Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,601, James Battle, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Battle, James.
S. H. 601.
CONTENTS

Transf. from New York City to Utica. 1 st Sept r 1833. 7 th Feb y 1834.
Notification sent to Pensioner at Utica, New York.
Notification sent May 8 th 1831. to Mr. Brachar Cogenburgh, N. York.
3051.
Utica.
New York Roll.
James Battle Capt Daniels Private.
Mass t line. 175. 4 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of September 1818 and sent to Morris S. Miller Esq d Judge Utica N.Y.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 5m th 4/30  41. 6    Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th March 1819.  48        $ 89. 6  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Stearns Compt d Official

20 State of New York Oneida County } ss
Benjamin Hinman being duly sworn, saith, that he knows the within James Battle and believeth him to be a man of truth and veracity - and that he this deponent fully believes the matters set forth in the within affidavit of James Battle.
Sworn this 1. Apr. 1818 } Before me. }
H. S. Miller Not. Public of Oneida.

State of New-York, } ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER, First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named James Battle. — did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 14 day of May 1818. I am satisfied that by reason of reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.  M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY. }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates, of the affidavits hereto annexed are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller, the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court. Dated the 15 th — of May 1818.
Francis A. Woodgood

State of New York } Oneida County } ss.
James Battle being duly sworn saith that he is a Resident of the County of Oneida & State of New York - that he is 58 years old; that by reason of his reduced Circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his Country for support - that he served as a Soldier in the war of the revolution four years & eight months - of which he served at least 18 months in Warren Company Reads Regt. Massachusetts line. - afterwards served three years in Daniels Company Nixons Regt. Massachusetts line that he entered the service in 1775. and was regularly discharged in 1781. as by the Discharge herunto annexed appears. And this Deponent says that the Discharge is genuine and was originally granted to this Deponent. And that he never had a pension allowed him by the Laws of the United States.
Sworn 1. Apr. 1818 } Before me }
H. S. Miller Nott Judge of Oneida
James Battle

State of New York 3 30s. St Lawrence County 3
On this Tenth day of January 1821 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of St Lawrence being a court of Record for said County. James Battle aged sixty one years now resident in the Town of Rouse in the said County of St Lawrence lately from Utica in the County of Oneida, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he served in Captain Saphet Daniels company in Colonel Nixen's Regiment & General Nixen's Brigade of the Massachusetts line for the term of Three years as stated in his original Declaration Dated the first day of April 1818 - that he has received a pension and his Pension Certificate is numbered 3051 —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time gift, sale gift 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  other 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 & by me subscribed —

Inventory of Real & Personal Estates
Real Estate — None —
Personal Estate —
1 Yoke of Oxen on which Town $30. $ 20.00 1 Cow 15.00 1 Wooden Clock 3.00 1 Damaged Potash kettle 10.00 1 Caldron Kettle 10.00 1 Looking Glass (small) 2.00 8 Chains — 3 pails 3.00 2 Tables — 30 tin basons 4.25 1 Old Waggon — 1 wash bowl 10.25 1 Old Boat — 1 Tea Pot 15.25 1 Pot — 8 small bowls 2.00 2 Five Pail Kettles 6.00 1 Frying Pan — 1 Spider 0.75 1 Skillet — 1 Tea Kettle 1.00 3 Pewter Platters 0.75 1 Doz. earthen Plates 1.20 1 Doz. Cups & Saucers 0.75 1 Doz. Knives & Forks old 0.75 1 Draught Chain 1.00 1 Harrow — 2 Pitchforks 1.75 1 Broken Stove — 1 Drawing knife 15.50 1 Last Springs coll — 1 Grindstone 10.50 200 Bushels field ashes 6.00 $ 140.70
Several small Debts to the amount of about $400.00 — I owe debts to nearly $1000. some of which are in Judgment against me —
James Battle

And this declarant doth further depose and say that his occupation is farming but is unable to labour hard - That he has a wife three daughters & a son living with him - His wife aged fifty five years has for several years been in bad state of health - His daughter Mary aged twenty three years has always been infirm & sickly. Sarah aged 20 years is in good health - Elizabeth aged 14 years is healthy - His son William T. aged 17 years is not of robust constitution and is unable to do as much labour as young men of his years usually are - He has also an orphan boy named John McGuire living with him who aged 12 years who is bound till he is 21 years of age, he is healthy -
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 10 th day January 1821 before me — Joseph York Clk
James Battle
Property valued by the Court at $ 1100.70

State of New York St Lawrence County Joseph York Clerk of the County of St Lawrence and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the affidavit and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhib- ited in said schedule is one hundred and forty dollars and seventy cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the 19th Jan'y 1821 Joseph York Clerk J. M. Buchanan Deputy
St Lawrence Co New York

March 12, 1931.
Mrs. Thomas D. Watkins Munson-Williams Memorial Building Park Avenue and Elizabeth Street Utica, New York.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section III
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44601, that James Battle enlisted in 1775 and served at least eighteen months as private in Captain Warren's Company, Colonel Read's Massachusetts Regiment; following this, he enlisted and served three years as private in Captain Jepheth Daniels' Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in 1781, specific dates of service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Oneida County, New York, aged fifty-eight years.
In 1821, soldier had moved from Oneida County, New York, to Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, where he lived with his wife, aged fifty-five years, name not stated and the following named children: Mary, aged twenty-three, Sarah, aged twenty, Elizabeth, aged fourteen(?,( not clearly written), and William T., aged seventeen years.
In 1834, James Battle had returned to Utica, Oneida County, New York.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

James Battle V. D. H. H. H.

These Certify that the Bearer hereof, James Battle, late Soldier in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment having faithfully served Three Years in said Regiment, and thereby completed his Term of Service, agreeable to his Indentment, is hereby Discharged the Service.
Given under my hand at office volume this 22. day of Jany 1864
For the Commissioner
J. Whiting P. C. Comr
BATTLE, JOHN

no 470 Morris S. Miller, Esq., Judge, Utica, Oneida County, New-York.
James Battle, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls of Col. Nixon's regiment.
For testimony of the applicant's reduced circumstances, —
See endorsement in the case of Niel Bostwick.
Poor
James Battle 17

easy B. alm. S.C. 1927- Sept. 19- Photos to Mrs. Clara A. Shierison - see Corres. in ch. of Robert Norton S.7272- mntg. 1931- Mar. 12 - Hit. to Mrs. Thomas D. Watkins. J.L.L. 1935- April 12 - Hit. to Mrs. H. P. Darr - J.L.L.
44608
Rev INVALID.
Oct. 18/97 Mrs. M. Whitehead, Charles May 9'99 J. G. Hovey Radnor Pa
File No. 44601
James Battle Priv Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 25-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

94 23 = 207 — 26 = 234 — 24 = 216 — 24 = 216 — 25 = 225 — 23 = 207 — 23 = 207 — 23 — 100 94 11 = — — 1612
1612. 1.45. 14507. 1.50. 1.40. 6.8.30 200 5. 1800 13.5 35 14. 149 6.90
additional evidence number. appl ly
11. Jan. 1834
James Battle N. Y.
City of Washington Pa
For 3 weeks by Court of Sessions

Application for a Transfer
State of New York
Oneida County ss
on this Third day of January 1834 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Oneida personally appeared James Battle who on his oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Japhet Daniels in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Nixon in the Service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York. That he now resides in the City of Utica in the said County of Oneida where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future
James Battle
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written
John B Pease J.P.
Oneida County ss on this 3 d day of January 1834 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Oneida personally appeared Ezra S Barnum who on oath declares that he well knows James Battle the person who has taken the above oath and that he is the same person described therein and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted
E. S. Barnum
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year
first above written John B Pease J.P.
I certify that Ezra S Barnum who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit is a person of truth and veracity
John B Pease J.P.

Oneida County ss I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Oneida do certify that John B. Rose the person who took the within affidavits is a Justice of the peace of the said County of Oneida and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine dated this 4 th day of January 1834 & affixed seal
Geo Brown Clerk

H. Clapp Edward By
Commission of Pensions Washington
Dear Sir I have been advised by the head of the chapter for Georgia of the Daughters of the American Revolution to write to you to aid me in getting up the com- plete record of the family history of the Battles since the first one came over in 1700

Abie Whitaker of Nash County North Carolina was born in 1800 - She married in 1817 William Whitaker and they moved to Beaufort County South Carolina and then to Savannah Georgia where she died in 1856 - Her father James Battle (born about 1760) was the son of William Battle who married Miss Tapt or Mary Capell of Halifax County North Carolina. He was born in 1728, his father was also named William Battle. I have no further information about

The family, Now what I have just given you and if you can assist me in any way to com- plete the list you will greatly oblige
Mary Battle Whitehead care Rachel's London E4 51 East Bay Charleston South Carolina
Thursday October 7th.

either from England or Wales and settled in Virginia,
If you have any record of them in Colonial times or the Revolutionary
War., you will be doing me a great favor by sending me some, or
suggesting a way of my getting it. I will send
you what I have of the Battle beginning with
my Grandmother —
Temperance Battle daughter
of James Battle (bys
his first second wife

Jas 4439 Jas 19198
Jas 44601
2

John  W. H. March 19. 1899
To the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. -
I am desirous of learning if James Battle - or Babbitt - of Dedham, Mass received a pension for services during the Revolution - any war. And if so - the date of it. I shall consider it a great favor to receive any in- formation regarding him. Address Mrs John G. Hovey Radnor. Pa.

MRS. H. P. DAWE PAWLING NEW YORK
Veterans Bureau, Pension Office,
My dear Secretary:—
May I have a copy of the pension record of James Battle Jr. my ancestor in the Rev. War. His wife was Ruhama Mellen , who died in 1835. He was living in Oneida Co. when he applied for a pension in 1818 for service on the Mass. line. I shall be grate- ful for this record. (over)
Very Respectfully, Gertrude H. Dawe

Was there any Rev. or pension record of his father, James Battle b. 1728. d. 1804 First wife Ann second wife Beulah Stearns b. Holliston, Mass.
On additional sheet - returned to her I have his family Bible - His death is not recorded but Ruthanna Mellen's is "
J. L. L. April 12-1935

PRESIDENT WILLIAM C. WRIGHT UTICA, N. Y.
1 ST VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM E. LEWIS UTICA, N. Y.
2 ND VICE-PRESIDENT SAMUEL H. BEACH ROME, N. Y.
3 RD VICE-PRESIDENT G. LINNEMANN PRESCOTT ROME, N. Y.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
RT. REV. EDWARD HUNTINGTON COLEY MRS. DANIEL N. CROUSE JUDGE P. C. J. DEANGELIS CAPT. WILLIAM G. MAYER DR. JAMES W. W. DIMON
LIBRARIAN
MRS. THOMAS D. WATKINS 1521 KEMBLE STREET UTICA, N. Y. TELEPHONE 4-9088
TREASURER GRAHAM COVENTRY UTICA, N. Y.
RECORDING SECRETARY WM. PIERREPONT WHITE UTICA, N. Y.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY ABIGAIL C. DIMON
FOUNDED 1876 BY HORATIO SEYMOUR TO SECURE STATE RECOGNITION OF THE CENTENNIALS OF THE REVOLUTION. WE NOW SEEK NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THEM ALSO IN 1932—A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WORTHY OF THE CITY OF UTICA, AND HER FAIR NAME
MUNSON-WILLIAMS MEMORIAL BUILDING PARK AVENUE AND ELIZABETH STREET UTICA, N. Y.
Feb 18, 1931
Rev & 1812 War Section Bureau of Pensions Dept of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
OK We are working in connection with our Local Chapter of D.A.R. (Oneida County Chapt.) to locate as far as possible all the Revolutionary Soldiers graves in Oneida County. In the 1840 Census are listed the names of James Battles , aged 81 living with Samuel Cruickshank in the City of Utica. Service on Mass line.
Also Daniel Buckley or Beckley , it is spelled both ways. He was born in Waterbury Conn and served from there or possibly Mass.
As early an answer as you can conveniently send will be muchly appreciated.
Yours truly Mrs Thomas D. Watkins Mrs Thomas D. Watkins, Librarian.

April 12, 1935.
Mrs. H. P. Dawe Pawling, New York.
BA-J/ILL James Battle S. 44601
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of James Battle, Jr., who applied for pension while residing in Oneida County, New York, also, the record of his father, James Battle who was born 1728 and died 1804.
The record of James Battle, the pensioner, is given herein as shown in pension claim, S. 44601, based upon his service in that war. It is the record of the only James Battle found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
James Battle enlisted sometime in 1775 and served at least eighteen months as private in Captain Warren's company, Colonel Read's Massachusetts regiment; he enlisted and served three years as private in Captain Japeth Daniel's company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's 6 th Massachusetts regiment, from which he was discharged in 1781; the specific dates of enlistments and discharge, and his residence at the time he rendered service are not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, at which time he resided in Oneida County, New York. He was then aged fifty-eight years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
In 1821, James Battle was a resident of Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York, to which place he had moved from Utica, Oneida County, New York. His wife was then aged fifty-five years, her name not shown. The names of his children then living at home were shown as Mary, aged twenty-three years, Sarah, aged twenty years; Elizabeth, aged fourteen years (not clearly written), and William T., aged seventeen years.

In 1834, James Battle was a resident of Utica, Oneida County, New York.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.