - To Gile Pease five dollars sixty eight cents To Calvin Pitkin one dollar seventy seven cents To John Andrews seventeen dollars To Abner Waters Jr three dollars fifty cents To Loran Sobey two dollars To Rebecca Sobey one dollar To Peter Allen, physician, supposed ten dollars -

To Anson Stottch Knapp Ten dollars - To Horace Allen Ten dollars - To George Doss eight dollars - To Elijah Philips twelve dollars -
Sworn to and declared on the 20 day of June before 1820 before — J. R. Hawley Clerk C.P.
I Timothy M. Hawley Clerk of the court of common pleas for Astabula county do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are copies from the records of said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and seventy five dollars -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this twentieth day of June 1820 — J. R. Hawley Clerk C.P.
[Faint circular seal impression]
1820 July 1819
copy -
Schedule of property belonging to Jesse Pease

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joel Pease a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1. 1777 Dec. 29. 1779 Pvt. Porter Walbridge Charles H. H. H. Conn.   ✓ 3 mos. Adam Shapley Edgar d. Conn   ✓ 6 mos. Stearns Gamb. Continental   June 17. 1781 2 1/2 yrs. Watson Henry Jackson Mass.  
Battles engaged in, White Marsh, Monmouth, Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Somers, Conn.
Date of application for pension, June 24. 1818 His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Ashland Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 57 yrs. old
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Abigail was 38 yrs old and children Edmund 10 yrs. Lucy 9 yrs. Asenath 7 yrs. Margaret Parilla 4 yrs. Jesse 2 yrs. and a son 5 weeks old whose name is not stated. In 1801 he was referred to as a Captain, but no explanation given as to how he obtained that rank.
Respectfully,
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Real & personal property.
$175—
age 60 — a cooper by occupation — unable to labor much — wife 38 — 5 children — ages as follows —
10 — 9 — Re. 7 — 4 — 2 —
Saved over 6 years —

For reconsideration.
Yours
Hon. John D.
Washington

Yours
Hon. John Sloan Mem. H. R.
Washington City

Wayne Ashtabula Co. Ohio Feb y . 5 th 1821
Sir
Capt Joel Pease a private in the Army of the Revolution was inscribed on the Pension List in conformity to the Law of the United States of the 18 th of March 1818 — was informed by letter from the Secretary of War that on account of the amount of his property was not considered as entitled entitled to a pension under the act of the 1 st of May 1820. — The purpose of your being written to, is to obtain information whether there can be any prospect of a reconsideration of the matter by producing further testimony concerning the state and means of subsistence of Capt Pease, he is a superannuated man with a family of small children destitute of decent clothing and comfortable lodgings, and should he and his family be visited with severe sickness, must suffer or be placed on the list of Township Paupers; he would not in all probability at this time have been possessed of any property had it not been for the pension money that he received, and I very much doubt whether at this time he is in reality worth one cent — should there be any prospect of relief for Capt Pease you will be so kind as to write to him or to me — I have no other interest in favor of him than to do my duty as his neighbor and townsman. —
I am respectfully your obedient Servt
Hon. John Sloan
Titus May 13

140 252
1920 Dec 21 Hist. Lo Mrs. G.A. Whit- ney. 1922 June 16 Heub. to Bertha Crosby. aw
Pay INVALID.
File No. 140 252
Good Please This Rev Iss
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct 63 La Fayette St Stamp under ed Ogdenburg - N. Y. Nov. 15 1920
To The Rev. Rev. Rev. U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information regarding one Capt. Joel Pease? He was born at Somers, Conn. November 2 nd 1760. Married Lovisa Meacham.
He was a Soldier in the continental army which he entered at the age of 16 And was Captain of one of the militia companies.

But do not know the name of the company in which he served.
I am also desirous of knowing if he drew a pension.
Any information regarding this matter will be very greatly appreciated.
Very truly Yours
Jennie Pease Whitney
(Mrs. G. A.)

P.S.
Capt Pease died in town of Wayne, Ash. Co Ohio in his eighty fifth (85) year J.P.M.

Rev Sec
Ogden, Utah, May 1, 1922
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please advise if you have any record of Joel Pease, born at Somers, Connecticut, November 2, 1760, served in the War of the Revolution and later moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio where he lived until his death.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me, I am
Yours very truly,
Bertha Crosby 530 - 23 rd St.