Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,975, Edmund Cleaves, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Cleaves, Edmund
NUMBER
S. 36975
CONTENTS

8764-4 Maine Roll
Edmund Cleaves,
of Portland  District in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year .
inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1. of April 1819, and sent to Albion K. Parris, Esq. Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . . . 81. 83 Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept. 4. 1819 . . 48. " Arr d . 10m d . 3/30-4/31.  $129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notification with 19 June 1820 to Genl Mufroy Secy of War Portland Maine

d36 Edmund Cleaves
Copy
Monat
(4070)
un.
(Sept 189)
STATE DISTRICT COURT
Second of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the property described in the foregoing order, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copies from the records of the said Court. Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 10th day of September, 1890.
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this day of September, 1890.
James W. [unclear]
Clerk of the U. S. District Court
15

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June — and by adjournment from day to day , on the seventh — day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this seventh — day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Edmund Cleaves — aged seventy — years, resident in Pownal — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private — in the company commanded by Capt. Hancock — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Dose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of April — A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8764 — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Edmund Cleaves
Sworn to and declared, on the seventh day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate I have none
Personal estate — a few articles of ordinary old and broken household furniture
I live in part of a small unfinished house with a son — on whom I am dependent who has but thirty four acres of land, to support his own family and mine
Edmund Cleaves
Sworn to, before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me. Edmund Cleaves — who, by occupation am a Farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity
~~~~~ NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
  Rebecca Cleaves my wife 71 unable to support herself without help   Nancy Humphreys an orphan child 15 an infirm child, and unable to work for a living   Hannah Prince my wife's mother 93 helpless — almost — 
Edmund Cleaves
Sworn to. Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is ten dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh — day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
A large, stylized cursive signature of John Mussey Junr. The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, prominent 'J' and 'M'.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$10.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, March 13 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Edmund Cleary served as a Soldier in Capt. Hancock's Company, and Col. Rose's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from March 14 th 1777 to March 14 th 1780, being three years and months the time for which he en listed
Abdiah Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Saml. Cleary enlisted in said Regt. at the same time, and died Oct. 1779 -
A. Bradford
Secy. of Com. of Mass ts

Edmund Cleaves of Pownal in the District of Maine being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the identi- cal Edmund Cleaves described in the within certifi- cate signed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and that the same was granted at his request and further says that he served the period within- mentioned in the Continental Army - and that Sam- uel Cleaves his brother enlisted into the same com- pany & regiment for the same period and died in service about ten miles from Albany about the first of October A.D. 1777 -
Edmund Cleaves
Cumberland
March 20 th 1819 Personally appeared
the above named Edmund Cleaves and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me John Milsey Just Justice of the Peace
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
Edmund Cleaves
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS.... of Portland in said Maine District,
that he served as a in the war of the revolution Three Years on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Portland aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a to the  Capt Hancock Company of the 1 st Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 15 th day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and that he left said service on or about the 24 th day of March one thousand seven hundred and Eight . Discharged at Fishkill by St Col Elyah to whom he has accidentally lost. fifty seven Years old was at the taking of Burgoyne & at Monmouth Battle
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Edmund Cleaves
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, ALBION K. PARRIS, District Judge of the United States for the Maine District, Edmund Cleaves the above named appli- cant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Edmund Cleaves farther offered in evidence the affidavits of Joseph Thorne and of Jeremiah Stubbs , signed and sworn to before me
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Edmund Cleaves served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of the assistance of his country for support IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris
[Signature]

Personally appeared Joseph Tombs & made oath that he was well acquainted with Edmund Cleeves from the 15 th May 1777 till the 11 th March 1780 in the Revolutionary Army & will know that the affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts Joseph Tombs.
I Jeremiah Stubble, on oath declare, that I am personally acquainted with the within named Edmund Cleeves and do well know that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support Jeremiah Stubble

Edmund Bleaver
Private
Notes Mss. Reg.
May 15. 1797
To March 14th. 1798
Transfer from the Rolls that Edmund Bleaver died Oct 8th 1777.
Office 28th 1819
chem
(See Mr. H. Parris's cert.)
See additional certificate and proof
Portland
Me. June
United States of America District of Maine, ss. 8 -
I hereby certify, that I have caused an examination to be had, in the case of Edmund Bleaver within named. - That the said Bleaver, has produced the official certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereunto annexed, and is as fully satisfied me that the Bleaver, who is said to be marked on the rolls, in the War-Department as dead is Samuel Bleaver as stated in the affidavit of the said Edmund on the back of the Secretary's certificate -
Albion H. Parris
March 20. 1819
U.S. Dist. Judge

36975 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 36,975
Edmund Cleaves
Rev. Rev. Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 35
[Arrangement of 1870s.]