Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21818, Levi Holcomb, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holcomb, Levi
S. 21818
CONTENTS

W. C. Jan. 15. 1836.
Transf d to Albany from 4 Sept 1834, Jan 21. 1836 Not d sent to Hon. J. B. Antho- ny, H. R.
Letter to James H. Green. 22. March 44
On to Poo Agt 19. Feb 1847.
To Wisconsin from 4 March 1846. Feb 27. 1847 Notification to Pensioner, Herr Berlew his - cause
Hulda. Grant. March 15 /59
N o 11,881 Albany Pennsylvania
Levi Holcomb
of Tioga Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Owen of the Reg t commanded by Col. Canfield in the Cont t Troops time for 21 months
3 Wisconsin Ter y .
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 70 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of July 1833 and sent to Pensioner care of Jonah Brewster Esq r Wellsboro' Pa s
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 140.00   Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep r . 1833 35.00   $175.00 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 5 Page 23

Barnitt Dodge County Wis Feby 21 st 1859
State of Wisconsin County of Dodge Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Huldah Grant heir of Levi Holcomb who was a private in the Revolutionary War in Capt —
Company in the State of Pennsylvania Militia and that the Claimant is entitled to a pension due from the Pension Office for Fourteen years and Three months pension under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 in those cases where the

applicant have once been on the pension Roll under the act of March 18 th 1818 and have been dropped therefrom on account of property or from any other reason or where application has been made under the act of May 15 th 1828 and the evidence of his service is in the department or having made application and proof of service and having been rejected in stead of the above declara- tion the will make a state- ment setting forth under oath their having been previously on the pension roll &c and their having been struck from the same

Supplementary to the act entitled the act of the 7 th of June 1832.
For Huldah Grant
Your Truly obedient servant
L. B. Eaton Justice of the Peace State of Wisconsin County of Dodge
I James Thorne Clerk of the Circuit Court in & for said county do hereby certify that L. B. Eaton Esq. was, on the 21 st day of February 1839, an acting justice of the peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified as such according to law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Juneau this 26 th day of Feb 1839. James Thorne Clerk George C. Whiting Esq. Washington D.C.
Direct to Huldah Grant Burnett Dodge County Wisconsin

Received in the Pension Office in Book E Vol 5 p 23 by J. Brown Clerk

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss
On this 7 th day of June A.D. 1883 Personally appeared before the Hon. John Ryan one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Levi Holcomb a Resident of the Township of Elkland in the County aforesaid Aged Seventy Years on the 15 day of January last, who being first duly sworn, accor- -ding to Law doth on his oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States in the month of September 1779 or 1780 not Positive which, as a Substitute for my Brother Enos Holcomb who was drafted for two Months in Capt. Phelps Company in the Town of Granby in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, Marched to old Stratford to keep Garri- =son, Staid my time out and was discharged by my Capt and in the Year 1781 I served likewise as a Substitute for my Brother Ezra Holcomb who was drafted for six months in the Company Commanded by Capt. Elijah Owen who had the Command at Samburg Mine in Connecticut, our business for this six months was to guard the Prisoners there confined. Served my time out and discharged by my Capt, and in the Year 1782 In the month of Feb. to the best of my  the Recol- -lection I Enlisted in the Town of Granby, Hartford County Conn. In the Company by Commanded by Capt. Granger for thirteen Months, Lieut. names Hove and Wilson, Marched from Granby to old Stratford near horse neck at this time my Regiment was Commanded by Col. Samuel Griffith  Griffith and Maj. Beebe Stationed at Stratford aforesaid to guard the fort staid his time out which I Enlisted for and took my discharge from my Capt which is lost. and that he knows (of) of no living witness to prove his claim. (over)

(last over)
The declarant hereby Relinquishes all Claims to a to a pension or annuity for his Services in the War aforesaid except the Present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any other Agency of any State whatsoever except the Present or Pa his
Attest Cyprian Knight Deacon and Subscriber
Levi X Wolcott mark
before me this 7 day of June A.D. 1833
John P. Dyer Asst. Judge
Interrogatories Answered by the Applicant
1 st I was born in the Town of Granby in the State of Conn- January 15. 1763 2 d I have no Record of my age this is the Information of My Parents 3 d I was living in Granby Conn. when first went into the Army and since the Revolutionary War I have lived in Kingsbury and at Fort Ann in Washington County State of N.Y. and in Steub. Co in N.Y. and Niagara Falls the last six years 4 th I was called into the Service by serving as a Sub- stitute for my Brother and Enlisting as above stated 5 th Col. Samuel Campfield & Major Beebe there was no Officer higher than a Captain where I was Station- ed except them 6 th I have no discharge only as above stated
P.S. The Declarant further States that he does not know of any living witness to prove his Services in the Revolutionary War

And I John Tyner Jr do hereby declare my opinion after an Investigation of the matters and after fulfilling the Interrogations prescribed by the War department that the person named Applicant was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and served as he states in his declaration which from my acquaintance with him the Applicant for a number of years I have no reason to doubt and that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Cady who is a Clergyman and likewise Father Isaac Cady Archibald Thomson Esq whose testimony in here enclosed are entitled to full credit and I also believe the Applicant from old age and other infirmities is not able to attend Court which sits twenty miles from this place - Atkins Certified this 7 th day of Jan - 1833
John Tyner Jr Deputy Judge

Revolution
21 818 INVALID.
File No. 21, 818
Levi Holcomb
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Feb 18 - 47.
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To The War Department Or Pension Office Washington City
New Berlin Wis Feb 6

I, Levi Holcomb, hereby certify, that as a private in the Revolutionary War, I received a pension, to wit, seventy dollars per year, from the government of the U.S. or war department, from and after the 4 th of March 1831, payable at Philadelphia while I was a Resident of the State of Pennsylvania — That after I changed my residence from that state, to that of the State of New York, I was transferred from the Roll of Pennsylvania to that of Albany, to take effect, from, and after the 4 th of September 1834, from which place I received my pension till the 4 th of March last past.
I further certify, that on the account of the removal of my children to the Territory of Wisconsin, I have again changed my residence to the said Territory of Wisconsin last fall, and now present my request to the war department at Washington, to be transferred to said Territory, that I may receive my pension from the Pension Agent at Milwaukee, Mr. P. Potter.
In presence
Levi Holcomb mark
E. M. Welch
J. W. Brackett
Wisconsin Territory, I know to, and Waukesha County } subscribed before me This 30 th day of January
Oct. 27 1847.
J. W. Brackett Justice of the Peace

Territory of Wisconsin } I. Edwin B. Pruiner, Deputy clerk of Waukesha county } the District Court for the county and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. W. Brackett Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the oath of acknowledg- ment of the annexed instrument and therein written was at the time of taking such oath an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Waukesha duly elected and qualified, and au- thorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquain- ted with the hand writing of said Justice and readily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed the seal of the said District Court this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and forty seven
Edwin B. Pruiner
Deputy Clerk
Waukesha county
Wisconsin

Mar 19 1842
Mr Evan
Levi Holcomb.
NY.
J. L. Edwards
Coronapioneer of Pentium Washington D.C.

Albany 15 March 1844
Mr. L. Jenkins refuses to pay the enclosed Pension and advised to send it back to the Justice to fill the blank the best way he could. I know of no way of doing it unless we can see the last voucher.
I presume Mr. Jenkins will pay it as it is if the Voucher will be accepted at Washington Mr. Holcomb resides in a distant and out of the way place - Please to give your order respecting it.
Very Respectfully Yours
J. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Jos. W. Greene

Feb 26 47
An Envelope
James L. Edwards Esq. Commisr of Pensions War Dept. Washington City -

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
Feby. 23 d 1847
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 19 th inst I have to state, that Levi Holcomb a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at Seventy Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of March 1846
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your obed't serv't,
Monroe W. Olcott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

Levi Holcomb Jan 20
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.

First Bank Philadelphia June 18 th 1836
Sir
Your letter of the 13 th Inst. is received. Levi Wolcomb a pensioner under Act of June 7 1832. was last paid his pension at the rate of $70. per Annum at this Bank to the 4 Sept. 1834. Payment was made on the 17 Sept. 1834. No further payments will be made him and his name will be noted on the Roll as transferred to the Albany Agency from & after 4 Sept. 1834. agreeably to your directions
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant
Wm. Whitt Pugh
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

I Samuel Gady a Clergyman Residing in the Town of Troopburgh in the County of Steu- =ben deposeth and saith that I am personally and intimately acquainted with Levi Holcomb who is an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed the 4 th of June 1832 and have been for Six Years or more and believe him to be of the age he States in his declaration and that he the applicant is Reported and Generally believed by his neighbors to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and I concur in that opinion and as to his Character as a man of truth and veracity it never has been di- =puted to my knowledge and I have often heard the declarant tell over his war Story a number of years ago and have not the least doubt in my mind but what his Statement in his declaration contains the facts as they were and further saith not Samuel Gady
June 12. 1833
Sworn and Subscribed before me this day and Year above written Cyprian Wright J. D. Vice.

On this 12 day of June 1832 Personally appeared before the subscribers Justice of the Peace in and for the County Tioga County in the State of Pennsylvania A.M. Bats Hasson Esqr of Deerfield Township in the County aforesaid who being Sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he is Personally acquainted with Levi Watson of Sheshe burgh in Sheshe who is now an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832 and have been acquainted with him seven or eight years and have heard the applicant state that he had been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that he was entitled to a Pension by his Proof of his Services was so far off and he is poor that he did not know that he should ever be able to get it and I believe from the applicants general Character that he has stated the truth in his declaration as to his age and the Services he has rendered the United States
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Isch a Kney
Cyprian Wright J.P.

On this 12 day of June 1832 Personally appeared before me the the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Niagara County Pa. Titus Foss Esq. of Brookfield Township in Niagara County aforesaid Who being Sworn according to Law deposes and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Levi Hotchkiss of Frankenburg in Steuben County State of N.Y. who is now an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed the 7 th of June 1832 and have been acquainted the said Hotchkiss for 8 Years or more and have often heard him tell of his being a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and have heard him say he was Stationed at Sennsburg mines to guard the Prisoners and he the applicant has made the same Statements to me years ago which he has made in his declaration and I believe him to be of the age which he States and consider him to be a man whose Character as to truth and veracity stands fair and unimpeached Titus Foss Sworn and Subscribed before me this day and year above written Cyprian Wright Justice

The Declaration and testimony of Levi Nelson for a Pension
Levi Nelson
Adams
21 mo 61
$70.00
Pension
Care of the Post Office
Wellsville
Pa
French Berwick Pa
I Sarah Berwick Mother of the late Levi Nelson do hereby certify that John Nelson Jr is an absolute Judge of her heart and that Levi Nelson Wright is an acting Judge of her heart; that free faith & credit is due to her official acts as such, and that I am well acquainted with, and entirely believe the signatures to the test, and as nearly believe the signatures to the within Pension bill as in the person herself writing of the said illegible words. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Levi Nelson at Middleborough the fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Sarah Berwick

County of Tioga
On this seventh day of December 1835. before me, the Subscribed, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Tioga personally appeared Levi Holcomb, who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Pronger in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield in the War of the Rebellion. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania, from which he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Pennsylvania to the State of New York, to live with his children.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
his Levi Holcomb mark
John Goodspeed J.P.
Tioga County
Personally appeared before the Subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for said County Arch d Kirtson who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that Levi Holcomb the person who has taken the above oath is the identical person described in the affidavit
Sworn and Subscribed Before me the day and Year aforesaid
Arch d Kirtson
John Goodspeed J.P.
I certify that Arch d Kirtson the above named witness is a person of integrity
John Goodspeed J.P.

State of Penna Tioga County
In Testimony that Archie Knox is an acting Justice of the peace, in & for said county I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this twenty ninth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty five
Isaac Brewster, Proth'm For A. S. Brewster
Sen Holcomb pa 70c
for transfer to NY.
11881
Hw. JB. Anthony H. R.