Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4829, Simon Heath, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NH
Heath, Simon
98.4829
CONTENTS

Simon Heath
affiant
By S. Pringle Deputy
Heath Simon H. I. 6 F. 7

State of New York
Genesee County ss. Ebenezer Heath of said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Simon Heath and is knowing to services rendered by Simon Heath during the revolutionary war and that he enlisted in Capt. Joseph Villot's company of New Hampshire recruits for the term of one year, belonging to Col. Sill's Regiment and that he served the term of his enlistment and obtained his regular discharge which as this deponent believes is lost. This deponent saw the discharge of Simon Heath soon after the end of his services and has not seen the same for a number of years and is informed by those in whose possession he saw the same that it is lost and that that the said Simon Heath is now living - and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 d day of July 1834
Elezer Heath
John Westcott Com. of Deeds
And I certify that the said Ebenezer Heath is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit.
John Westcott Com. of Deeds
State of New York
County of Genesee ss. I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county certify that John Westcott before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said county, and that his signature to the above affidavit and certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this twenty second day of December 1834.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
By B. Pringle Deputy

The [illegible] for [illegible] [illegible]
N. L. Doper Agent, Bazaar N.Y. George W. Day.
H. [illegible] [illegible]

Declaration of Simon Heath, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7- 1832 —
73 State of New York County of Genesee } ss. On this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Oyer and terminer of said county now sitting and having a seal and keeping a Record of its proceedings, Simon Heath, a resident of the town of Hetherfield in the said county of Genesee aged twenty three 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 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. —
That at the time of his entering the service he resided in the town of Hampstead, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire — that sometime in the month of August — as he thinks, but the precise time he cannot recollect, and has no means of knowing, and in the year 1778, as he thinks he enlisted as a private for one year in the New Hampshire militia or recruits. — He thinks it was in the Continental line and that he was called a Continental soldier. — He was enlisted by Capt. Joseph Tilton, who was Captain of the militia at home. — He went directly to Portsmouth where he with others who had been enlisted a part of the time, also one day upon order in consequence of the British fleet appearing off the harbor. — That James Sawyer, the British, was his Captain, Samuel Merrill was his Lieutenant, his other Company officers he cannot recollect. — There was no Regiment there — and no Continental officers that he now recollects. — While there the soldiers were employed in building a fort on Little Harbor. — He remained there about four months when all the garrison except a small guard were ordered upon the frontier and he went to Lake Champlain or near there at what was called Block House in the town of Cabot, Vermont, where he was engaged on scouting parties during all the ensuing winter and part of the succeeding summer at this time he was under the command of Capt. Pritchard and in Col. Hazen's Regiment — Ezra Gates was Ensign — Lieut. Samuel Merrill

One of the scouting parties a part of the party to which this declarant belonged was taken prisoners - to wit. Thomas Johnson, two brothers by the names of Benjamin and Elijah Bailey, and Ensign Gats was taken and Jacob Page was taken prisoners by the British and carried to Montreal. - He remained on duty at this place and in its neighborhood until the term of his service expired when he received a regular Discharge and went home. That he kept his discharge for many years, when he left it with his mother and after her death it was lost and he has never been able to find it. - That his brother Ebenezer Smith has seen it frequently - and the Defendant recollects very distinctly that at the time he came home, his father accused this Defendant of having deserted, and that he then showed him his discharge. That this brother, Ebenezer, whose affidavit he has procured, is two years younger than this Defendant. - That this Defendant has never made application for a pension under the Act of 1818 because he was in tolerable easy circumstances and did not need any assistance - that when the Act of 1832 was passed as he was growing old and unable to labor much for his support, he concluded to make application for a pension as soon as he could procure proof of his services, which he has been unable to do until the present time, when his brother came to see this Defendant on a visit and whose affidavit he then procured. - That he has a Record of his age in his bible that he was born the 22 d June 1761. - That after the war he lived in Newbury Vt. about two years and then in Ryegate Vt. about fourteen years - then in St. Johnsbury Vt. about four years - then in Barnston Lower Canada about seven years - and then came into Franklin Co. N.Y. Plattsburg, N.Y. about four years - then in Barre Franklin Co. N.Y. about fifteen years - then in Pamlake, Essex Co. about two years and then in Wethersfield where he has continued to reside to the present time. That the Rev. Elijah Blanchard and John Perry reside in the neighborhood of this declarant, are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character and their belief in his services in the Revolutionary War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll.

of the agency of any state. — Simon Heath
Sworn to and Subscribed } the day and year aforesaid in open Court. —
J. Fitch Clerk
We, Abijah Blanchard, a clergyman residing in the town of Westfield in the County of Hampshire and State of New York and John H Perry an Elder in the said Mr. Blanchard's Church and residing in the same place and in the neighborhood of Simon Heath, the foregoing declarant, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Simon Heath who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year aforesaid in open court J. Fitch Clerk
Abijah Blanchard John H. Perry
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Abijah Blanchard who has signed the preceding certifi- cate is a clergyman resident in the town of Westfield, and that John Perry who has signed the same is a resident in the said town of Westfield and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
H. Sareiner Isaac Wilson S. Cummings

I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Dyer and Tournier of the County of Essex, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Heath for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 1 st day of September 1834.
T. Fitch Clerk
Ms. A. 9. 2. 380 In the name of the Lord the 4th of July
Mr. Dyer Agent Barnes N.Y. W. Jay
Ms. A. 9. 2. 380 p. 10

Acts of July 11, 1898, and March 3, 1899
REJECTED
P. O.
for 829 Simon Heath
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

to the Misses
Jan. 1 st 96
W. F. James Bryan
James S. Edwards Esquire Comm ee of Pension Washington
at 7 th June - 1832 -

House of Representatives
Dec 2 31. 1834.
Sir,
Inclosed you have the papers in three cases, which as soon as examined, I would thank you to communicate to me the result.
I am also requested to make the inquiry whether Francis Bishop of General County New York, now a Pensioner I have been since 1818; having served 3. years in the Massachusetts Continental Line is not entitled to Bounty Land, and if so the steps necessary to be taken in order to obtain the same. An answer will much oblige
Yours Respectfully
George W. Day
Genl. S. Edmonds Esq.
Comd of Barracks.

House of Reps Jan y 31 1863
Sir Inclose is a communication asking information in relation to the application of Simon Heath for pension for revolutionary services. Allow me to ask if there are any defects or deficiency in said papers and if so what they may be Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt. Alfred Babcock J. L. Edwards Comm ee Pensions

Oct 26. 1846
Rev. Samuel Heath
Edwards Esq Comm d Passengers Washington
Oct 1

Warsaw N.Y. Oct 20, 1846
J. L. Edwards Esq
Simon Heath applied for a pension under the act of 1832, & the claim is suspended. Will you do me the favor of copies of the correspondence in this case & greatly oblige
Yours respectfully, A. L. Lynde
Oct 20 1846 A. L. Lynde Warsaw N.Y.