Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 27,691, Benjamin Dickerson, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
Dickerson, Benjamin S. 27.691
Wounded & Carried To Fairfield, Conn. also married there.
CONTENTS

1063-
Connecticut.
Benjamin Dickerson, private in
Captain Brewster's company of the Boat service, Conn'troops,
Ratio of disability, One Half.
Date of discharge  closing testimony, 6 May 1824.
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut, at 4 dollars per month, to commence on the 6th May 1824.
Certificate of pension issued the 20th of May 1824, and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson, A. R.
Arrears to 4th Sept. 1824. $ 15 .. 88
General Allotment
$ 15 .. 88
Acts of 10 April 1806 - 4 Feb. 1822.
Transferred to New York 16 Feb. 1827 21 September 1827

District of Connecticut ss
on this 26 th day of April 1821,
Benjamin Dickerson was in the Town & County of Fairfield, in the District - aforesaid, being duly sworn, doth declare & say, that he served in the revolutionary war & was wounded as is stated in the deposition herewith transmitted & that he is disabled in a great degree by said wound, and he said Dickerson, on oath, doth declare & say, that the reason why he did not make application before this time for a pension, as an invalid, is that after the termination of the revolutionary war, feeling fully satisfied that he had gained his main object, which was to secure the Independence of his country & being was unwilling to become burdensome to that country, he omitted to make application for a pension to which he

was justly entitled, but finding that his disability arising from said wound had increased & continued to increase, in the year 1819, he petitioned the Congress of the United States, for a pension, which petition, was never been finally acted upon, it having been withdrawn, in con- sequence of the passage of the act of the first of May 1820, by which was received the for our pension act, under which he now applies for the pension to which he is entitled by said act; that he is now 62 years of age. I hope that for the few years he has to live he may receive a pension to which he has long been entitled; (his Captain, & several of the men who were wounded, in the same battle, in which he was wounded, having in consequence of their wounds long received a pension; and he said Dikerson for their declares & says that he is

not in the proper list of any State and further say not.
Benjamin Dickerson
District of Connecticut ss. Fairfield April 26 1812. Personally appeared before me the above named Benjamin Dickerson & subscribed the above affidavit in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Thomas B Osborne (Commissioner)

State of New York
County of Orange ss on this sixth day of October 1827 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Orange personally appeared Benjamin Dickerson who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Sackett in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry B Livingston (that he was detached with others therefrom into the Boat-Service on Long Island Sound when wounded, under Captain Caleb Brewster) That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Connecticut from whence he removed about forty years ago; That he now resides in the town of Crawford County of Orange & state of New York where he intends to remain and desires his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state of New York were that he thought and believed he could thereby gain a livelihood better than by a continuance in Connecticut and that he would thereby advance his interest and welfare generally -
Subscribed to & acknowledged this 6 th day of October 1827 before me. The word "Crawford" being written on an erasure -
Benjamin Dickerson
David Sears Justice of Peace

State of New York
County of Orange ss on this sixth day of October 1827 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Orange personally appeared David Dickerson who on his oath declares that Benjamin Dickerson named in the foregoing affidavit and who made oath to the same was well known to him the said David during the revolutionary war & has been ever since & is now well known to him this deponent to be the same person described in the foregoing affidavit and this deponent also saith that he served with the said Benjamin at the time he was wounded as mentioned in his said affidavit.
Subscribed this David Dickerson 6th day of October 1827 before me - David Sease Justice of Peace
I David Sease the justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit and oath was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with David Dickerson above named and that he is a person of truth and veracity and entitled to credit and belief - Given under my hand this sixth day of October 1827
David Sease Justice of Peace

State of New York Orange County
ss I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange Do hereby certify that David Sease Esq before whom the within affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was on the day & dates within mentioned a Justice of the Peace not
for the County of Orange dwelling in the said County Commissioned & sworn & duly authorized by Law to act as such Justice And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe that the signature of "David Sease" subscribed to the said several Certificates is the proper hand writing & signatures of the said David Sease In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 9th day of October 1827 —
Asa Dunning Clk Per Lewis Dunning Clk

September 14, 1937
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Benjamin Dickerson S.27691 BA-J/MCS
Mr. Wesley L. Baker 1039 West Front Street Plainfield, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Benjamin Dickerson who served in the Revolutionary War and died July 11, 1831.
The Revolutionary War records of this office give the following data pertaining to this soldier:
He enlisted and joined the army at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778, serving in Captain Samuel Sacket's company in Colonel Henry B. Livingston's New York regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the fall of 1778 he was detached and placed in the boat service under Captain Caleb Brewster and continued in that service until his term of enlistment, which was for nine months, had expired. In 1780 he again enlisted in the boat service under Captain Caleb Brewster and served until December 7, 1782; on that date he was serving on a whale boat in Long Island Sound and during a battle with a British barge, which they captured, he received a bayonet wound in the right breast. After he was wounded he was taken to Fairfield, Connecticut.
He married, date  date not given, and continued to live at Fairfield, Connecticut, until 1787 when he moved with his wife and one child, their names not given, to Hopewell, Orange County, New York, where he lived until 1821.
In 1821 he stated that he was sixty-two years of age and was living in Montgomery, Orange County, New York.
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound he was pensioned from May 6, 1824.

In 1827 Benjamin Dickerson was living in Crawford, Orange County, New York.
He died July 11, 1831, place not given. The date and place of birth of Benjamin Dickerson and the names of his parents were not given.
In 1827 one David Dickerson stated that he was serving with Benjamin Dickerson at the time he was wounded but he did not give his relationship to him. There are no further data relative to the family of Benjamin Dickerson.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

United States
Connecticut District ss.
I Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District Court of the United States of America, for the Connec- -ticut District , by Authority of an act of Congress, passed the 15 th day of May 1820, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, & for other purposes; Do hereby especially authorize & commission Thomas B. Osborn — of the Town Fairfield — & County of Fairfield and District of Connecticut to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for est- -tablishing the claim of Benjamin Dickerson of the Town of Montgomery in the County of Orange & now in Fairfield, in the Connecticut District and District of New York, to be placed on the Pension

List of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since (as prescribed in the fourth section of "an act concerning invalid pensions," passed the 25 th of April 1808) while in the actual service of the United States, & in the line of his duty. And when the same shall be completed, to return the widow, affidavits, certificates & proceedings had hereunder, together with this com- mission, to the Secretary for the Department of War Given under my hand & seal, at Stratford the 24 th day of April in the year one Thousand eight Hundred & twenty one.
Stephen Hedrick Deputy Must r of Inf ry Detached

District of Connecticut Fairfield County
On this 25 th day of April 1821 personally appeared before me Thomas B. Osborne, duly authorized & commissioned to take evidence in support of the claim of Benjamin Dikerson, as appears by the foregoing commission from the Hon. Pierpont Edwards, Capt. Caleb Brewster of the First County of Fairfield, in said District and being duly sworn according to law, in his oath doth declare that in the year 1778, he served, as a Captain, in the service of the United States, that he was requested to take the command of a boat to be employed under the immediate command of Gen. Washington in cruising, in Long Island Sound, between the shore of said Island & the Connecticut shore, for the purpose of obtaining information, & consented to take the command of a boat, for the purpose aforesaid, on condition that he might choose his crew, which condition was assented to, & the deponent since

to Gen. Washington the names of David Dickerfon, corporal, Ezekias Hawkins, Jonathan Kinner, Benjamin Dickerfon, Joshua Davis, who then all belonged to the New York line on the continental establish- ment, & said men were immediately sent to the Department by Gen. Washington, That said Benjamin Dickerfon faithfully served out the term of his enlistment, which term, the department, then understood to be nine months. That in the year 1780, said Benjamin Dickerfon again enlisted into the service of the United States under the command of the department, to wit, in said Long Island Sound, the number of the department's men having been, at that time, by order of Gen. Washington considerably increased; & that said Benjamin Dickerfon served under the command of the department, until the 7 th day of December 1782, when he was dangerously said Dickerfon was while in the line of his duty, in the service of the U. States dangerously wounded, in the breast by a

bayonet, which entered, in the right breast & passed out under the shoulder blade, in a battle which was fought between the boat under the defendants command & a British Boats in Long-Island Sound , in which battle 17 out of twenty five men engaged were either killed or wounded, & said British Boats was captured; & that said Dicker- son lingered for a long time in consequence of his wound, & did not in consequence of said wound again join the service, as the aforesaid battle, terminated the services of the defendant & his crew, in the boat aforesaid, & he declares that said Dicker-son was a brave & faithful service & in consequence of his wound aforesaid was neither called upon nor able to perform further service.
Caleb Brewster
District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 25 th 1821 Personally appeared before me the abovenamed Caleb Brewster & in my presence subscribed the above affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Thomas B Osborne (Commis n ).

District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 25 th 1821 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Caleb Brewster & that he is a credible witness Thomas B. Babcock (Commis)

District of Connecticut Fairfield County,
On this 28 th day of April 1821, personally appeared before me Thomas B. Osborne of the Town & County of Fairfield duly authorized & commissioned as aforesaid, Joshua Davis of the Town & County of Fairfield & being by me duly sworn, doth on his oath declare that in the spring of the year 1778, he belonged to the continental army; that while said army lay at Valley Forge Benjamin Dickerfon, now present present before him, joined said army, & belonged to the company of Capt. Larket, in the regiment com- manded by Col. Henry B. Livingston, in the New York line in which company the Deponent served; that said Dickerfon was one of the advanced guard at the battle of Monmouth; that in the

autumn of the former year said Dickerson, together with himself & three others were detached from the army, by order of the commander in chief, & placed under the command of Caleb Brewster, in the trout service, as it was called, & were employed, in cruising in Long-Island Sound until the expiration of the term, for which said Dickerson had enlisted, which he then understood to be nine months; and the deponent further says that in the year 1780, said Benjamin Dickerson, enlisted under said Capt. Caleb Brewster, in said service, who had at that time increased the number of his crew, as the service in which he was engaged had become more dangerous & that said Dickerson served with said Brewster, until on or about the 7 th day of December 1782, when said Dickerson by a gunshot in his right breast was severely wounded,

while actually in the line of his duty in the service of the United States, in a battle fought between the whale boat under the command of said Brewster, & a British Barge, in Long Island Sound, the deponent lays further that he was on board said Whale boat, at the time, & that 17 out of 25 men engaged  were were either killed or wounded, that said Dikeman was so dangerously wounded that he was confined for a long time & in consequence of said wound did not join the service after said battle the having been by means of said wound rendered unable to do so, & he lays that said Dikeman was a brave man & served his country faithfully.
Joshua Davis District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 26th 1821. Personally appeared before me the above named Joshua Davis in my presence subscribed the above affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same Thomas B. Babbee Commissioner

District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 28 th 1821
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Joshua Davis & that he is a credible witness, Thomas B Osborne (Commissioner)

District of Connecticut
Hartford County June 25 th 1821
We David Hull and Nathan Tisdale
of the  County County of Hartford, in said District physicians & surgeons being duly sworn, do declare & say, on our oaths, that by satisfactory evidence & accurate exam- ination, it appears, that on the 7 th day of December, in the year 1782, being engaged against the common enemy, in the line of his duty, in the service of the United States, Benjamin Dikerson now present before us in the said Town of Hartford, in Long-Island Sound, received a wound, in his right breast, by a bayonet, which passed entered the right breast & passed out under the shoulder blade; and that he is, thereby not only incapacitated for Military Duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, as by means of the injury resulting from said wound to the muscles of the breast & arm, is one half

disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labour, that said disability arises exclusively from said wound, & that the effects thereof prevent him from obtaining his subsistence from labour, in the degree hereinafter stated.
David Hull
Nathan Tisdale
District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 25 th 1821 Personally appeared before me the above named David Hull and Nathan Tisdale & in my presence subscribed the above affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. Thomas B Osborne Commissioner
I hereby certify that the above named David Hull & Nathan Tisdale physicians and surgeons are reputable in their respective profession Thomas B Osborne Commissioner

District of Connecticut
On the 28 th day of July 1821, personally appeared before me Thomas B. Osborne duly authorized & commissioned to take evidence in support of the claim of Benjamin Dikefson, to be placed upon the pension list, Bleecker Bulkley of the town & county of Fairfield, in said District, & being duly sworn according to law, on his oath doth declare & say that during the revolutionary war he became acquainted with said Dikefson, while he was in the service of the United States, that after he said Dikefson was wounded, he was brought to Fairfield aforesaid, where he remained & married a wife & continued to reside until the year 1787, when he moved with his wife & one child as he believes  family into the state of New York, where he purchased some land, that he came occasionally into this state when his friends resided, &

where he is well known, that while in said Town of Fairfield, said Dickerfon often conversed about applying for a pension on account of a wound which he received while in the service of the United States, that the employment of the said Dickerfon since he left the service of his country has been farming, with the exception of a short time in which he was employed in the coasting trade, & said Bulkley further declares that previous to his making application for a pension in April last past, said Dickerfon came into the District of Connecticut with his wife & one child, & applied to the Hon. Pierpont Edwards District Judge of said District, who in the presence of this deponent, issued the commission to which this affidavit is annexed, & that said Dickerfon remained in said Town of Fairfield, in the District foregoing , while the evidence in support of his claim to a pension was taken before the commissioners appointed by said

District Judge, & that said Deikerson has ever been an industrious & temperate man, & further the Deponent said Bulkley saith not Elihu Bulkley
District of Connecticut ss Fairfield July 28 th 1821 Personally appeared before me the above- named Elihu Bulkley & in my presence subscribed the foregoing affida- vit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same - Thomas B. Osborne Comm n .
District of Connecticut ss. July 28 th 1821 I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the character of the above named Elihu Bulkley & that he is a credible witness - Thomas B. Osborne Commissioner
District of Connecticut ss Fairfield July 28 th 1821 I hereby certify that the above evidence was closed before me on the 28 th day of July A D 1821 Thomas B. Osborne Commissioner

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. I David Burr of Fairfield in the County aforesaid, Clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas within and for said County - Do certify and make known, that I am well acquainted, with the hand writing of the Hon: Pierpont Edwards, Judge of the District of Connecticut, and that the signature of Pierpont Edwards annexed to the foregoing Commission, which purports to be the signature of said Pierpont Edwards, is in truth his hand writing - I further certify, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Thomas B. Osborne Esquire, and that the signature of Thomas B. Osborne annexed to the foregoing Depositions, which purports to be the signature of said Thomas B. Osborne, is in truth his hand writing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and the Seal of said Court, in said Fairfield this 31 st Day of July Anno Domini 1821
David Burr
David Burr

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New York Jan y 21/49
W m Dow Esq r Washington City
Yrs The Army Surgeon requires the certificate of Doct. Chas P. Sayre, in the case of Frederick W Dimock, to enable him to make out the requisite papers for obtaining his Pension you will oblige him by forwarding in Mail the above certificate, which Mr J W D. says is now in your possession, please address F W Dimock Van Brunt & Dimock N.Y. & oblige Yours Resp y A Dimock

Fairfield July 30 th 1821
Sir, I herewith return the papers relative to the claim of Benjamin Dickerson to be placed upon the pension list, as an invalid, with the additional evidence which has been required.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully
Your obedt. Servt.
Gideon Ammons
Hon. J. C. Calhoun

B. Burgh Oct r 15
of Free
Pension Office October 18 th 1827
Hon ble James Barbour Secretary of War Washington City D.C. —
Ans r

Bloomingburgh Sullivan Co. N.Y. Oct. 15 th 1827
Hon d Sir
Inclosed I transmit to you the aff ts of Benjamin Dickerson & David Dickerson duly certified in order to obtain a transfer of his pension for wounds from the Connecticut to the New York agency. Perhaps it will be thought that his affi- davit is not exactly in form of the President forwarded to him in relation to his change of residence. But it is according to the facts of the case and it is presumed that he was originally put on the Connecticut agency instead of that of New York through mistake arising from the fact that his papers to obtain the pension were made and bore date in Connecticut & were (as I understand) presented at your office by Mr Towns- end then member of Congress from that state. You will please pass upon the same and transmit your decision thereon to Benjamin Dickerson (the applicant) Town of Crawford County of Orange N.Y. as soon as your convenience will permit. wishing you to inform him whether in case of a transfer he can draw for arrear- ages from the New York agency -
I am your
Obt lent
A. Dimmick agent for Ben t Dickerson
Hon d J. Barbour Secretary of War

To the Hon. John C. Calhoun Secy The depositions of Eleazer Poulkley & Joshua Davis taken & sealed up by me This 6 th day of May A D 1824 Thos B Osborne Commissioner
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secy of War

I, Eleazar Bulkley of Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do on oath declare & say that I was acquainted with Benjamin Dickerson in the Revolutionary war, while in the service of the United States under Capt. Caleb Brewster; That after the close of the Revolutionary war said Dickerson came to Fairfield, Fairfield County, State of Connecticut where he resided until the year 1787 when the said Dickerson left Fairfield & removed to the town of Hopewell in the County of Orange & State of New York - That said Dickerson during the entire interval between the years 1787 & 1820 continued to reside at said Hopewell & was employed in the business of farming. That said Dickerson's employment has been that of a farmer ever since he left Fairfield in 1787 as above stated - and further & in addition to the facts stated in a former Disposition of the the Disposition saith not - Eleazar Bulkley
State of Connecticut to Fairfield County May the 6 th A.D. 1824 Personally appeared before me Thomas B. Osborne Commissioner appointed by the Honorable Pierpont Edwards District Judge for the District of Connecticut, the abovenamed Eleazar Bulkley & subscribed the foregoing

Deposition & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same; before me Thomas B. Osborne Commissioner
I Joshua Davis of Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do on oath declare & say that the facts stated in the foregoing Deposition of Eleazer Bul- kley are true & correctly stated.
Joshua Davis
State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County May 6 th 1824 Personally appeared before me Thomas B Osborne Com- missioner appointed by the District Judge of the Connecticut District, the above named Joshua Davis who in my presence subscribed the foregoing affidavit & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the same - before me, Thomas B Osborne Commissioner
State of Connecticut. Fairfield County May 6 th 1824 I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Deponents Eleazer Bulkley & Joshua Davis & that they are credible witnesses Thomas B Osborne Commissioner

Benj m Dickerson Private in the Revolution- ary War. —
Suspended see letter to Hon. Gideon Foulinson Fairfield, Connecticut Incomplete &c
War Dept. Pension Office June 8. 1821
The affidavits must all be connected together by tape or ribbon the ends of which must be pressed under the seal of the court. —
memo

Benjamin Dickerson Private in the Revolution- ary War
That part of the Law requiring that the claimant must prove his mode of life and employ- ment since he left the service, and the place or places where he has since resided, and his place of residence at the time of taking such testimony, that a credible witness, was not complied with until 28 th July 1821, and the Law of 10 April, 1806, expired on the 15 th May, 1820. — Inadmissible by the Secy of War see letter to Hon. Gid: Tomlinson, Sep r 18. 1821 War Dept. Pers n Off ce . Sep r 18. 1821
Further Susp n see letter to Hon: G: Tomlinson, Ho: Rep r . Jan y 20. 1824.
District of Connecticut for Fairfield District

District of Connecticut ss Fairfield April 26 th 1821
I hereby certify that the evidence enclosed herewith was closed before me on the 26 th day of April 1821
Thomas B. Estlin (Commis n )

October 27, 1937
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Mr. Wesley L. Baker 1039 West Front Street Plainfield, New Jersey
BENJAMIN DICKERSON S. 27691 BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 27691, based upon service of Benjamin Dickerson in that war, especially of the document in which the date of his death is recorded as July 11, 1831.
When the record of Benjamin Dickerson was furnished you September 14, 1937, all papers in his claim for pension were examined carefully and the data found in regard to ages, residences, service, family, etc., were incorporated in that report.
The documents in that case are very frail and brittle, indeed, not at all in condition to have photostatic copies made without injury to them. It is always gratifying when these official reports can be used without additional handling of the old papers.
Photostatic copies will be made, however, if the report is inadequate. The number of pages to be copied is twenty-nine. The cost per page is twenty-five cents.
Remittance should be made by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Veterans Administration, Arlington Building, this city.
The date of death, July 11, 1831, as given in the report furnished you, is not recorded in the papers in this case. It was taken from the Report of the Secretary of War in regard to the Pension Establishment, which was printed in 1835 and may have been found in another government department. It is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish that official the following data as a possible means of verifying the date of death as a few errors have been found in that report: Benjamin Dickerson, Ctf. #1063, issued May 20, 1824, rate $4 per month, commenced May 6, 1824, Act of April 10, 1806 and February 4, 1822.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

April 26, 1932
BA-J/MCS
Mr. C. C. Strong 3400 Terminal Tower Cleveland Ohio
Benjamin Dickerson S. 27691
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request of April 11, 1932, for the history of Benjamin Dickerson, a soldier of the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office give the following data pertaining to this soldier:
He enlisted and joined the army at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778, serving in Captain Samuel Sacket's Company in Colonel Henry B. Livingston's New York Regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth; in the fall of 1778 he was detached and placed in the boat service under Captain Caleb Brewster and continued in that service until his term of enlistment, which was nine months, had expired. In 1780 he again enlisted in the boat service under Captain Caleb Brewster and served until December 7, 1782; on that date he was serving on a whale boat in Long Island Sound and during a battle with a British barge, which they captured, he received a bayonet wound in the right breast. After he was wounded he was taken to Fairfield, Connecticut.
He married, date not given, and continued to live at Fairfield, Connecticut, until 1787 when he moved with his wife and one child, their names not given, to Hopewell, Orange County, New York, where he lived until 1821.
In 1821 he stated that he was sixty-two years of age and was living in Montgomery, Orange County, New York.
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound he was pensioned from May 6, 1824.

In 1827 Benjamin Dickerson was living in Crawford, Orange County, New York.
He died July 11, 1831. place not 8.
One David Dickerson as of 2 was serving with Benjamin Dickerson at the time he was wounded but the relationship is not shown.
in 1827
Very truly yours,
Dec 18 31. Sent
Orange Co., N.Y. Probate A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Pensioners

WESLEY L. BAKER 1039 WEST FRONT STREET PLAINFIELD, N. J.
September 17, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:      Attn A. D. Hiller, Executive Asst. Reference: Benjamin Dickerson S.27691 BA-J/MCS
Thank you for your letter of Sept. 14 telling me what your records show for the above Revolutionary soldier. All of the information given would indicate that Benjamin Dickerson is the same one who was brother of David except the date of death which is July 11, 1831 instead of March 27, 1832 as his gravestone shows.
Your statement that David Dickerson stated in 1827 that he served with Benjamin is very interesting to me and I would very much like to have photostatic copies of all the papers you have in your file for Benjamin Dickerson, including David Dickerson's statement and whatever document it is that shows Benjamin's date of death. Am anxious to know the source of this information in your records.
Prompt remittance will be made if you will tell me the charges for the photostatic copies.
Very truly yours,
W. L. Baker
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WESLEY L. BAKER 1039 WEST FRONT STREET PLAINFIELD, N. J.
September 5, 1937.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In an Orange County, N. Y. newspaper of 1912 there was a list of about 250 Revolutionary Soldiers "taken from the Pension Roll at Washington, D. C. as shown in 1835 (residents of Orange County)" mcs Included in the list was 'Benjamin Dickerson, private Brewster's boat service' died July 11, 1831.
I would very much like to know who this Benjamin Dickerson is - that is just where he lived when he applied for a pension, who his family was, his age and when he died and where. He must be a different Benjamin Dickerson than the one who died Orange County, N. Y. March 27, 1832, age 75-7-20 - this Benjamin was a brother of David Dickerson whose pension application I already have.
Will promptly remit for whatever the charges are for this information.
Yours very truly,
W L Baker

C. C. Strong 3400 Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio.
Personal
ordered Apr. 11, 1932

27691 INVALID.
Rev. war
File No. 27,691
Benjamin Dickerson Rev. Gen. Serv.
Act: Apr 2 10 th 1816
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 109
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1937 Apr. 26. List. to Mr. C. C. Strong U.S.D. 1937 Sept. 14. List. to Mr. Wesley L. Baker M.C.S. 1937 Oct. 27—Wesley L. Baker add. costly phonos M.V.O.