Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45376, Joseph Howe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Howe, Joseph
S. 45376
CONTENTS

4,480 New York
Joseph Howe Colo Alden Sergeant
Massachusetts line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 24 th of April 1813
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to James W Stevens Esq Judge Genesee Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 \frac{11}{30} = 34.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Mar ch 1819 = 48.00 $82.93
Alden { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mar 1776 - to '83 21 Jan 29
Continued Sweden Genesee Co.
4480 New York Joseph Howe Colo Alden Sergeant Massachusetts line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 24 th of April 1813 Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to James W Stevens Esq Judge Genesee Co. N.Y. Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 \frac{11}{30} = 34.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Mar ch 1819 = 48.00 $82.93 Alden { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Mar 1776 - to '83 21 Jan 29 Continued Sweden Genesee Co.
4480 New York Joseph Howe Colo Alden Sergeant Massachusetts line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 24 th of April 1813 Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to James W Stevens Esq Judge Genesee Co. N.Y. Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 \frac{11}{30} = 34.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Mar ch 1819 = 48.00 $82.93 Alden { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Mar 1776 - to '83 21 Jan 29 Continued Sweden Genesee Co.

State of New York } Genesee County } P. Levi Lacy being duly sworn Says he is personally well acquainted with Joseph How mentioned in the annexed affidavit that he the said Joseph has no property Real or personal, to the knowledge of this Deponent, except his cloaths & some Shoe- Makers Tools of little value, that he is in indigent circumstances, and has been assisted by the Town of Caledonia for his support, and in case of sickness he must actually be supported by the Town and further saith not. — Levi Lacy Sworn & subscribed this 20 th day of October 1818 Before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph How is a person in indigent circumstances, and in need of assistance for support that he has no family but works about at shoemaking at which he has been able to procure a subsistence when well,

but he is in a state of infirmity & in consequence of which he has been at times supported by the Town.
James W. Stevens Judge as aforesaid

State of New York } Genesee County } B. On this 24 th day of April 1818 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for said County of Genesee personally appears Joseph Howe aged sixty four years Resident in Sweden in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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". That he the said Joseph Howe enlisted in the Continental Service on or about the 20 th of November in the year 1776 at Piconderoga in Capt. Allen's Company in a Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Stacy. That Ichabod Alden was Col. of the said Regt. at that time but was absent - That he continued in service in the said Regiment until the Month of June in the year 1780 when he was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York by Genl. Washington - That he was a Sergeant during the time he was in service and was in the Battles of Lexington & Bunker Hill and in the action on Lake Champlain in October 1776 previous to his enlistment for during the war. and that he was in the Army at Saratoga when Burgoin was taken, but was sick and not able to do duty - That he was in the campaign of 1778 at

41 Cherry Valley. and was in Fort Alden on the 11 th of November when besieged by the Indians and Butler's Rangers. on which day Col. Alden was killed - That in the year 1779 he was in Gen Sullivan's expedition against the Indians. That from the year 1779 to the date of his discharge. he was with the main Army at West Point and in that vicinity. consequently not in any General Battle - And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That he has no other widow now. in his possession. of his said services. and that he never received any Pension from the United States Sworn and subscribed this 24 th day of April 1818 Before me
Joseph Howe
James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County.
I James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Genesee. do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Howe did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me. to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress before mentioned. -
James W. Stevens Judge

State of New York } Genesee County } ss. I Simon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James W. Stevens before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County acting under the authority of this State and that the foregoing is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and County Seal at Batavia the 1 st day of May 1818 — S. Cummings
I also certify as above that James W. Stevens is now a Judge as above stated — Oct. 24. 1818
Sam. Lake Dep. Clerk

please forward my Pension certificate to Samuel Lake at Batavia
April 24, 1818
In Yours &c.
General
J. H. [?]

Joseph Howe
$1.25
Em
no 4480
17 November 1818
mar 15

County of Franklin, ss. On this fourteenth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a court of Record of said County Joseph Howe Sergeant aged Sixty Six years resident in the town of Oxford in said County Who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. that he served in Col. Allen Regiment Cap. Allen Company in Massachusetts line of troops after the death of Col. Allen Col. Brooks took the command of the Regiment. the date of the original declaration is twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. the number of Pension certificate four thousand four hundred and eighty (4,480) and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Revolu- tionary War "Passed on the 18 th 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 in cum other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed - My occupation is Shoemaking. my health very poor my property is, Shoe hammer, pins, awls, knives, lasts & irons, worth $1.25
Joseph Howe
Sworn before me Tracy Carpenter Clerk I have Bullaph by judges on the 13 th day of June 1820

Chicago County of } of Nathan Chamberlin Clerk of Clerks Office } the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chicago do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of this 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 one dollar and twenty five cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
N. Chamberlin Clerk of said Court
Chas. H. Jones
$1.25
John
no 4480
W. W. Chamberlin
no 4480

State of New York } 88. County of Wayne }
George B. H. Shumway being duly sworn depose and says that he is a Clergyman, and that his place of residence is in the village of Newark in the town of Arcadia, County of Wayne and state of New York; that for several years during the life time of Joseph Howe deceased, late of Oxford, County of Chenango, in the state of New York, this deponent resided in the same family with him and was well acquainted with him; that during the life time of the said Joseph Howe, this deponent was informed that he the said Howe had been enlisted and had served in the Army of the Revolution, and had been placed on the pension list before his death, which information this deponent believes to have been true, and that this deponent was knowing to the fact of the said Howe receiving pension; and that according to the best recollection of this deponent the said Joseph Howe died at Oxford aforesaid in the autumn of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty; that the wife of the said Joseph Howe has been deceased more than fifteen years; and that Joseph Howe now residing at Conneaut in the state of Pennsylvania is the only surviving child of the said Joseph Howe deceased.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the 17th day of January 1850
G. B. H. Shumway
George H. M'Clintock
County Judge of Wayne County.

1907 May 13. Mrs George Quichet, 600 E. 2 nd St. Dayton Ohio furnished hist. all.
45376
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45376
Joseph Home Sergt. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2 Joseph Howe N.Y. at 1818, Aug 8 per ms. to what time paid? Ans: Jan'y 21-1829. Pension Office. January 15, 1850 W. L. A.
due in 1829

Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Erie and William Tarbell of Watkins county of Erie state of Pennsylvania who after being duly sworn deposes and saith that Joseph Howe was a soldier of the revolutionary war and drew a pension from the United States Government the latter part of his life since the first Pension Act became a law Joseph Howe died in the fall of eighteen hundred and thirty at Oxford Chenango county state of New York his only surviving child is Joseph Howe of Conneaut Township Crawford county state of Pennsylvania the Attorney that appointed Joseph Howe in procuring his Pension was of the name of Lake and lived in Batavia Genesee county state of New York and further saith not
William Tarbell
Watkins December 27th 1849
John H Smith

State of Pennsylvania } James Skinner Prothonotary of the Erie County } Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do Certify that John R Smith Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was made is now, and was at the time of taking the same an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County. Duly Commissioned and Sworn and to all whose acts as such full Credit is due. and that his signature to the same is Genuine
Witness My hand and the Seal Of said Court at Erie this 28th day of November A.D. 1849
James Skinner Pro

Detroit, Michigan
March 21 st 1850.
Hon. G. L. Edwards Sir,
Please inform me if Joseph How is entitled to Land for the services of his Father.
I am Sir,
Respectfully yours,
G. L. Lewis
pr. Douglas Payne.

W. Pennsylvania Yrs: State Department Harrisburg Dec: 14. 1849 Rev? J. S. Hove. 131. Franklin St. New York. Sir,
Agreeably to your request, by letter, of 11 th Inst.
I do, hereby, Certify that James Skinner, was on the twenty eighth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and still is Prothonotary and Clerk of the several Courts of Erie County, in this State, duly elected and commissioned as such -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the Secretary's Office at Harrisburg the date above written. -
Winsead Haines Secretary of the Com th

H o . of Reps. Washington City 26 Dec. 1849.
Sir:
Please look at the enclosed letter from Mr. J. S. Howe, of New-York, to me, and send me such information, with his letter, as will enable me to reply to it; and much oblige,
Yr. Obt. Servt.
Hon. J. L. Bowditch.
J. L. Taylor.
Post of Pension.

No. of Repr.
12 Jan. 1850.
Sir,
I wrote you a few days ago - and enclose to you, a letter from the Rev. Mr. F. S. Howe, of New- York to me, asking information about a Pension &c - and as you I have no reply - To day I have recd Mr. Howe's 2 d letter - and I send that to you here, and let you be aware both his letter to me the letter to me, with such information as he sends; and greatly oblige, Yr. obed Servt -
J. L. Taylor.
Rev. J. L. Taylor. Comt. of Pension.

New York, Jan. 8. 1850.
H. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
Joseph Howe, a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, had his name entered on the Pension List, before his death, but it is believed that he had not received all to which the Pension Acts entitle him, at his decease. He had been a resident in Massachusetts previous to his enlistment - but was a resident at Sweden, then included in the county of Genesee, State of New York, when his Pension was applied for and obtained. He died at Oxford, Chenango county, New York, in 1830. Please inform me how long he received a Pension - & how much; also whether, under existing laws, there is not due his widow or children any deferred portion of the Pension?
Yours, Very Truly
R. S. Howe
131. Franklin St. N. York
H. Edwards Esq. Washington

Norwich Oct 9.
O H R L
Free
Recd Oct 13 1867
War Department
Washington City
Pension Office

Cincinnati, Oct. 6. N. York Oct. 8 th 1827 -
The Hon. J. Barbour Secy of War }
Sir, I again forward the enclosed for Mr. Howe for a new Certificate of Pension -
I am with the greatest Respect Your O bt Servt
Barah Niles

Patavia Oct. 26. 1818
In Enclose is a claim for Revolutionary pension which was returned for the Judges certificate of indigence, which has been obtained & as it was reported "Correct" I conclude the certificate will be forwarded as requested —
In your Obt. Servant
Dan. Lake
H. Calhoun Esq. Secy. of War.

No notes - 10/18/33 - JRL

ms
41376
April 26. 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Can the names of John Weeks, Abraham Rice, Winslow Brigham or Joseph Howe of Marlborough, Mass be found in your records of men of 1776? I know that all served in militia before that, but have no further record.
Can the names of

Thomas Hemphill and James Hemphill of Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co. Pennsylvania be found?
Also John Lytle of Mifflin Juniata Co. Pa
Any information on the subject will be gratefully received by
Mrs. George Wicket, 500 East Second St. Dayton O.