Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,246, for William Pike, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Pike, William
S 11246
CONTENTS

Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 8 th April 1816 from 4 March 1831 to 7 Oct 1832. Age Notified 16 April 1841.
15430
21886 15430 New Hampshire
William Pike
of Nashua in the State of N. Hamp. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Kelly of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stephen in the New Hamp. line for 17 months & 17 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 38 Dollars 75 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Jan. 1833 and due to the Heirs of William Pike
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 $77.08 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th p. 33 19.27 $96.35
Revolutionary Claim, Voted June 7, 1832.
Geo. B. Dole
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 1 Page 110

Declaration of William Pike of New Ipswich Hillsborough Co. N.H.
134/17 33

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss }
On this Eighth day of August A.D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Aaron Matson Esqr Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Cheshire now sitting, William Pike a resident of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough & State aforesaid aged 69 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 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - viz - In the month of July 1778 he lived in the town of Sterling in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that at that time he volunteered in a Militia Company commanded by Capt. Sibley for the term of six months & marched to Rutland Massachusetts his Company soon after was commanded by Capt David Jewett, he there served as Guard to some prisoners taken with Gen. Burgoyne he guarded them to Enfield on Connecticut river where they were taken charge of by another party. He then marched to Winter Hill near Boston where he served until the expiration of six months from the time he first joined his Company. That in the month of June 1780 according to the best of his recollection he enlisted under Capt Ephraim Sawyer a recruiting officer in Col Shepherds Regiment in the Continental Line for the term of three years & joined the army at a place called Robinsons farm on the north river, he was afterwards stationed at West Point, he was taken sick & sent to the hospital from which he was discharged & sent home in the fall or winter after he enlisted according to the best of his recollection, the Declarant thinks his name will be found on the roll of Shepherds Regt. He now resides in New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire & has resided there for about two months & previous thereto he resided in Stoddard in said State, he has no proof of his services except the affidavit of Edward Phelps which accompanies this Declaration.

He was born in the town of Sterling State of Massachusetts on the first day of August 1763 He has no record of his age. He was living in said Sterling when He first joined the service, for the last thirty years he has lived the principal part of the time in the Town of Stoddard, New Hampshire He has lived in New Ipswich only about two months and is not acquainted with many of the inhabitants of said Town He did not receive a written discharge from the Militia, His discharge from the Hospital He has lost. That he is well known to the Rev Isaac Robinson a Clergyman of the Town of Stoddard & Benjamin Howard a Citizen of the same Stoddard who can testify as to their belief in his veracity & his services in the army above mentioned. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not now on the agency of any State Sworn & Subscribed William Pike the day & year aforesaid
Before me Aaron Matson Judge of said Court
We Isaac Robinson a clergyman residing in the Town of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and Benjamin Howard residing in the same Stoddard hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Pike who has subscribed to the above declaration & sworn to the same That we believe him to be 69 years of age That he made oath to & subscribed the above Declaration in our presence, we know him to be a man of unblemished character for truth & veracity. as to his He is reputed in this neighbourhood to have been a soldier in the revolution & we concur in that opinion. Isaac Robinson Benjamin Howard Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

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 Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and died as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac Robinson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Hadlock and that Benjamin Howard who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Hadlock and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
I the Parkar Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Pike for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office, This ninth day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parkar { Register of the Court of Probate

William Pike
Declaration &
Record
To Genl. H. P. Fletcher
Lutlow T.C.

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County
At a Superior Court began and held at Keene within and for the County of Cheshire on the Third Tuesday of October in the year 1823. Personally appeared in open court said Court being a Court of Records within and for said County of Cheshire established as such by the Constitution and laws of said State William Pike aged fifty nine years resident of Stockbridge said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said William Pike did enlist in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the Con- -tinental Establishment in the town of Sterling in the Spring of 1780 in Mass in the Company commanded by Capt Sawyer and Regiment commanded by Col. Shepherd in the Massachusetts line for three years I joined the Army at New Point and went to Orange town and the White Plains and the Jerseys and one year and a half was taken sick and went to the Hospital at the Fishkill and was discharged by the advice of the Surgeon and had a written discharge given to me and signed by my Col. which was an honorable discharge one my discharge being lost I have it not in my power to prove my services only by the deposition of Ephraim Pike and Asa Breedford and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 - I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen

of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any manner disposed of any property with an intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land service and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. nor have I any person in trust for me any securities debts due nor have I any income other than what is named in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed
  one Cow  $12.00  Bron Ware  $5.00  pair of Tongs  .50  17.50    one table  .50  table furniture  2.00    2.50    Glass Ware  1.25  Tin Ware  2.00  Wooden Ware  1.00  4.25    5 old chairs  2.00  two Chests  2.00  pair Steel yards  .50  4.50    flux Combs  2.00  few Barrels  2.50    4.50    one ax       75          34.00  
I am by occupation a farmer but by reason of a break and the gravel I am not able to labour but a little I have a wife named Thankful aged sixty years totally unable to labour by reason of sickness and is under the Doctors care and has been for several years
William Dike
Sworn to and declared this 22 nd day of October A D 1823 B. L. the - Hon. William M Richardson

Notably unable to labour by reason of sickness and is under the Doctors care and has been for several years
William Pike
Sworn to and declared this 22 d day of October A 1823
Before the -
Hon. William M Richardson
Samuel Green
John Harris
Justices
Asst S. Hale clerk
I, Talma Hale clerk of s d Superior Court do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said William Pike did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding dec- laration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one en- gagement, on the continental establishment. I also 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 thirty four dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this third day of November 1823
S. Hale
Clerk of the Court of the aforesaid of

Ephraim Aiken Deposit. for William
Wm P. Turner

I Ephraim Pike of Marlborough in the County of Windham in the State of Vermont testify and and say that I enlisted in the Service of the United States under the Continental Establish- ment in the Company Commanded by Capt Webb and Regiment Commanded by Col Shepard in the year 1780 in the Spring enlisted in the Town of Starking in Mass and am knowing to William Pike enlisting at the same time in the Company Commanded by Capt Sawyer in the same Regiment with me for three years and am knowing to his doing actual Service for one year and a half under one enlistment and further say that he was Sick at the Fitchburg and I went with him home and I saw his Discharge which was given by Reason of his being Sick and Signed by his Col and knowing his Discharge to be an Honorable and further testify and say that I am in no way interested in the event of his application for a pension Ephraim Pike
State of Vermont Windham County ss } Marlborough Sept the 22 Personally appeared Ephraim Pike Signer of the above affidavit and was solemnly sworn by me to the truth of the same further certify the above Ephraim Pike to be a credible witness Jonas Whitney Justice of the peace

State of Vermont. Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, October 23 d 1823.
I certify that Jonas Whitney, Esquire, of Marlborough, is one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Windham aforesaid, duly commissi- oned under the authority of this State, and that the within is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court the day above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.
Ephraim Aiken Opposite. for William
Wm P. Pike

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 23 rd 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Pike, Adm r of the widow of W m Pike a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth N. H. Agency, at the rate of thirty eight Dollars and — 54 — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 — has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of March 1831 to the 7 th October 1832, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Easton
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

21686 William Pike New Hampshire
13 June 1780 to 6 Dec 1780
Pay at 11 Mr 17 days 187 36.66 2453
Frances Watson Woodard et al

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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 Pike.  Cheshire County N.H.
   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.     Vol 1778 " 6 " Pr Capt Silby Capt Swett 69 State of Traditionary + 1 witness for   Enl 1780 " No time 5 17 Capt Sawyer Col Shepherd Mass. On oath    Note of Service
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), who has 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 _____ 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 [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.

July 22, 1936
William Pike-S.11246 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. H. F. Robinson 71 Brook Street Wollaston, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Pike, soldier of the Revolutionary War from Sterling, Massachusetts, and after the Revolution lived in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 11246, based upon the service of William Pike in the Revolutionary War.
William Pike was born August 1, 1763 in Sterling, Massachusetts; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of said Sterling, William Pike volunteered sometime in July, 1778 and served six months as private in Captains Sibley's and David Jewett's company of Massachusetts militia. He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served in Captain Sawyer's company and in Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment, was taken sick and sent to the hospital, and there discharged in the fall or winter of the same year.
He was a resident of Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire in 1823, and then referred to his wife, Thankful as aged sixty years.
William Pike applied for pension August 8, 1832, then living in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, where he had lived about two months, having

Moved there from Stoddard, New Hampshire. The pension was allowed.
The soldier, William Pike, died October 7, 1832, leaving a widow, her name not designated.
Ephraim Pike was a resident of Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont in 1823; he then stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier during the Revolutionary War; it is not shown that they were related.
Reference was made in 1832 to a son-in-law of the soldier, but his name was not stated, and in 1841 reference was made to Jesse Pike, his relationship to the soldier not shown.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of William Pike.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

MRS. HERMAN F. ROBINSON 71 Brook Street Wollaston, Massachusetts
July 1, 1936. Veterans Administration Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs.
I wish information concerning a William Pike of Cheshire Co. N.H. wife Thankful - who served in the Revolutionary War from Sterling Mass. He applied for Pension when living in Cheshire Co. N.H.
Yours truly.
Mrs. H. F. Robinson

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 11246.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
July 8th, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning William Pike, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 3, 1832, at which time he was 69 years of age and residing at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and his pension was allowed for seventeen months and seventeen days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Sibley and Col. Shepherd. He enlisted at Sterling, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William A. Pike,
Pittsfield, Mass.

Mill at South Lee, Mass.
N. Y. Office, 297 B'way.
HURLBUT STATIONERY COMPANY,
Makers of High Grade Papers and Society Stationery.
Pittsfield, Mass. June 28, 1897
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary War record of William Pike , Fairfield, Conn. Enlisted Feb. 1st '78 from Boston; Sergeant March 16th '78, promoted to Coronet June 14th '81, a member of the Cincinnati, and according to family tradition, a Lieutenant under Washington. Will you kindly ascertain if there is any further mention made of his services during the war, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "J. N. Pike". The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, stylized flourish on the initial "J".

Rev. War 11,246 INVALID.
File No. 11,246
William Pike Rev War
Act: June 14 82
Index:—Vol. A , Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 8 97 Hiz - u Wm A Pike Pittsfield, N 1936 July 22 - Blich to Mrs. H. F. Robinson

I Edward Phelps of Stockland in the county of Oxford and State of New Hampshire of Seventy Years of age depose and say - That I am acquainted with William Pike of New Ipswich in the county of Hillsborough in said State and have been acquainted with him since the year 1778 - in which year I served in the same company with him from the month of April for the term of six months - we both served in Captain David Jewett Company of the Massachusetts Militia - we first marched to Rutland Massachusetts & then served as guards to the prisoners taken with Burgoyne - we guarded them to Inferior Massachusetts where they were taken charge of by another party - we then marched to Winter Hill near Boston, where we served until the expiration of our term of six months when we were discharged - when we entered the service I belonged to Leominster Mass - and Pike to Sterling a town adjoining - when our company was first organized it was commanded by Capt Sibley

that he soon left the company and the said Leweto commanded for the remainder of the term.
During the whole of said six months I was in the same company and in the same mess with the said Phipps and am therefore certain that his service is as I have stated.
Edward Phelps
State of New Hampshire } New Ipswich July 10. 1832 Hillsborough ss }
Then the said Edward Phelps personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him submitted is true. Before me Charles Barrett Justice of the Peace
I certify that the said Edward Phelps above named is in my opinion a disinterested and credible witness Charles Barrett

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Charles Barrett is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as aforesaid, and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this fourteenth day of July Anno Domini, 1832.
A. Wallace Clerk

19.004
free
William Pike, Cheshire Co. N.H.
to P. Fletcher, Ludlow, Vt.
Recd 12 Nov. 1823.
856
Cash was
Rejected did not pay nine months - See letter to P. Fletcher 13th Nov 1823 see letter to Hon. Aaron Mason, House of Reps Dec. 16. 1823.
for Pension Act
very
Wern

(Vermont) Lucian Nov. 6 th 1823
Sir
I enclose you the Declaration of Mr Pike in support of his claim for a Pension as also - Andrew Bradford & Ephraim Pike affidavits of Service &c.
Then to enter into Examination thereof & the usual return to me for him
I am your Respectfully
A. P. Fletcher
Secretary of War
Litchfield Windsor Co
Vermont

Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War

Stoddard N.H. August 24 th 1832
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War }
Sir, I herewith transmit The Declarations of Levi Blood & William Pike you will observe that Mr Blood has previously been on the pension Roll, & the only reason why his Declaration is made in the form of those not previously on the Roll, is that he may draw the pay of a ser- -grant, you will also see that Mr Pike made oath to his Declaration in the County of Cheshire altho' he now resides in the County of Hillsborough (both Counties being in New Hampshire) The reason of this is that he has been been gone from Stoddard as you will see by the Declaration only about two or three Months, & is almost totally unacquainted with the inhabitants of New Spriewick, The fact is he is he is very Poor & the Town of Stoddard would shortly have been obliged to assist him had not his son in Law taken him to New Spriewick, where he may perhaps remain through the summer - should the Declaration be sufficient to place them on the pension Roll you will please direct their certificates to me & should any thing further be required at the Depart- -ment please inform me
I am Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt
Francis Watson

Disposition of Anduokradu - for Wm. Pike

I answered Bradford of Ludlow in the County Windsor and State of Vermont Do certify and say the enlisted in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the Continental Establishment in the year 1780 in March in the Re and joined the Army at West Point and became acquainted with William Pike at West Point in the State of New York a private Soldier who belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col Shepard Regiment and Company commanded by Capt Sawyer in the Mass Line that I first saw D r Pike at West Point in the Month of May in the year 1780 and was on guard with him at various times and I saw him and conversed with him as the army moved from place to place for the term of Eighteen Months and his enlistment was for three years and D r Pike was under D r enlistment and he was discharged at the Forkills on account of his being sick and I belonged to Col Decker Regiment in N.Y. Line
and further testify and say that I am in no way interested in the event of his application for a Pension
Andrew Bradford
State of Vermont } October the 2 Day 1823 Windsor County ss } Personally appeared the above named Andrew Bradford and made solemn Oath that the Deposition by him submitted contains the truth then by certify that the above Andrew Bradford is a credible witness
Asahel Smith, Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Windsor County } }
Woodstock County Clerk's Office October the 7 th AD 1823 —
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windsor, Do hereby Certify that Arioch Smith is one of the Justices of the Peace within for said County, and that the within is his Signature —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County Court and subscribe my name the day and year above —
Benj. Swan Clerk
Dupont of Nicholas Road for Mr. Pike