Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,494, William Cleveland, Conn.

SERVICE
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Cleveland William or Cleveland.
NUMBER
S. 12494
carded
CONTENTS

Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883 Me. G.
457 New York
William Cleveland*
of Saratoga Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Graft of the reg't commanded by Col. Willis in the Connecticut line for three years from 1778.
William Cleveland*
Records corrected. Sept. 19/05. J.P.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Sep- tember 1832 and sent to A. Nash, Ballston N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $ 80. —
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 40. —
$ 120. —
Dec 3. 1834
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D.
Wm. Allison
Clerk,
Vol. 5
Page 76.

State of New York Saratoga County ss
In this Third day of January in the year of our lord One Thousand Eight hundred & twenty before me John Prior A Judge of the court of Common pleas of the County of Saratoga Personally appears William Cleveland aged fifty six years Resident in the town of Greenfield in the said state who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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 that the said William Cleveland Enlisted in the town of Conesville  Pompey in the state of Connecticut at some time in the month of April 1777 in the continental service for three years Was then ordered to Hartford to have the Small pox and Some time in June or July of the same year join- ed the army at the White Plains in the state of New York and was placed in a company command- ed by Captain Mills Clift in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment Commanded by Colonel Mott and continued in service til the 16 th day of April in the year 1780 when he was discharged from the army as will appear by his discharge here- unto annexed that he was in the Battle at Frogs

Point that he has no further testimony in More in his power of his said services and that he is in such reduced circumstances that he actually stands in need of the assistance of his country for support William Cleveland sworn and subscribed this 3 rd day of Jan y 1820 before me John Prior Judge
State of New York Saratoga County } I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that William Cleveland who subscribed the preceding declaration that he did serve in the revolutionary war as by him stated and that he is in such reduced circumstances that he actually stands in need of the assistance of his country for support John Prior Judge
State of New York Saratoga County ss: I Thomas Palmer clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that John Prior whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above affida- =avit: and to the above certificate was at the time of subscribing the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga in said state duly com- =missioned and sworn and that the above are his signa- =tures In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- =scribed my name and affixed the County seal the 18 th January 1820
Thomas Palmer Clerk

Rev. War Section Record Division
V.L.M. aw
January 16, 1922.
Eleanor F. Gibson, Sheldon, Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 17 th ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pensioner S. 12.494, William Cleveland, whose history was furnished you September 21, 1921, was pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818, while a resident of Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, and later pensioned from March 4, 1831, while living in said place.
He is the pensioner quoted by you, as appearing on the Report of the Secretary of War 1835, vol. 2, page 413, New York list.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to any other William Cleveland or Cleaveland who lived in the State of New York.
Very respectfully,
Salmon P. Chase
Commissioner.

Conn. William Cleveland, S.7.12494,
John W. [illegible] to [illegible] at [illegible]
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Walford, Hovey 16 th April 1780.
April 1780. Glasgow & Soldiers in the 3 d Penn a Regiment having served three years the term for which they intended to be discharged from their service the Commission on the Road to Connietown with Pleas to prevent them with less 80 days Provisions — But Major Col. Stewart of Glencairn has drawn provision including 15 days Provisions the Date — George Stevenson — A.B. August 16. 1780. Glasgow

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Cleveland 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 Apr. 16. 1780 Pvt. Willis Clift Wyllys Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Tragedy Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Pomfret Conn
Date of application for pension, Jan 3 1820 His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Greenfield Saratoga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 56 years. He died Dec. 3, 1834. -*-
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
The only soldier of this name + c.
Respectfully,
* from A. B. Commissioner.

issued May 3, 1820 46 Sept. 5, 1832 80
Conn. Troops

Pension Office Washington D.C. Dear Sir:
Rec
The Cleveland Genealogy refers to Wm. Cleveland, who lived in Onondaga Co. N.Y. I think, the town's name was Western where he died, and he had lived at Sayatoga Co. N.Y. He had a pension and the reference in the Genealogy is
See War Pension rep. 1835 page 412. you sent me S. F. 12 494 which is not the William wanted.
The one named in the Genealogy says he was in Ct. Cont. line, pensioned from Mch. 18, 1818 - & again Mch. 4, 1831, he moved from Western N.Y. 1803.
Thanking you for the service I am, Eleanor F. Gibson
Reg. Mary Ball Washington Chapter D.A.R.
Sheldahl Iowa Dec. 17-1921.

Dear Sir.
Have you a record of a Pension for Revolutionary service given to a William Cleveland from Canterbury or Old Canaan, Connecticut? He was born 1766 at Salisbury, Ct. and died July 24, 1833-4 at Western, New York. Married in either Connecticut, or Saratoga Co. N. Y. to an Elizabeth Finkle. Family tradition is he was pensioned 1835 in Saratoga County, N. Y.
Sincerely
Mrs. Eleanor F. Gibson
Registrar of Mary Ball Washington Chapter
Sheldon, Iowa
August 25 th 1921.

RETURN THIS LETTER.
Stearns
Brown
October 22 nd 1901
Bureau of Pensions:
Will you send me certificate re- garding pension given to William Cleveland in January (3 rd ) 1821
RECEIVED OCT 28 1901
Yours-
Adeline Cleveland Blair (Mrs Dorian H. Blair) 439 Walker Ave. Greensboro N. Carolina

12494
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
55 Liberty St. New York.
26 Court St. Brooklyn.
REAL ESTATE TITLE INSURANCE.
Clarence H. Kelsey, President. John W. Murray, Vice President. Frank Bailey, 2 nd Vice President. O. Egerton Schmidt, Treasurer. Louis V. Bright, Secretary. Edward E. Sprague, Solicitor.
New York, 9 Nov. 1894
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I shall be greatly obliged if you will send me at the earliest moment a certified copy of the petition filed 3 January 1820, on the application of William Cleveland for a pension, and also a certified copy of such records as you have authenticating the Revolutionary history

Title Guarantee & Trust Company
Clarence H. Kelsey, President. John W. Murray, Vice President. Frank Bailey, 2 nd Vice President. O. Egerton Schmidt, Treasurer. Louis V. Bright, Secretary. Edward E. Sprague, Solicitor.
55 Liberty St., New York.
26 Court St., Brooklyn.
REAL ESTATE TITLE INSURANCE.
New York, _____ 189_
of said William Cleveland for the granting of the power. Any fees for the above will be promptly re- mitted.
Very truly Yours, William Cleveland

Army & Navy Supply Co. AUG 28 1894 DIVISION

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
William Cleveland
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Brooklyn Windham Connecticut
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1828 or 30
Christian name of widow:
Anny Tourtelotte Cleveland
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
both did - and also the unex- both paid at his death
Remarks: (I think 3 mos.)
He went in the service at about 1776 - 1783. 14 yrs of age, & served till 21 yrs all through the war
Your name and address:
Josephine P. Cleveland
Springfield, Ill.
215 W. Monroe St.

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TRUSTEES.
LAMBERT TREE, Pres., Chicago. R. A. GRAY, Vice-Pres., Blue Mound. J. N. PERRIN, Sec'y, Belleville.
Illinois State Historical Library
Springfield, Aug. 22 nd 1894.
Hon. W m Lochren, Com te of Pensions Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to receive the communications, transmitted to you by Hon. W m M. Springer, and by him to me, and which need some extra data to receive a satisfactory reply.
I have filled out the blanks on the enclosed slip as well as I can, and hope I may be successful in finding the Revolutionary record of my Grand-Father W m Cleveland and also that of my uncle "Capt." Davis Cleveland and one other of that family I think Samuel.
Then too, I desired to find if from the same locality others of the next earlier generation, I cannot find the name of my great-grand father some call him "Oliver", others "Timothy" and still others "Michael". I shall be greatly obliged for any information you may find for me -
Yours very respectfully, (Miss) Josephine P. Cleveland. Librarian

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Refrain
12494 INVALID.
File No. 12,494
William Cleveland Rev Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 78
[Arrangement of 1870.]
William Cleveland. Records corrected. Sept. 19, 1905. R
1894 Sept 26 Hist. Miss Josephine P. Cleveland Springfield, Ill.
1894 Dec. 1 Hist to J. Wray Cleveland, New York, N.Y.
Oct. 29-1901 Mrs. Dorian H. Blair Greensboro N.C.
1921 Sept. 21 Hist. To Mrs. Eleanor F. Gibson 1922 Jan 16 Eleanor F. Gibson that this is the only soldier this name who lived in state of N.Y. etc.

16.051
Q
New York
Williams Cleveland
of Greenfield in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Willys of the Conn t line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3. of January 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of May 1820 and Hon. J. H. Taylor, House of Rep s
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 16.57
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Ap r 1820 48
1. mo 29/4 1/31/31
8 7. 48 1. 3
$ 64.51
16.57
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

Free C. W. Taylor
return? at 7 June 1892
$80 per ann.
send cert. to H. A. Nash, Esq.
recd. Sept. 4. 1892
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington City D. C.

Ballston N.Y. August 29. 1832
James L. Edwards Esq
Sir
Aaron Nash Esq who drew the within affidavit is my neighbor. He is confined to his bed by sickness & requests me to forward to you the same. He wishes the New Pension certificate to be sent to him at this P.O.
Yours respectfully John W. Taylor

The declaration of William Cleveland of the 3 d Connecticut Reg. for Rev. Pension Discharge enclosed - Served three years J. W. Taylor
admitted on Roll

State of New York Saratoga County } ss
William Cleveland a resident of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid aged Sixty eight years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the same William Cleveland mentioned in the Certificate issued by the Secretary of War, of which the following is a true Copy, to wit
War Department Revolutionary Claim
I Certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18 th of March 1818. William Cleveland late a private, in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
Given at the War Office of the United States, this third day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
And this deponent further saith that when his first application for a pension was made he resided in the Town of Greenfield in Saratoga County & State New York - that he did not comply with the Act of 1820 requiring an Inventory to be made of his property, And that he served in the War of the Revolution as follows. to wit that he enlisted at the Town of Pownet in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut in the Spring of 1778 for the period of three years and served until the Spring of 1781, in the company commanded by Captain G. left in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Willys in the Continental Army, in the line of the State of Connecticut

ient and that he served as a private in said Regiment the full period of three years. as will more fully appear by his declaration & discharge on file in the department of War
Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 18 th day of August 1832
William Cleveland
Jesse Robertson Commissioner of deeds and justice of the peace of Saratoga County
State of New York. Saratoga County. clerk's office. I Thomas Palmer. clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Jesse Robertson who has subscribed his name to the final of the within affidavit. was at the date thereof. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga. Acting under the authority of the said State of New York.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 22 nd . day of August 1832
Thomas Palmer Clerk