Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,618, Lemuel Bates, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bates, Lemuel
S. 29,618.
CONTENTS

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12901 Michael Smith Annual Pensions of Hampshire in the State of U.A.R. who was a Private in the Company comm. by Captain [blank] of the [blank] regiment by Col. [blank] in the [blank] time for 2. YEARS
Inscribed on the Book of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] 1833 and [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 [blank] Pension allowance ending [blank] $200
Recorded by [blank] Book [blank] Vol. 2 Page [blank] Revolutionary Act June 7, [blank]

57 Lemuel Bates declaration 12.843
Should a certificate issue in favor of the within named declarant, or should further evidence be required, please advised to care of Asahel Bangs, Southampton, Me.

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eighth day of August 1832  in open court personally appeared before the Hon Sam l  Hickley  Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting  emmet Bates , a resident of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy six 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the The service of the United States in the year 1775 , with and served in the regiment of the  the under the following named officers: and served a
herein stated, On the first day of May 1775 he volunteered with about twenty others, at Northampton in the County of Hampshire, where he transited and marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts and immediately joined a company of the Massachusetts State Troops of which Jonathan Allen was Captain and Oliver Lyman and Jonathan Stearns were Lieutenants all of Northampton - Said company had for some days been at Cambridge - The field Officers were Colonel Fellows , of Berkshire County , Lieutenant Colonel Bage of Worthington and Major Tappan of Charlestown , after which an officer in the continental army - The Regiment was soon ordered to Roxbury where it remained some weeks, and afterwards was stationed at Dorchester - While at Roxbury the declarant witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charlestown - During said battle the said Regiment was cannonaded from the British Battery on Boston Neck - About the first of September he engaged as a volunteer to go with Colonel Arnold to Quebec , and joined a company of which Jonas Hubbard was Captain and Brown and Pierce Lieutenants - The detachment left Cambridge , about the twelfth of September and marched to Strawberryport , thence by water to the head of navigation on Rensselaer River , at Fort Western thence in Watteau's up said River - About the twentieth of October it reached Dead River , a branch of the Kennebec
at which place Colonel Enos , with the rear division returned. Said detachment continued with the division under Arnold , and after many privations and much suffering, arrived at the Chaudiere the beginning of November , and at Point Levi about the ninth - He continued with Arnold , crossing the St. Lawrence , encamping on the Plein of Abenethy and afterwards retiring to Point aux Trembles , where General Montgomery joined. The whole then moved towards Quebec and invested that place. - The said declarant was with Arnold Arnold in the attack upon the city, on the morning of the thirtyfirst day of December - when he was made a prisoner - after Arnold was wounded, Captain Sturgeon , of the rifle corps whom the declarant well knows, assumed to take the principal direction - he was near him when they surrendered, - Majors Bigelow and Meigs who were Field Officers in the division to which said declarant belonged were among the prisoners - Captain Hubbard received a mortal wound - Eleven of his company were killed - The soldiers were immediately separated from their officers and placed in the common guard

received a mortal wound -- Eleven of his Company were killed -- The soldiers were immediately separated from their officers and placed in the common Gaol of the City -- They were there confined, suffering much for the want of food and fuel, until the tenth of August 1776 -- during which time said declarant here the small-pox, the natural way -- At that time they were liberated, upon signing a parole and making oath that they would not serve against Great Britain until exchanged -- They were embarked on board of transports, to the number of about 2400 prisoners, and being under convoy of a Ship of war, sailed for New York, and arrived in the harbor of said place about the middle of September -- and were in the harbor at the time the British took possession of New York -- The prisoners were soon after removed at Elizabeth town, in New Jersey -- Said declarant, with some others made their way to General Washington's Army, at Valentine's Hill, where they received some pay -- They then found their old Captain, Allen, who was in the year service and was afterwards a Major in the Continental service.
After staying with the Army a few days, they commenced their journey for Massachusetts -- Said declarant was in a feeble state of health, in consequence of his long imprisonment and sufferings, and having reached Northwick in Massachusetts gave out -- At that place his father met him with a horse and conveyed him to his home, in Southampton, where he arrived about the first of October 1776 --
During the winter following, about the first of February as the said declarant was believing, he saw a notice in the public prints, that the Canada Prisoners were exchanged, at which his time, as he supposed, his term of service expired --
The only prisoners, belonging to Northampton, who were made prisoners with the declarant, were Paul Clapp, Joseph Parsons, Russell Clarke and Oliver Edsall. None of them are living, unless it be Paul Clapp, who many years since removed from this part of the Country and whether he be living, or where he resides, if living, is unknown to the declarant -- He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service after leaving Cambridge, excepting Ebenezer Gee, who returned with Colonel Enos, and whose deposition encompasses this declaration.
The said declarant again entered the service in the Militia as a private soldier, in a Company of which Samuel Pomeroy of Southampton was Captain, September 20 th 1777, in what has been usually known as the Bennington Alarm, and went as far as Williamstown, from whence the company returned, having been absent seven days --
He again entered the service in the company of Militia, and said Company was Captain, Samuel

decedent, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service after leaving Cambridge, excepting Ebenezer Gee, who returned with Colonel Enos, and whose deposition accompanies this declaration.
The said declarant again entered the service in the Militia as a private soldier, in a Company of which Samuel Pomeroy of Southampton was Captain, September 20 th 1777, in what has been usually known as the Bennington Alarm, and went as far as Williamstown, from whence the company returned, having been absent seven days.
He again entered the service in the company of Militia of which Samuel Pomeroy was Captain, Samuel Root and Ebenezer Sheldon, Lieutenants, all of Southampton the twentieth of September in the same year, and served as a private for the term of one month. The Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel May of Northfield or Goshen. Israel Chapin of Hatfield was Major - was marched to Still Waters, thence to Saratoga. The Regiment was annexed to Nixon's Continental Brigade. In the battle of the seventh of October the Regiment was paraded
in line, but did not go into the action. The regiment was discharged after the capitulation near with Gen. Burgoyne Saratoga.
The declarant frequently saw Generals Gates and Arnold - knew Arnold in the Saratoga Expedition.
Recalls Nixon's, Poor's, Glouster and other Continental Regiments - The original Muster Roll of said Company, on which the declarant's name is borne is annexed to the declaration of David Danks.
The said declarant again entered the service in the Militia as a private soldier in a company of which Fairfield of Williamstown was Captain in Colonel Spencer's Regiment. He entered the service as a substitute for his brother, Aaron Bates, who served the first part of the term. The said declarant joined the Regiment on Dorchester Heights near Boston, November 1 st 1778, and continued in service until January 1 st 1779 when the Regiment was discharged - was employed principally in building a Fort.
The declarant was born at Durham in the State of Connecticut August 30 th 1755 - removed, with his father to Southampton, Massachusetts, in the year 1768 - at the time of his first entering the service he was living in Northampton, as above stated - After his return from captivity resided in Southampton, excepting when absent in the army, until the year 1789 when he, with his family, removed to the town of Blandford in the County of Hampden, where he resided twelve years - In the year 1801 he returned to Southampton where he has ever since lived.
He knows of no record of his age -

...joined the Regiment on Dorchester Heights, near Boston, November 1, 1778, and continued in service until January 1, 1779 when the Regiment was discharged - was employed, principally in building a Fort -
The declarant was born at Durham in the state of Connecticut August 30 th 1755 - removed, with his father, to Southampton, Massachusetts, in the year 1768 - at the time of his first entering the service he was living in Northampton, as above stated - After his return from captivity resided in Southampton, excepting when absent in the army, until the year 1789 when he, with his family, removed to the town of Blandford in the County of Hampden, where he resided twelve years - In the year 1801 he returned to Southampton where he has ever since lived -
He knows of no record of his age -
He never received any any written discharge from the service.
He would state the names of Deacon Russell Strong and Asahel Briggs who will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He would also state, that the only Clergymen now residing in his town is a young man recently settled there and who knows nothing upon the subject -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate Lemuel Bates
We, Russell Strong residing in the town of Southampton and Asahel Briggs residing in same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood 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.
Russell Strong
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate Asahel Briggs
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Russell Strong who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in Southampton and that Asahel Briggs who has also signed the same, is a resident in same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, Saml F. Lyman Register book of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Bates for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - Saml F. Lyman Register Clerk.

Samuel Bates
Amend Decl n

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Hampshire Lemuel Bates who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of age and 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 order.
For two years and seven days I served as a private soldier; and for such service I claim a pension — Performed in four terms of service as is particularly stated in my declaration to which this annexed — Lemuel Bates
Sworn to this twenty second day of May A.D. 1833 J. M. W. Pierce Justice of the Peace

No 12. 843.
Samuel Bates.
Pratt Dyins
5. 14. 16 06
May 17 1833
P 409
Ana hit Berge. Venskampton. Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Bates . county of Southern Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court .  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 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.     In 1775. not stated private Gen. Capt. Genl. Allen, Col. Fellows.   do. do. Nov 11. Sept 1775 to 1. Oct 1776. do. " Jonas Hubbard, Col. Bristol   1777 about seven days do. " Lieut. Pomeroy.   do. not stated. do. " same Col. May   1778 2 months do. " Fairfield, Col. Sparkhawk  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at Quebec .  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire county Massachusetts .  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence - Second tour proved by Ebenezer Gage - & the last tour by Augustus Angel .  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The body of the declaration is written on many pieces of paper united with wafers - the 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. V. Pleasants Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Bates a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 29.618
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 Private Jonathan Allen Fellowes Mass.   Sept. 12, 1775 Jonas Hubbard Arnold   exchanged July 1, 1777 Soldier was captured at Quebec Dec. 31, 1775 paroled to Newport with 400 other pris Aug. 10, 1776.   Sept. 20, 1777 1 mo. 7 da. Samuel Pomeroy May   Nov. 1, 1778 to Dec. 1, 1779 Fairfield Shawmank  
Battles engaged in, Quebec
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 8, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Southampton, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Aug. 30, 1755 at Durham, Conn.
Remarks: Served as substitute for his brother Aaron.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

29 618 Rev INVALID.
Feb. 24/96 Sold in purchase to Walter C. Bates, 5 Marlbury Ter Roxbury, Boston, Mass. In 1886 1916 Mch. 14. History to Mrs. Fred L. Kanahan. $
File No. 29, 618
Lemuel Bates
Rev
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Isaac C. Briggs Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Decr 4 th day of Decr A. D. 188 3
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Abiel Binge Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of June A. D. 183 3
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Abiel Binge Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of June A. D. 183 3
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Timothy Clarke Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of June A. D. 183 3
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

12843
Samuel Bates
Anakel Binge & Co Southampton Eng

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Bates which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes. III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? no IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. V. * Has he mentioned 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes. X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman but two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes  Has no documentary evidence - produce witnesses, in part
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes in part
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes  NO
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? NO
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

I Ebenezer Gee of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being in the eightieth year of my age do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five I was a private soldier in the service of the United States, in the Massachusetts State Troops, at Cambridge, in said Commonwealth, having marched from the town of Southampton, a few days after the Battle of Lexington, in a company of which Abner Pomeroy of Southampton was Captain and Jonathan Walcutt and Daniel Kirkland, Lieutenants, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Fellows, of which Richard Eager of Worthington was Lieut. Colonel and Benjamin Luffee of Christfield was Major, that Mr. Lemuel Bates, then of Northampton now of Southampton, both of in said County of Hampshire joined the army, soon after the time of our arriving at Cambridge and joined a Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Allen of Northampton, belonging to the said Col o Fellows Regiment - that we were stationed at Cambridge, Roxbury and Dorchester until the first part of September in said year, when we volunteered to go with Colonel Arnold to Canada, the said Bates in a company commanded by one Captain Dabbs and myself in a company commanded by one Captain Scott, belonging to Londonderry in New Hampshire - that we left Cambridge about the twelfth of September, and marched to Newburyport where we took shipping and sailed to Rensselaer River and up said River to Fort Western, where we built Batteries when we proceeded up the River as far as said River - where we arrived the latter part of the month of October, from whence I returned with Colonel Enos to the Camp at Cambridge, - I was well acquainted with said Lemuel Bates and am certain that he remained with the party under Arnold - and further saith not Ebenezer Gee

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampehills. On the second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two The within named deponent was examined, and cautious and sworn, agreeably to law, to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed — Taken at the request of Lemuel Bates and to be used in an application for a pension, from the government of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 — and that is the cause of taking this deposition — M c W illiam Birge, Justice of the Peace
Hampehills. May 23. 1833 I certify that Lemuel Bates the within named deponent, is a credible witness — M c W illiam Birge, Justice of the Peace
Ebenezer Dyer Deponent Rev. Lemuel Bates

Samuel Bates Deposition for Samuel Bates -

I, Samuel Searl of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy four years of age, do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, on the twentieth day of September, I entered the service of the United States in a company of Militia of which Samuel Pomeroy of said Southampton was Captain and in a Regiment which was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel May. The regiment was marched to Stillwater and Saratoga and joined the army under General Gates. Samuel Bates of said Southampton entered the service at the same time, and in the same company. Our term of service was for one month, at the expiration of which we were regularly discharged - and further Searl his mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. On this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three the above named deponent was examined and continued and sworn, agreeable to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - Taken at the request of Samuel Bates and to be used in an application for a pension from the Government of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, and that is the cause of taking this deposition - and I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness - Michael Birge Judge of the Peace

Mr Augustus Angels Deposition San Pablo

Hampshire. May 23 rd 1833 - I certify that Augustus Snagle, the within named deponent, is a credible witness.
Timothy Clark Clerk of the

I Augustus Angel of Chester in the County of Warren and State of New York being in the seventieth year of my age, do testify and say, that in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy Eight, Mr Lemuel Bates of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, served with me as a private soldier in a Company of Militia in the service of the United States, for a term of about Eight weeks or from about the first of November of the year aforesaid, until about the first of January of the following year, as near as I can recollect. Said Lemuel, joined the Company on Dorchester Heights, and took the place of his Brother Aaron Bates, and continued with the company until they were regularly discharged. Said Company was commanded by Capt - Fairfield and the Commander of the Regiment was a Col. Sparhawk, and further the deponent saith not.
Augustus Angel
Hampshire ss On the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Two, the aforesaid deponent, was examined, and cautioned, and sworn, agreeable to law, to the truth of the deposition aforesaid, by him subscribed, taken at the request of the said Lemuel Bates, and to be used in an application for a pension from the United States Government, and that is the cause of taking this deposition.
Timothy Clark Justice of the Peace

ms 1. Recd. Sec.
R. F. D # 4, Norwich, Ct.
March 6, 1916.
War & Navy Dept.
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I have been advised by a member of the D. A. R. ✓ to write you for copy of pension papers of my ancestor, Lemuel Bates, of Southampton, Mass., who served 3 mos. from enlisted May 1, 1875 in Capt. Johnathan Allen's Co.,

Col. John Felloa's regiment, and again from Oct. 7, 1775 in same company, who records state was a pensioner.
If there is any charge for this service, will be glad to meet it.
Yours truly Harriette Bates Kanahan
Mrs. Fred L. Kanahan Norwich, Conn. P. F. D # 4.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Bates , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please 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.     July 1775 1 yr Private John Allen Pa.   Feb 1776 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1777 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1778 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1779 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1780 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1781 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.   Jan 1782 1 yr Private Col. C. Pa.  
Battles engaged in, 5  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton, Mass.  Date of application for pension, Aug. 2, 1832  Residence at date of application, Shelburne, Mass.  Age at date of application, 71  Remarks: 50272
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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