Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,524, for Simeon Puffer, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Puffer, Simeon
S. 33,524
CONTENTS

9982 R
Massachusetts.
Simon Puffer
of Dearfield in the state of Mass. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Beadle of the New Hampshire line, for the term of eleven months .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of April 1819 and sent to Genl. Leavitt Esq. Greenfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  23/4  87.16
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819  48.00
$135:16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Recd Jan. 7-1832
Massachusetts Genl. Leavitt Esq. Dearfield Mass. Sept 25 1819

Simon Puffer private.
Col. Beadle's regim t . New Hampshire, mil. a
8. April, 1818.
Respectfully to the service not being on the bene- neutral Establishment (sine)
Adm c — " —
Jonathan Seavit, Esq., Judge, Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass ts .
Rec d . 30. April, 1818.

I Simeon Puffer a Citizen of the United States now resident in the Town of Deerfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath declare That I served in the army of the United States against the common Enemy in the Revolutionary War -
I entered the Continental Army in the Month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for the term of eleven months in a company commanded by Captain Jason Mait in the Regiment commanded by Col — Beadle in the New Hampshire Line - soon after my enlistment I was marched to Canada under Major Butterfield and was taken prisoner at a place called the Cedars by the British and Indians and was a short time after exchanged and returned to join my company then at Mount Independence - and contin- ued with my company until the expiration of my enlist- ment when I was regularly discharged at Saratoga on the fourth day of December A.D. 1777 1778
I never received any written discharge from the army but was discharged by the expiration of my enlistment as aforesaid
I am now almost sixty five years of my age - I am poor and in reduced circumstances in life and stand in great need of assistance from my Country for support -
Dated at Greenfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid this eighth day of April A.D. 1818 — Simeon Puffer Attest. Samuel Wells
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin S.S. April 8 th A.D. 1818
Then personally appeared Simeon Puffer signer to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the truth of the same. Before me J. L. Smith Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Franklin S.S. I Aza Stebbins one of the Selectmen of the town of Deerfield in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid here testify and say that Simeon Duffer Signer to the within declaration, is in my opinion a poor but honest man and stands in need of assistance from his country for support — April. 8. A.D. 1818 —
Aza Stebbins
Sworn to, the day and year above written —
Jonathan L. Dyer
State of Massachusetts — Franklin ss.
I the Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Mass. which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify to the Secretary of the Department of War, that from the testimony aforesaid, it appears to my satisfaction that the before named Simeon Duffer served in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, as he has within declared, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid, the eighth day of April A.D. 1818 —
Jonathan L. Dyer

Imes Puffer, the Deponent, has obtained a pension Certificate. If I am rightly in- formed he served in the same Company, the same Regiment & during the same term with Simon Puffer, the applicant in this case. Is there not then a some mistake? At any rate, I hope this will be deemed a sufficient apology for my sending back the papers in this case.
Yours sincerely J. S. [unintelligible]

9982
Simeon Puffer
Em
Sept. 1819 -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Simeon Puffer aged sixty seven years, resident in Deerfield in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows: I served eleven months (yet was enlisted for one year) in Capt Sason Wait's company in Col. Bradley's Regiment in the New Hampshire line.
I believe that the original declaration made by me for a pension and under which I received a certificate was dated on the seventh day of April A.D. 1818, but I have no minutes by which I can with a certainty determine the date. My pension certificate is dated the twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1819 - The pension to commence on the eighth day of April A.D. 1818; and is numbered 9982
I have no occupation but that of a common labourer which my age and increasing infirmities have almost totally precluded my pursuing: I am now labouring under a distressing asthma which has confined me, most of the time the past winter, to the house. I have also a very troublesome hernia.
My family consists of my wife Lydia aged fifty six and three children living with me viz Lucia aged seventeen, Erasmus aged fourteen, and Martha aged eleven, who are mostly if not entirely depending on me for their support and subsistence.

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 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 18th day of March, 1818 ; 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.
Simeon Puffer
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the 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 twenty four dollars
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of Simeon Puffer of Deerfield in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
  1 Loom  5.00  1 Chest  1.25  1 Looking glass  .50  6.75    1 Table  .75  1 Do  .50  1 Axe  .50  2.08    1 Sythe & Spath  .75  2 Hoes  .25  1 Slice & Tongs  1.00  2.00    1 Pot  1.50  1 Dish kettle  .67  1 Tea do  .75  3.17    1 Skillet  .13  1 Meat barrel  .50  1 Sewet tub  .42  1.05    1 Sugar tub  .50  2 Keelers  .50  1 Foot Wheel  .50  1.50    1 Great Wheel  .33  3 Bushels Corn  1.50  2 Baskets  .33  2.16    1 Meal Bag  .17  Bread Trough & Meal Box  .33    .50    Crockery ware  2.00  1 Coffee pot  .12  1 Tummel  .08  2.20    1 Candle stick  .25  1 Pewter platter  .25  3 do Plates  .25  0.75    2 Milk Pans  .25  1 Bible  .75  1 Testament  .20  1.20    1 Psalm Book  .25  1 Art of Reading  .13  1 Common Reader  .25  .63     $ 23,99  
Simeon Puffer

Mr Raymond Beveridge Morgan } Card in W. 26942 Amos Puffer. #41-B St. N.W., Washington D.C.
In reply to your personal request of March 25 1915 , received for a statement of the military history of Simeon Puffer 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. S. 33,524
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 11 mos. Private Jason Mait Bedel N.H.   discharged Dec. 4 1776   at Saratoga. He was captured at the Cedars by British   troops, exchanged after a short time   + rejoined his company at Mt. Independence.  
Battles engaged in, The Palatine Campaign Residence of soldier at enlistment, Date of application for pension, Apr. 8 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Deerfield, Franklin Co. Mass. Age at date of application, sixty-four years.
Remarks: In 1820 there were living with him, his wife Lydia ae 56 yrs. + three children. Lucina ae 17 yrs. Orasmus ae 14 yrs. + Martha 11 yrs. Died Jan. 7-1832 (from a. B.)
(Brother of Amos Puffer W. 26942)
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

33 524 INVALID.
1915 Apl. 3. Hist. to Raymond B. Morgan card in W. 26942 Annes Puffer. d
File No. 33 524
Simeon Puffer
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr Edw. Houghton Deposition

I Edward Houghton of Northfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that in December 1775 or January 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States and marched into Canada and was in Col o Beattle's Reg t - and was taken Prisoner by the British & Indians at the Cedars when under the immediate command of Major Isaac Butterfield and there became acquaint- =ed with Mr Simeon Puffer who was a Prisoner with me at the Cedars. and I knew him to be in service to the close of the Campaign which was in the month of November or December and we were then dismissed from Service at Saratoga. and further saith not - Edw. Houghton
Franklin ss: Dec r 15 th 1818. Then personally appeared Edward Houghton signer to the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same. before me Obad h Dickinson Jus ice
Franklin ss: Dec r 15 th 1818. I hereby certify that Mr Edward Houghton signer to the foregoing deposition is a man of respectability and considered as a man of truth and veracity Obad h Dickinson
I hereby certify that the above named Obadiah Dickinson is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Franklin. Issa Leavitt Judge

Conway Jan 8
Paid 6
Hon. Jonathan Leavitt
Greenfield Massachusetts
James Buffum

I Amos Puffer of Jamaica in the county of Windham & State of Vermont testify and say that my brother Simson Puffer of Deerfield in the commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted into the year's service of the revolutionary war - He enlisted under Lieut. John Gregg or Griggs - Capt. Wait - Col. Breedel of the Norfolkshire Line - The said Simson Puffer enlisted into said year's service I think the latter part of Jan y - the year is out of my recollection He left home in Feb y - or  the the fore part of March and contin- ued in the service until the Month of Dec r of the same year when the regiment was dismissed a little before the time for which he enlisted had expired - He drew pay for about eleven months. When the regiment was dismissed it was commanded by Capt. Osgood . While in service the said Simson Puffer was taken prisoner at a place called the Cedars in Canada: he lost his firelock, & suffered much hardship while in captivity - he is now very poor and needy - has a break or bust, that makes labor painful, and is in need of the assistance of his country for support. - Amos Puffer
Questioned by the Judge - Was you out in the Revolutionary service with Simson Puffer and did you serve with him during the time you have mentioned? Answer. I did -

State of Vermont (June 2 nd A.D. 1819 then Windham County ss) personally appeared Amos Puffer, and after being carefully examined and duly sworn made solemn oath that the preceding Deposition, by him subscribed, contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me Phineas White Chief Judge of Windham Co. Ct. —
The foregoing Deposition was taken at the request of Simon Puffer to be read before any proper Board to which application has been, or shall hereafter be made, by the said Puffer, for a Pension —
P. White Chf. J. W. Co. Ct.

Dear Sir,
At the request of Simon Puffer I take the liberty to enclose to your care the foregoing Deposition, for his benefit.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt.
S. White