Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,596, Ebenezer Cleaveland, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cleveland, Ebenezer
S. 34,596
CONTENTS

Lett: to Hon. D.P. King } June 25. 1850.
Nathaniel and Esther ... October 18. 1820
7530
Massachusetts.
Oliver Cleveland
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Capt. in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 Years
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of March 1819 and sent to Mr. Wetmore Esq. Salem Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 226.74 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 1819 120. $ 341.24
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Concluded Sept 1819.

✓ 86: Cleveland
Enlisted in May 1775 and served till Octo.
1778
admitted

State of Massachusetts
I Ebenezer Cleveland a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of May In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the third day of October In the year Seventeen hundred & seventy eight, in the Massachusetts line of the Army, as an Ensign. Lieutenant & Captain against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to & served in the Company of Captain John Rowe in Colonel Bridge's Regiment, as an ensign, for eight months & to Captain Josiah Gray's Company in Colonel Ward's Regiment as First Lieutenant for one year & to Colonel Jackson's Regiment as a Captain for one year & seven months and that I left the service on the month of October being then honorably discharged as may appear by the certificate herewith exhibited and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty three years. My several commissions have by misfortune & lapse of time been lost. & I have no other evidence to offer than what is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Ebenezer Cleveland
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro tempore the abovenamed Ebenezer Cleveland and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
Wm Whitmore

We the Subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Gloucester, do testify & say that we are acquainted with Ebenezer Cleveland the within named declarant, & believe him to be in his circumstances in life, reduced & indigent, & in need of assistance from his Country for support. And we never heard his character for veracity called in question. —
Isaac Elwell Charles L. Roberts } Selectmen.
Sworn to before me.
Wm Wetmore the judge within named

7536.
Ebenezer Cleveland
10 March '19 Cont 25 Sep 1820
Em
on this the last of the said Court at Salem in said County of Essex in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year first above written
the opinion of the said Court that the said estate is subject to the provisions of the said Act and that the said estate is subject to the provisions of the said Act and that the said estate is subject to the provisions of the said Act
John D. Sleeper
and subject to the provisions of the said Act and that the said estate is subject to the provisions of the said Act
Ebenezer Cleveland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL D'ANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ebenezer Cleaveland resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7536 now in his possession, 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 18th March, 1818, Ebenezer Cleaveland late a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day ***** * L. S. * "of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ***** J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No real or personal estate -
The Declarant says that he served in the office of Captain in the Revolutionary war in the service of the United States - he entered the service among the first A.D. 1775, and was discharged in October A.D. 1778 - he has but one hand and is lame in one foot: is sixty five years of age: he served in three Regiments in the Massachusetts line, under the command of Colonels Bridge, Ward and Jackson: he has no children or near relatives who are able to support him - Ebenezer Cleaveland
Sworn to and declared, before Wm Wetmore Judge within named

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Ebenezer Cleaveland do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Ebenezer Cleaveland
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Ebenezer Cleaveland took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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
dollars  nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July - A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Discharge from Army
CLEAVELAND, EBENEZER (MASS.) S-34596

Head Quarters Id. Oct. 1778
His Excellency the commander in chief accepts of the resignation of Ebenezer Cleveland Captain in Colonel Michael Jacobs Regt. By his Excellency's command
THOMAS M ADISON L t Genl.

H. of Reps Washington June 22 1850
Sir
Will you have the good- ness to inform whether the heirs of
Lieut. Eben d Clegg and who served in Col. Sar- gents Regiment in the war of the Rebellion are entitled to bounties, or pay from the Government?
Your obedient servant Daniel P. King

34596 INVALID. Recy
File No. 84,596
Ebenezer Clearland Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]