Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,367, for William Patee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Patee William
L 29367
N. 26.
CONTENTS

Michigan No. 29.017
William Pate of Wayne Co in the State of Mich who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Silver of the Regt commanded by Col. Mexon in the New Hampshire line for
1 Yr 6 Mo 14 D $ 60.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan No. at the rate of 60 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of July 1834 to J. M. Williams, Detroit Mich.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 150.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mch '34 30.00
$ 180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Young Clerk Book 6 - Vol. 84 Page 99
agency book. Dec 8 Aug 15, 1834

22. 2/5
William Pattee Michigan
Adm 1. year and 1. Month privates
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G. Mott Williams Detroit Michigan Ter.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 th June ~ 1838.
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 subjóined 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 William Pattee Luchegan Ter—
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1 Nov. 1775 4 priv Col. Nixon   1 July 1776 5 " Cap. Gilmer   Aug. 1777 4 Ensign Cap. Paige  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 days 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 the 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 _____; 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 [j] 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.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
Territory of Michigan
County of Wayne } ss On this eighth day of January in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court Before the Judges of the Circuit Court of the said County in said Territory William Patee a resident of the Town of Huron The County Wayne said Territory aged 78 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 under the following named officers and served as herein stated. The name of the Col of the Regt in which Deponent served was. Nixon. The Capt's Name was Jeremiah Gilmer. The Serjt's name Smith. The Ensign's name Kintell - Deponent entered the service at this time 1 st Nov. 1775. Staid in service til the March following at this time Deponent was a private. - Deponent a second time entered the service 1 July 1776. The name of the Col of Regt was does not recollect. The name of the Capt Haines. Deponent served at this time as an ensign, remained in service til 30 th Nov following. - Deponent a third time entered service as Ensign in Capt Paige's Company - The name of the Serjt was Wheeler Entered in August 1777 & remained til December following. The name of the Col of the Regt in which Deponent served during the last term was Drake. During the above terms of service viz 4 months in 1775 & 76. - 5 months in '76 - & 4 months in '77 deponent was a resident of the Town of New Salem County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire and served as above in the militia or state Troops of that State At the time of the second service, Deponent was a resident of the Town of Durham in said State. and was born therein Deponent further states that the militia of New Hamp- shire to which he belonged was incorporated with the Massachusetts militia for some time the whole commanded by Genl Poor. During first service as above 1775 Deponent was stationed on Mount Hill

near Boston. 2 d service in Northern part of New Hampshire. as in Grafton County &c. During the last service Deponent was at the Battle of Bennington Heights. on the march Deponent marched thro Charleston, Cambridge. Bennington now in Vermont. Stillwater & other places of which Deponent does not recollect the names. - Deponent saw Genl Gates & Genl Arnold at Bennington Heights. - Deponent says that the Americans continued at the charge for 15 minutes before engagement at Bennington Heights was ended. To the best of his recollection there were 2200 men killed in the engagement. - Deponent says that from his very advanced age he cannot explain many circumstances which were a few years since fresh in his recollection. During the above terms of service Deponent served as a volunteer in the Rangers. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court J. Winder, Clerk.
William Bates
And the judges of the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
J. W. Morell Pop. Wilkins
I John Winder Clerk of said Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of 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 eight th day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty Three.
J. Winder Clerk.
Post office Detroit Bank. Bank of Michigan

2 Detroick June 10. 1833
To The Hon Lewis Cass
Sir
I'm submitting to you the accompanying statement of my service as a soldier in the Revolution. I cannot avoid mentioning the then reduced circumstances which age & sickness have brought upon me. In me the Government the Government will find an individual whom the infirmities of an advanced life cannot spare much longer. I scarcely expect to receive an answer to this communication death may in all probability cut me off in a few months and altho' my necessities are pressing indeed, they must be of short duration. But whether I survive my present needy condition or whether God calls me before him a few days hence, my latest sigh shall be a prayer for the preservation of the Liberties of our Happy Country.
Your obed servt.
(signed) William Pattee
Supplemental testimony
Territory of Michigan. County of Wayne ss. We Elias Pattee a clergyman residing in the Town of Huron, County aforesaid, and Charles McCloud of the same Town & County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Pattee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be upwards of seventy eight (78) years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this fourteenth day of May, 1833 in open Court
J. Winder Clerk.
Elias Pattee Charles McCloud

And we two of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan do hereby declare our opinion after the that it appears to us that Elias Patee who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town & County aforesaid, and that Charles McCloud who also signed the same, is a resident in said Town & County and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Winder, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Patee for a pension.
Lab Willam J. Morell
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty Three.
J. Winder Clerk.
12235-
Mr Patee

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Acc-1 Am
November 2, 1925.
Adelaide L. McAfee 4533 Zenith Ave. S. Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29367 , it appears that William Patee was born at Thornton, New Hampshire, date not stated.
While residing at New Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he enlisted November 1, 1775 and served four months as a private in Captain Jeremiah Gilman's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
While residing at Thornton, New Hampshire, he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served five months as an Ensign in Captain Haines' Company.
He enlisted in August 1777 and served four months as an Ensign in Captain Page's Company, Colo-

nel Drake's New Hampshire Regiment, and was at the battle of Bemis Heights.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1833, while a resident of Huron, Wayne County, Michigan, aged seventy-eight years.
He died August 15, 1834.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
The above noted William Patee (Pattee) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Detroit Nov 23. 1833
Sir
Mr Pattee gives the following explanation to the point made in your letter of the 28 th June last.
Mr Pattee says that two or three weeks before the New Hampshire Militia was called out to meet Burgoyne, he was elected an Ensign at a meeting of the Company, altho' he was never commissioned in that capacity, owing to the very abrupt manner in which he was called into service. - That immediately after the troops were called on, he started from his home, with a detachment of the Company, to which he was attached, acting as Ensign, and not waiting for the rest of the troops to assemble, he arrived at Bemis' Heights at least 7 days before the rest came up.
After his arrival at Bemis' Heights an

Ensign from a different Township, from that in which Mr Pattee resided. joined the Company (For the Company was made up of detachments of different Companies, coming from different Townships) but owing to indisposition, never did duty in that capacity, and Mr Pattee was called upon, and acted as the Ensign of Capt Pajels Company, for the time mentioned in his declaration -
Upon this explanation Mr Pattee considers that this service, together with his service as an Ensign in the Rangers. entitles him to his pension as an Ensign, and in my opinion his important public services to this country, in the dark hour of her peril, earnestly demand the justice of the Government.
His services were performed at a period when no man looked forward for remuneration - every exertion in the great cause flowed from a pure patriotic feeling - the fate of this country was involved in a dread uncertainty which put to flight every mer-

- among motion - Mr Patee is anxious to receive his pension, and that without delay, but if strict & binding rules, prevent his receiving an Ensigns pension, he then wishes that of a private. Even this small pittance will prove very acceptable in his reduced circumstances. -
Yours
Respectfully
Ghrold Williams for William Patee.
Hon J L Edwards Washington

Dec. 6. 1838.
Mr. Pattee
Michigan.
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq., Pension Office Washington D.C.

Detroit May 15. 1833
Sir
I herewith enclose the original declaration of William Patee for a pension (lately forwarded to John Windel Esq of this City from your office) to which is annexed the supplemental evidence necessary to substantiate the claim.-
Any communications addressed to William Patee at this place & directed to my care, will ensure immediate attention.
Your Obedient Servant,
G Mott Williams
J L Edwards Esq Washington D.C.

29367 Rev  INVALID.
1907 July 25. Test. To Thos. B. Peck - e 1923 Nov. 2 - " " Adelaide P. Mc Afel
File No. 29367
William Lee
Di Rev Mas
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Walpole, N. H. July 19 1907
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you be kind enough to inform us what facts your records have in regard to William and Joseph Pettee, Revolutionary soldiers? I am uncertain whether they served from Massachusetts or New Hampshire, but one of them is believed by a descendant to have resided in this town - He was a pensioner and died in 1846. I want if possible to find his place of residence at time of enlistment, as well as such other facts as the records show - I am writing for a descendant, who is trying to prove her line of descent -
Yours very Truly, Thomas B. Peck.

Minneapolis Minn. Sept. 29 th 1925
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Dept., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
I am looking up our Revolutionary Record and have been informed that you might be able to furnish what I have not been able to get complete, that is, the pension record of my Great-great grandfather William Pattee (William Pattee) who was born on December 3 rd 1754 in

Salem, New Hampshire. Salem, New Hampshire and
from what I can learn, resided there at the time he enlisted.
I should like to get his wife's name and their marriage date and the names of his children, and as much as you can give me would be greatly appre- ciated by
Mrs Adelaine Lang McAfee
4533 Zenith Av. So.
Minneapolis, Minn.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Patell 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. File 29367
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1. 75 4 mos. Pri. Jeremiah Gilman Nixon Mass. (Consulted with Nilson)   July 1. 76 5 mos. Ens. Asa? Haines ✓   Aug. 77 4 mos. Ens. Asa Page Asa Drake N.H.  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill . Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Salem, Rockingham Co., N.H. Date of application for pension, Jan'y. 8. 1833. Residence at date of application, Huron, Wayne Co., Mich. Age at date of application, 78 yrs. born Thornton, N.H. Remarks: Bureau record endorsed "died Aug. 15, 1834."
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
27225b3m1-07 Capt. Jeremiah Gilman , Col. John Nixon Hoo. Mass P. 460
Heitman p 191.