Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30987, Simeon Dickenson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dickenson, Simeon Dickinson or
S 30987
CONTENTS

6101
Massachusetts
Simeon Dickenson
of Amherst in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lyman of the Regt commanded by Col Tyler in the Massachusetts line for 18 Months
Wiltshire
77 Hampshire
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb 1833 and sent to Hon Geo Grinnell H. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 32 $90.00 Pension allowance ending 4 March 30.00 $120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 46

Susan Dickinson

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 Sixteenth day of August personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinekey Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Simeon Dickinson a resident of Amherst — in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy five 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. (viz) he was born in the town of Amherst in the
County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts his present place of residence, on the twenty fifth day of August Seventeen hundred and fifty Seven and has always resided in said town. He has no record of his age. That in the fore part of August A.D. 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of Massachusetts for three Months, and served at Cambridge in said State in the company commanded by Capt. Lyman in Col. Tylen's Regiment and was discharged when the term expired being about the first of December following. He did not receive a written discharge. — In April A.D. 1777. He enlisted as a volunt- eer in the Militia aforesaid for three Months in Capt. John Thompson Company he does not recollect the Regiment, and served the whole of said term in said company at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence in the State of New York and was discharged at the end of the term. He had no written discharge. Also the fore part of August in the same year he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia aforesaid, in Capt. Cook's Company and served in Col. Woodbridge's Regiment at Bennington, Pheasant's Brook, and Stillwater, and was present at the taking of Burgoyne, after which he marched with the Army to White Plains, and was discharged in December following, making four Months under this enlistment. He had no written discharge. — In the Decr. A.D. 1778, he enlisted in the Militia Served in Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Oliver Smith and served three Months, part of the time at Peaks Hill in the State of New York and part, at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey, and was discharged at the end of the term being in the Spring of 1779. He had no written discharge. — The fore part of August A.D. 1779 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Militia of Massachusetts and served in Capt. Wood- bridge's Company and Col. Tylen's Regiment in Rhode Island and was discharged in January following, being five Months Service. He had no written discharge. — Making in the whole one year and six Months Service as a private.
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. Simeon Dickinson Before me Samuel Hinekey Judge of Probate for s d County
We, Nathan Perkins Jr. a Clergyman residing in the town of Amherst and Simeon Pomeroy residing in Amherst hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Simeon Dickinson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five 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. { Nathan Perkins Jr. Simeon Pomeroy Samuel Hinekey Judge of Probate
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 Nathan Perkins Jr. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Amherst and that Simeon Pomeroy who has also signed the same, is a resident in Amherst and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinekey Judge of Probate
I, Saml F. Lyman Register Clerk 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 Simeon Dickinson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Sixteenth day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Saml F. Lyman Register

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 Simeon Dickinson 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.     Aug. 1776 Dec. 1776 Pvt. Oliver Lyman } Tyler Dike Mass.   Apr. 1777 3 mos. John Thompson   Aug. 1777 4 mos. Cook Woodbridge   Dec. 1778 3 mos. Oliver Smith   Aug. 1779 5 mos. Woodbridge Tyler  
Battles engaged in, Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16 1832 Hisch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Amherst, Mass.
Age at date of application, born Aug. 28, 1757 at Amherst, Mass.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

17/KE.
CABLE ADDRESS - "NOFYR" - WESTERN UNION CODE
NORTHERN FIRE APPARATUS CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
NORTHERN ROTARY PUMPS
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
January 15, 1923
Department of the Interior, Pension Record Division, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the Revolutionary War Pension Record of Simeon Dickson of Amherst, Massa- chusetts?
I understand that you do this without charge.
Very truly yours
KW Thomson:ER
2428 West 24th St.

HOMER MARTIN, CLERK CIRCUIT COURT W. P. MOORE, DEPUTY CLERK
HON. EDGAR B. WOOLFOLK JUDGE
✓ TERMS OF COURT 2ND MONDAY IN JANUARY 3RD MONDAY IN APRIL 1ST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
Bowling Green, Missouri,
Simeon Dickinson - born in Amherst, Mass - served as Private in Capt. Spooner's Co. Col. Spaulding's Reg't. for nine days from Aug 21-1777 on an alarm at Bennington; again in Capt. Ephraim Stearn's Co., Col. Rand's Reg't. from July 10 - to Oct 10 - 1780.
Homer Martin

30987 Rev INVALID.
1916 June 9. Hist. to Homer Martin 1923 Feb. 4. Hist. to Kenneth W. Johnson ans.
File No. 30,987
Simeon Dickinson
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } Erie County } ss
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was acknowledged before me this 24th day of August 1882 by Isaac Gould.
Isaac Gould of the Town of Eden in said County being duly sworn, says that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, he was a soldier in the company of Capt. Oliver Lyman, then of Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, late Nicholas Dykes, Reg't of Genl. Artemas Ward's Brigade of the Massachusetts line - That he was in the service during said year, under the command of the above mentioned officers, from sometime in the early part of August in that year till the latter part of the month of December following - That during the whole of the time in the period above included, Simon Dickinson, then of Auburn in the State of Massachusetts, and as this deponent is informed and believes, now resident and living in said Auburn, was a private in Capt. Lyman's company, late Dykes Reg't & Genl. Ward's Brigade aforesaid mentioned, and belonged to the Mess of which this deponent was one, and that said Simon Dickinson faithfully served as a soldier for the term aforesaid, under command of the above mentioned officers until he was honorably discharged. And further this deponent says not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of August 1882 at Buffalo.
Isaac Gould
State of New York } Erie County } ss
Clary Justin Pierce Noah P. Spayn clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Clary whom name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof of the annexed instrument of conveyance at the time of taking said proof or acknowledgment was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appointed & sworn and authorized to take the same. Further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "Joseph Clary" subscribed to said certificate to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 24th day of August A.D. 1882. Noah P. Spayn. Clerk of Erie County.

I certify that I have been for many years acquainted with the within named Joseph Clary and Noah P. SPIAGN the first an acting Justice of the Peace in the County of Erie and the latter Clerk of that County - I am also acquainted with their hand writing, that the signatures within are theirs respectively - and that the impression made upon the bottom of this half sheet is the usual way of making the impression with the seal of that County - Bates Cooke Dated the 2nd. February 1833.
Isaac Goad Deputation for Simon de Rande

I Seth Dickinson of Antrim in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say, that I am acquainted with Simeon Dickinson of Antrim aforesaid, that I knew him in A.D. 1779 when he enlisted some time in the summer of said year, and served in the war of the Revolution in Rhode Island under Capt. Woodbridge in the Massachusetts troops, during the campaign and was discharged in the winter following, and further the deponent saith not.
Seth Dickinson
A Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss.
August 1. 1832 Then personally appeared Seth Dickinson who subscribed the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. He is well known to me to be a credible witness. Before me Nathan Cook Justice of the Peace.

I Ebenezer Mattson of Amherst in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of Lawfull age do testify and Say, that I am well acquainted with Simeon Dickinson of Amherst aforesaid, and have been ever since his youth, that in A.D. 1777 early in the Spring I saw him in the Service in the war of the Revolution, at Mount Independence near Tycondenaga and in the course of the Summer at Bennington in the State of Vermont. He was at the capture of Bennington's army, and near the close of the same year he was at White Plains - a part of the aforesaid time he was in the same company with me - and further the deponent saith not -
E Mattson
B. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss, August 1. 1832 Then personally appeared Ebenezer Mattson who subscribed the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, he is well known to me and is a credible witness. Before me Nathan C. Dyer Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I, Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Nathan C. Dyer whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates (marked A & B.) was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestation done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificates is known to me to be the hand writing of the said Nathan C. Dyer.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
S. Stoddard Clerk

I Samuel Ward of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged twenty eight years, do testify & say: that I enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Oliver Smith of Hadley, Hottings being Lieutenant, in the Regiment of Col. Murray of Northfield, & Major Chester Williams of Hadley, all in said County of Hampshire, in the Massachusetts Militia, for three months: I enlisted at Amherst in the same County: I further testify that Simon Dickinson of said Amherst. who was then Simon Dickinson Jr, enlisted about the same time, into the same Company, & for the same term of service; and that he continued in said Company till near the close of said term, & was regularly discharged and came home with me. The Company opened & marched first to Peterkill in the State of New York; & then to Manistown in the State of New Jersey, where we remained the greater part of our term of service - & then we were discharged, without any written discharge - The said Simon & myself enlisted in the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight and returned home the March following.
Samuel Ward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. July 12 1832 Personally appeared Samuel Ward, subscribed to the above affidavit, to me well known, & a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Samuel F. Dickinson Justice of the Peace

Simson Dickinson.
Samuel Ward. Deputy
Simson Dickinson, Esq.
Private Breach
Alm'd
$60
Lyman Myler
Mr. Gannett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss.
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that the  within Certificate that Samuel F. Dickinson whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Samuel F. Dickinson
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk