Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,323, Levi Blood, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Blood, Levi
NUMBER
S. 16323
CONTENTS
carded.

1372.
New Hampshire Levi Blood
H. Chy. Mch. 15/58
of Cheshire in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Whitecomb in the [blank] Mass line for [blank] (Years)
9 Mch 29 th Corp d 12 " 1 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 82 Dollars 29 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of March 1832. and to Levi Blood Gilsum N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $123.43 Semi-ann. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 41.14 $164.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 123.

Declaration of Levi Blood
Gilsum Chester Co N.H.
of my residence in the town of Gilsum in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original now on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Concord this 14th day of February 1844 the time in said form of Leonidas

State New Hampshire Cheshire County ss,
On this eighth day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Aaron Mason Esqr Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire now sitting Levi Blood a resident of Gilsum in said County of Cheshire & State aforesaid aged 75 years who being first 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 following named Officers & served as herein stated viz - In the month of May 1775 he lived in the town of Leominster in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts that at that time enlisted into Capt. David Wilders Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb Regt. & served until the last of December following During this time he was stationed in Cambridge near Boston I had no written discharge but was dismissed & went home In the month of January 1776 he was drafted as a Militia man from said Town of Leominster for the term of three months & hired a man by the name of Josiah Whitcomb as a substitute who served one month the remaining time of two months he served himself in Captain William Papes Company in Col. Josiah Whitneys Regiment. during this term of service he was stationed in Dorchester near Boston where he was again dismissed on the first of April. On the twenty second day of September the same year above mentioned he volunteered & served in a Militia Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Wood in Col. James Conners Regiment for the term of two months - immediately after he enlisted volunteered he joined Gen. Washingtons army at the White Plains near North River, The said Levi Blood further states that he has previously been on the Pension Roll under the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818 that he was struck from said Roll under the act of May 1st 1820 that he served in the Continental Line under three enlistments as follows - viz - On the sixth day of February 1777 he lived in said Town of Leominster

and enlisted for three years into Capt. William Warrens Company in Col Thomas Marshall Regt. of the Massachu- =setts line & joined the Army at Ticonderoga. During the fall of this year he was at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne & his army in the month of December following he joined Gen. Washingtons Army & went into winter Quarters at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania, the summer following he was at the battle of Monmouth in the Jerseys. At the expiration of three years he received an honorable discharge signed by Col. Thomas Marshall which is now at the war department. In the year 1780 he again enlist- =ted in the same Company & Regiment and under the same officers last above mentioned for the term of six months. & served the full time for which he enlisted as a sergeant sergeant. at the expiration of which he received a honora- =ble discharge signed by Major Nathaniel Whipple who commanded the Regiment at that time the Col. being absent. During this term of service he was stationed at West Point principally, & was discharged there. His Sergeants Discharge accompanied this Decla- =ration. In the early part of January 1781 he again enlisted for three years & joined the army at West Point in the spring following, and served in Capt. Simon Lords Comp. in Col Sprouts Regt. one year, when he was transferred to Capt Robert Bradfords Company in the same Regt. of light Infantry in the same Regt. in which Company he served until the 27 th day of December 1783 when he was honorably discharged at the City of New York by Gen. Knox which Discharge he has lost. He now resides in Gilsum in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hamp- =shire & resided there when his first application was made. He was born in Harvard in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 25 th day January 1757 he has no record of his age. He was living in Leominster when he first joined the Army. For the last forty years he has resided in Gilsum aforesaid. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the agency of any State. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before Me Aaron Mason Judge of said Court L. D. B.

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the said 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 Levi Blood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August A.D. 1832.
Asa Parker } Register of the Court of Probate

Levi Blood
5,633.
Real estate
Schedule
$ 649. 00
(March 1849.)
Not entitled.

Cheshire Is
ss.] STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ON this fourth day of July A. D. 1820 personally appeared in open court before the Justice Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Cheshire being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Levi Blood aged sixty three years, resident in Gilsum 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: viz.
That he enlisted on the 5th day of February 1777 under capt William Warner in the regiment commanded by colonel Thomas Marshall in the Massachusetts line for three years and was discharged on the sixth day of February 1780 at West Point, in the month of May following he enlisted in the same company & same regiment for six months and was discharged at West Point at the end of six months, and in the month of January 1781 he enlisted for three years & joined capt Lord's company in col. Spratt's regiment in the Massachusetts line and was discharged in the city of New York on the 31st day of December 1783 & also served 13 months at other enlistments before he served under the continental establishment.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 13th day of April 1818
The number of my pension certificate is 5633 I have received a Pension. 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. My occupation is farming & am not of sufficient ability to pursue it
in family residing with me two, my wife Polly aged fifty four years, a cripple, & not able to contribute much towards her support - my daughter Betsy aged 11 years - troubled with a scrofulous humour which Their capacity to contribute to their support
makes her incapable of contributing anything to her support
Levi Blood
and declared at Keene in said District, on the 4th day of July A. D. 1820, before
Rose } Judge of the said Court.
Salmei Hale Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 in the aforesaid schedule, is 649.00 dollars and eight cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this eighth day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale } Clerk of the said Court.

SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Levi Blood of Gilsum (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cheshire in the State of New-Hampshire, on the fourth day of 1820, and annexed to his oath, viz.
 50 acres of land with a small house & barn $500.00  2 four year old oxen  2 other four year old oxen  2 cows & one calf  2 two year old heifers  1 yearling heifer  1 two year old bull  1 old lame mare  1 two year old colt  5 sheep & 4 lambs  1 hog  1 cart  1 plow  30 lb of old chains  1 ax, 1 hoe, 2 pitchforks & 1 shovel  2 ax yokes & irons  30 lb of old harrow teeth  1 chest of drawers - 1 table  1 pot - 1 kettle, 1 tea kettle  6 knives & forks  3 chairs  1/2 of a pew in the meeting house 
Levi Blood
$ 649.08

Levi B. Lord was mustered in the 10 th Regt. N.H. Vols. having served as a faithful & good soldier the term of Three Months & Fifteen Days is hereby discharged the Service of the United States By a Gen l Order Given Under my Hand at Dept. Q r this 21 st Day of Dec r 1861. Nathl. Winstel: D.A. Genl
The Commissioners will finish the above mentioned work with precision at the usual rate Nathl. Winstel: D.A. Genl Dec 21 st 1861

These Certify that the Above - mentioned Leg - is Videotaped up to & Including the 29 th Inst.
Witness my hand and seal Wm Frost D. G. Jr.
Served with Writs Including the first of Jan y 1781
Shushland Jan y 1 st 1781 - Served two days Writ - Ivan Chap. N.C.
Levi Blood. S.F. 16323 Mass.

Berlin Sept. 13. 1792 Payment received by Moses Cook Esq.
Levi Blood. P.F. 16323 Moss.

Luci Blood Soldier in Captain Wm Wainwright's Company in the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment having served out his term of engagement of three years is hereby Discharged from the Army of the United States and hath leave to pass home to his State
To all whom it may concern
Given at West Point This 10 th Day of February 1782 Thomas Marshall Col o 10 th Mass s Regiment
The above Blood hath leave to pass on his way home with his arms and accoutrements they being his own property ————— Thomas Marshall Col o 10 th Mass s Regiment

FREE
Geo. C. Whiting Comm. of Pensions
Washington
J. C.
by Shaw

16.323 INVALID.
File No. 16.323
Levi Blood
Pre New York
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 432
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2633
New Hampshire Roll.
Levi Blood
Private -
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Blisha Kinsley P.O. Bridge Marlow Chest C.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818, 4 m. & \frac{22}{30} — 37:86
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48: —
3 years
$ 85: 86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "Revolutionary claim"]
Gilson Clerk. P.O.
See letter to L. Blood May, 19. 1820.
[Faint vertical handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Live Blood —
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March — next, At the U. States Branch bank Portsmouth N. H.
Recorded (14)

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Levi Blood _____ late a Private _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Levi Blood
MS 328
Mr Cole
Aug 27 1837.
Mr. Ser...

To Hon Jas E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir You will be pleased to allow my agent George R. Herrick Washington D.C. to examine the papers on file in your office upon which a pension was, originally granted to Levi Blood who was a pensioner in the State of New Hampshire and see whether he has since died.
Dated Syracuse Jan'y 28 th 1851
also bill 32 & 115 Cheshire Co. Jan'y & Corp. Act 32 P.H. Miller $82.29-242.3.
Franklin Berber

Syracuse July 19, 1838
H. Whiting Esq Comr of Pensions Sir
Will the department inform me in relation to Levi Blood a Revolution Soldier and draw a pension Resident of Stoddard Cheshire Co. Hampshire when he applied What Law did draw under and under what Law he was struck off and whether his heirs are entitled from the time he was dropped until he was entitled to restoration up to his death or to the widows claim from the death of her husband to her death - please answer as soon as convenient -
Respectfully Yours
H. Otis
Syracuse
NY

I Levi Blood of Gilson in the County of Coosheire and State of Newhampshire Husbandman do make the following declaration upon oath
That in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and seventyseven in on the sixth day of February I enlisted as a private soldier into the United States Service at Leominster in the then Colony of Massachusetts in a company commanded by Capt. Mr. Warner and was joined to the tenth Regiment in the Massachusetts line and was continued in said Regiment during the time for which I enlisted which was three years when I was honorable discharged on the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty That some time in March in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty one I enlisted into the United States Service under the Continental establishment for three years in the company commanded by Capt. Robert Bradford and was joined to a Regiment commanded by Col. Blunt. I served until the the 31 st day of December 1783 when I was honorably discharged and have since lost my discharge I further say I am poor and need assistance from my country
Levi Blood

State of Hampshire
Cheshire ss April 13 th 1818 Then before Elisha Huntley a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Cheshire personally appeared Levi Blood - He with him named and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and it having been made to appear to my satisfaction that the said Levi Blood did same in the revolutionary war against the common enemy in manner as by him is stated in said affidavit and declaration I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in his case being his oath as aforesaid and his discharge from
Thomas Marshall
To the Honble John Calthorn Secretary of War
Elisha Huntley -
} one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
Cheshire ss I Levi Chamberlain Assistant Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that the above is the original of the Hon Elisha Huntley who is duly commissioned a Justice of said Court, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed and affixed a seal in usual form as used by said Court this 20 th day of May A D 1818
Levi Chamberlain
To the Honorable John Calthorn, Secretary of War This May Certify that I have examined into the circumstances of the foregoing Levi Blood and am satisfied that by reason of his indigent circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his bounty for support
Noted Recorded 29 th 1818
Elisha Huntley
} one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
Admirable on evidence of his indigent circumstances, & which his age was entitled to the credit of his carrying the heavy load

Old Pan Levi Wood N. Hampshire
9 Mo. 29 days, Cooper 14 Mo. 21 day, Pm. W. H.
Alm d KE
Clamint Gilum Cheshire Co N H

Levi Blood
Return to Levi Blood Stoddard P. O Cheshire
1 March 1822
March 1819

Declaration In order to be restored to the pension list under the act of the 1 st March 1823
State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss.
On this 17 th day of March 1829 personally appeared in open court & being a court of record held within and for said County proceeding according to the course of the common law having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of their proceedings, Levi Blood resident in said County aged seven- ty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1823 that he the said Blood enlisted for the term of three years on the sixth day of February in the 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the company com- manded by Captain William Warner in the Regiment com- manded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corp. until February 6 th 1780 when he was discharged from the said service at Westpoint in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 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 diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 of real and personal estate necessary clothing and bedding excepted owned by Levi Blood
  Farm containing 50 acres of Land with a small house and barn valued at three hundred & fifty dollars $ 350.00   Two cows 30.00   Two two year old cattle 14.00   Two yearlings 8.00   Six sheep 9.00   One Swine 3.00   one plow 3.00   20 lb old chain $2.00 one ax $0.75 2.75   20 lb old harrow teeth $1.60 one ax $0.75 2.35   one hoe $0.12 one shovel $0.75 .87   one iron bar $2.00 a pitchfork $0.30 2.30   eight chains $1.00 two old tables $1.50 2.50   Pewter & crockery 5.00   six knives & forks & 9 iron spoons 80   Iron ware $2.50 Braf Kettle $2.00 4.50   provisions on hand 10.00 
1/2 fow in the meeting house added
$ 454.07
We the subscribers testify and say that we have viewed the property contained in the above schedule shown to us by Levi Blood above named as his property and are of opinion that the items set against the respective items are their true value  Edward Phelps Nath l Joslin
Cheshire ss March 14 th 1829 personally appeared Nathaniel Joslin & Edward Phelps above named and made oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed  Before me Aaron Watson Justice of the peace
I certify that Nathaniel Joslin & Edward Phelps above named are disinterested and creditable witnesses
Aaron Watson Justice of the peace

   Articles Sold Names of persons to whom sold Time of sale Amount of money or description of property received in return     1 Pair of oxen Brown 1825 $ 54   1 Do Do Do 1826 $ 75   Bull Killer and consumed in family 1826     Old man becoming old & useless was killed   Coll Lake Joslin 1827 $ 35   1 Cart worn out entirely  
The above money was paid out in small sums for my support for medical attendance and for hired labor. as my former schedule amounted to but $ 649. 08 I do not need any depositions to show in what manner it has been expended
I am a farmer by occupation but can labor but little. My family consists of my wife Polly aged sixty three she is a cripple and is able to do but little labor and of my daughter Betsy aged about 20. Her health is feeble but is some what better than it was formerly. she can do no more than support herself
Levi Blood
Sworn to and declared on the 17 th day of March 1829 Before S. Turner & Josiah Butler Justices S. Hale Clerk
I Salma Hale Clerk of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the preceeding said Levi Blood did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing application against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement 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 above said schedule is 454 Dollars and 7 cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 th day of March 1829 S. Hale Clerk