Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18706, Joseph Bateman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bateman, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 18706
carded
CONTENTS

2314 Vermont
Joseph Bateman
of Rutland County the State of Vermont, who was a Corp. & Priv. in the company commanded by Captain Root of the Reg t commanded by Col. Smith in the Mass. troops for 5 mo. & 2 ds. as Corp. 18. 57
6 " " Priv. 20.00
11. mo. 2. ds.  38. 57
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 38 Dollars 57 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of November 1832 and sent to R. Temple Rutland Vermont
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 57. 85
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Mch 1833 } 19. 28
$77. 12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by McGuffey Clerk Book 2 Vol. 4 Page 48

Get Pensions 6 March 1835
at Schoola of Treacy 12 hundred
Hon W Slade 13 Febry '41
let to Hon. R. L. Rose
Died 7th '48.
P.O. Coombs 25 June 1832

Joseph Bateman
No 1566.
5 1 / 4 Nos. as Corporal
6 Nos. private

STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 13 day of July A. D. 1832 personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judge of the Rutland Court of Rutland Dist. now sitting, Joseph Bateman a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 72 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 of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In 1776 he lived at Hancock, Massachusetts & in June he enlisted for five months, & served in Col. Smith's Regt. Capt. Oliver Root, Lt. Clark, Lt. Powell, Ensign Asa Cook - he marched to the City of New York when he was when Independence was declared - he was at New York when it was taken by the British & retreated to Harlem heights - was discharged at Croton bridge when his time was out. In 1777, he served one month as a volunteer at Albany under Capt. Starn, was not attached to any Regt. This was in April - in June of the same year he volunteered & served in Capt. Grier's Company Col. Simonds Regt. three weeks - they marched to Saratoga & Patten & was dismissed at Albany at Col. Warner's head quarters - in August of the same year he volunteered & served in Capt. W. Douglass's company, Col. Simonds R. & M. marched to Patten, Whitehall & joined the Army under Genl. Gates, at Stillwater & was dismissed at Stillwater also, having served six weeks as a corporal the 1. Oct r - The whole company was dismissed at the same time. The year after Burgoyne was taken he enlisted at Hancock for three months & served as corporal in Capt. Barnes Company, Col. Chapin's Regt. & rendezvoused at Pownal (now Hudson) - then marched to Albany where he was dismissed - Col. Holman & Col. Cady's Regt. were at New York in 1778 - Genl. Fellows commanded the Brigade - He knew Genl. Washington, Lord Shelburne, Lord Sterling, Putnam, Lee, & many others - He has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - he never rec d a written discharge. He was born in Killingly, Connecticut, the 20. Dec. 1759 - his age was recorded there - since the revolution he has resided in Hancock, Little White Creek - came to Vermont about 40 years ago, & has lived in Middlesex, Poultney &

Rutland - he now lives in the latter place where he has lived about twelve years - He is known to Rev. Mr. Walker, Proctor & Rice, Clergymen, & to most of the inhabitants of Milk village
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Adonai Royce
Joseph Bateman
We Hadley Proctor a Clergyman residing in Rutland and Francis Hason residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Bateman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Adonai Royce
Hadley Proctor Francis Hason
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 Hadley Proctor who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Rutland and that Francis Hason who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rutland and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Adonai C. Royce Regt. Clerk of the Court of Rutland do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Bateman for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of Aug. A. D. 1832
Adonai Royce

Joseph Bateman
J. S. Coombs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 2. 1827.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Bateman is borne upon a Pay Roll of Lt Thomas Gould's Company in Col Benjamin Simonds's Regt that marched from Hancock to Manchester July 16 1777, as a Corporal, Fourteen days.
Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Asa Barnes's Company, in Col Israel Chaplin's Regt as a Corporal from October 16 to November 24 1777 including allowance of 3 days travel. 1 Month 10 days.
Upon a Pay Roll of Lt Daniel Brown's Company, in Col Benjamin Simonds's Regt from the County of Berkshire, as a Sergeant from October 15 to 17 1780, 3 days.
Said Roll of Lt Brown is dated Hancock 26th May 1781."
The preceding is all the evidence of service

of any one of the name shown by the Military Records in this Office
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli= cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Patten,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my husband Joseph Bateman in the war of the revolution -
He resided in the town of Hancock state of Massachu- setts in the revolutionary war. He served in said town six months at one time and was on several other towns of duty but the particulars thereof or the names of his officers are not re- membered - He served in all about eleven or twelve months - He served both as corporal & sergeant -
I am now eighty seven years old & my memory does not enable me to state my husbands services more fully.
Witness my hand at Holly. Mt.
this 22 nd day of September 1847 -
Signed in my presence - } Mary her Bateman M c White } mark Justice of the Peace }

No 1566 Vermont
Admitted
Corp. 5 mod 28 18.57 Private 6 m. 20.00 $ 38.57
R. Temple Rutland Vt

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Pateman of Rutland County in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  72 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1776 5 Private Gen. Cap. Mica Root, D. Clark & E. Pierce   April 1777 1 Col. Smith's Regt.   June " " 21 Whittier Capt. Sloan   August " " 21 12 Corporal Capt. Grover, Col. Simonds   " 1778 3 " Capt. Douglass, Same   14 21 " Capt. Beman, Col. Chaffin  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  None  5. 2 days as corporal  6. month. as private  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Yanceck, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They are not 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robt. Hawley Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph Bateman , 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 76 5 mos. Oliver Root Jonathan Smith Mass.   Apr. 77 1 mo. Sloan NY — "   June 77 3 mos. Corpl. Grover Simonds "   Aug 77 6 " " M rs Douglass " "   78 3 mos. " Barnes Chapin Mass  
Battles engaged in, Red Bank, NY
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hancock, Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 13, 1832 - allowed.
Residence at date of application, Rutland Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, B. Killingsly Conn Dec. 20, 1759
Remarks: In 1847 Mary Bateman widow ae 87 res Halloway, N.Y.  Date of sol. death not shown
Very respectfully,

pt. Mar 2.
Free.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington City

House of Reps Feb. 8. 1841.
Sir
I send herewith a letter just received, making certain enquiries concerning the pension of Joseph Bateman of my District. Will you have the goodness to enable me to answer the letter, and to return it to me with your reply to this
Respectfully
William Slade
J. L. Edwards Esq

Rutland Vt. Feb. 10. 1835
Dear Sir
The names of the officers who I served under were Brig Genl  Stafford Fellows, Col. Jonathan Smith of Lambsboro Capt Oliver Root Pittsfield Saml Clark Williamstown 1 st Lieut — Newell of Lambsboro 2 d Lieut Asa Cook Esqr — all of the State of Massachusetts, I belonged in the State of Mass when in service, I served at New York White Plains & Westchester in the year of 1776, I was a regular, I was in service four months I resided in Rutland Rutland County and State of Vermont when I made application for a pension and the officer before whom the testimony was taken was Robert Temple, I was one month at Albany N.Y. in service under Capt Sloan of M rs town in the spring of 77

I the of year 1777 I was at Pault & Mills Vermont and at White Hall N.Y. in service under Col. Simons of Williamstown Mass, I then afterwards enlisted for three months, our place of rendezvous was at Gloverick now called Hudson N.Y. The officers names were Capt. Bane of Lambboro Lieut. Lee of Lambboro  Williamstown Mass William Smith 2 d Lieut of Hancock Mass
I drawed 38 Dollars and fifty seven cents pr. year I have drawed up to Sept. 4, 1834.
Witness E. H. Waller
Joseph his Bateman (Mark)
I am well acquainted with Joseph Bateman The signer of the above statement of facts - He resides about two miles from Rutland Village, has drawn a pension as above stated and is reputed to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war
David Kirkaldie
E. H. Waller

State of New York County of Cayuga } ss.
I, Dadock Bateman of said County being sworn in due form of law before E. W. Bateman a justice of the Peace in & for said County makes oath and says that Joseph Bateman now a resident of the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont was a soldier of the Revolution and served as follows to wit: this deponent well recollects that in the year 1776 he fitted out for the American Army from his Father's residence then in the Town of Hancock in the County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts destined for New York — that news was received at home that when the British Army took possession of New York said Joseph was on guard and was compelled to escape in such haste when the guard was taken off by Gen. Putnam that he abandoned his pack and did but just prevent being surrounded and his Father on that news went immediately to the Army to carry him another change of clothing &c; that he cannot now say precisely how long he served but as near as he can now recollect it was four or five months — That said Joseph also at another time went to Albany and served under Capt. Stone — That he also well recollects his going as a soldier a short time to Manchester, Vermont — That he went a tour with Capt. Douglass, also one tour under Lieut. Smith — That this deponent cannot now state how long these several tours were; but well recollects that the said Joseph did actually serve a soldier in the Revolutionary Army five terms —
Subscribed & sworn
this 8 th day of January 1840 before me
E. W. Bateman Justice
Dadock Bateman
I certify that I am well acquainted with Dadock Bateman above named and that he is a credible person and that his statements is entitled to credit
E. W. Bateman Justice

New-York State, } ss. Cayuga County, }
I, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Clerk of said County, certify that E. W. Bohannon Esq. was, on the 8 th day of 1840 18 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified: And that I know his hand writing, and believe the signature on the annexed instrument, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, and set my hand this 10 day of January 1840
W. Richardson Clerk

Joseph Bateman of Rutland in the State Vermont, was placed on the pension roll, under the act of 7 th June 1832, and subsequently for some reason not now known, his name was stricken from the rolls.
The affidavit of Zadok Bateman a Pensioner of the United States under act of 7 th June 1832 - is here with presented, in the hope that it may be deemed sufficient proof of service, when added to that which has heretofore been furnished to cause his name to be restored to the list -
Joseph Bateman died in 1841 - His widow still survives - If the proof herewith presented shall be deemed sufficient, the claim will hereafter be prosecuted for the amount due on his account under the act of 7 th June 1832 and also in the right of his widow -

1333 1/3 5-
11 20 220.
10. 133 566
66.66
220. 8.11
295.33

Joseph Bateman Vat. June 7 1812
When paid Cash.
10% 11 Sept 1834
298
H 178
July 11 1841
W. H. H.

Washington, March 5 th /82
Sir:
Enclosed please find additional evidence in support of the claim of Joseph Bateman, of Vermont, to be restored to the Pension roll.
The Certificate of the Secy. of State of Mass. now presented, proves a service in different tours, of 1 month and twenty-five days. There is on file an affidavit of Zadock Bateman, proving the 8 months service claimed in 1776-(of which there are no rolls)- This makes 6 months & 29 days, proved by the records and parol evidence.
Very Respectfully Your, ob't serv't J. H. Gault
H. E. Hutt Esq Com r of Pensions

Hancock Joseph Bateman
1776. June 5 th mo. Reqd. Smith
= 77
1 Sloan.
Grover
Sept 77 and on vol 18 p 164-23, cor. Douglas. Aug 77 164, 7 days
77 3 mo Barnes. Chapen

18 706 INVALID.
1906 Sept. 13. Hist. to Mrs. Emily P. S. Mott.
File No. 18 706
Joseph Bateman Corp Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8/11/22
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U States Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
I have an application for a pension for a Revolutionary Soldier whose name is unmarked Joseph Dyer (mar. date) died October 1843. Lived in the old cemetery Centre Rutland Vermont where he lived and a trouble drew his pension unlawfully as he did many others and when found out shot himself. To complete the papers I must answer "Bank Company" - "U States

Regiment. State Organization or wasn't Can you do so and oblige Ann Stone Chapter. D.A.R. of Rutland Vermont
Very respectfully
Emily T. Smith Moore Regent
Address 49 Kingsley Avenue
Rutland Vermont
September fifth 1906.
I enclose stamp for return information.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Pateman Levi GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 8926 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 20, 1793 to Thomas C. Newton, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.