Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16141, Levi Hayward, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hayward, Levi
S. 16141
learned
CONTENTS

17447
17447
Vermont
Levi Hayward
of Windham in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Nelson of the Regt. commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass. me time for 7 mo 12 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 24 Dollars 65 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Augt. 1833 and sent to P White. Putney
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $44.30 Semi-ant. allowance ending Septm - 12.32 $61.62
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 3. Page 61
Letter 28 April 1837 Pension Agent
Rate of death not on file

Wintham County Vt Levi Haggard's Sec y For Pension - Augt. 6 th 1832
Q o 5205
Please to make return to J White Putney Vt -

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss. District of Westminster
Let it be known that on this day personally appeared Levi Hayward in and for said District, to me the day of trial A.D. 1832 before me a Notary Public in and for said District, by law a Notary Public. Presiding Judge Peter B. Daffin
On this sixth day of August
A.D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, At Westminster in said District
Before the said Robbins Court, within and for said District in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy nine
now sitting— Levi Hayward a resident of Jamaica 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That late in the Fall or in part of Winter 1775-76 he enlisted and went from Mendon in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts and joined the army at Roxbury in the Company of Capt. John Tyler & Lieut. Nelson. does not recollect the Colonel - the term of the enlistment was three months - and after serving out that term he was dismissed at Roxbury in the Spring of 1776 - and afterwards in the Fall of the year 1776 he enlisted for three months in Capt. Nelson's Company - in Col. Whitney's Regt. if he rightly recollects, and went to the State of Rhode Island and after a short stay at Rhode Island went to New York and was stationed at Trenton in New Jersey - recollects that he arrived at Trenton a few days after the Battles were taken and after serving out said term was dismissed at Trenton - Afterwards in the month of August 1777 he volunteered under Capt. Bent and went over the Green Mountain a few days after Bennington Battle went on to Saratoga - and after being out five or six weeks - was dismissed and returned home - that he has no evidence to prove this last service but believes he can prove the others by the testimony of Ebenezer Daffin
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.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
 1. That he was born in Mendon Massachusetts in the year 1753  2. That he supposes the record of his age is in Mendon aforesaid - that he also has a record of his age kept by himself -  3. At Mendon aforesaid - since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Townsend Vermont - till within three years & now lives in said Jamaica  4. he has already answered 
he has already answered further than he has already in the body of his answer -

 2. That the  he supports the record of his age as his  his own self-also has a record of his age kept by his self-  3. At the time of the Revolutionary War he has lived in Townshend Vermont - till within three years & now lives in said Farmville  4. he has already answered  5. he cannot  he cannot answer further than he has already in the body of his answer  6. He never read any discharge  7. Dear William Jenison & Zadock Sawyer his neighbors { See Depositions } and honorable citizens 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Peter M. Lapham - Judge
We William Jenison a clergyman , residing in the town of Acton in said District and Zadock Sawyer of Townshend in said District hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Levi Howard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Jenison Zadock Sawyer Peter M. Lapham - Judge
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 certifies, that it appears to them, that William Jenison who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the said town of Acton and that Zadock Sawyer who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Townshend in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit with this that the foregoing  foregoing  affidavit  affidavit cannot stand the merits of the other  other  certificates  certificates
I, Asa Phelps Clerk of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Westminster aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Howard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 18th day of August A. D. 1832.
Asa Phelps

July 26, 1939
Mrs. Leo Sheehan 131 Chestnut Street Battle Creek, Michigan
BA--J/AWF Levi Hayward S. 16141
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Levi Howard or Hayward, who served from Massachusetts, and was pensioned while living in Vermont.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 16141, based upon the military service of Levi Hayward in the Revolutionary War. His signature is shown "Hayward" in the claim.
Levi Hayward was born in the year 1753, in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Mendon, Levi Hayward served as a private with the Massachusetts troops as follows-
In the winter of 1775 and 1776, three months in Captain John Tyler's company; in the fall of 1776, three months in Captain Nelson's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment; from sometime in August, 1777, five or six weeks in Captain Burt's or Bent's company.
Levi Hayward moved, after the Revolution, to Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, thence to

Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont.
The soldier, Levi Hayward, was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, then a resident of Jamaica, Vermont.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data-
Levi Hayward Certificate #17447 Issued August 21, 1833 Rate $24.65 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Levi Hayward
Admitted 7 months & 12 days
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Lui Howard which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No see page 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Levi Hayward Vt. M 17449
Apr 19 MADISON ME
Hon. J. L. Schwab Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.
free PAID

Bk Windsor April 14-1837
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm. Penum
Sir enclosed is Levi Haywards vouchers, not having been paid for 12 months please give me direction
I am respectfully your att
Saml Thomas Common D. Agt

Eleuth. Laffr., Aff. P. in favor of Levi Haysard
Levi Haysard's case
U.S. District Court

The affiant of Eleazar Gage of Peachfield in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged 87 years who testifies and says that in the year 1775 & 6 he lived in the Town of Grafton in the State of Massachusetts near Milford then called Mendon that he always understood that Levi Hovey of said Mendon was of Jamaica Vermont near since that year in the Revolutionary war at Roxbury That this Deponent was well knowing to the service of the said Levi Hovey, as he has this day declared before the Probate Court, in the year 1776 at Trenton in the State of New Jersey when this Deponent served in the same company with said Hovey and expecting that he said now go with said Hovey to Rhode Island - Peachfield August 8 th 1832
Eleazar Gage
State of Vermont Windham County ss. Subscribed & sworn this eighth day of August A.D. 1832
Before me Amos Kings 2 d Justice of the Peace
I certify that Eleazar Gage who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit is a man of truth & veracity & whose testimony full faith & credit ought to be given
Amos Kings 2 d Justice of the Peace

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Windham and State of Vermont, Levi Hayward, of former in said County, who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: For three months in 1775 & 6. as stated in his former declaration, as a private soldier — For three months in the Fall of 1776 as stated in his former declaration — And for six weeks in the Fall of 1777 as stated in his former declaration — making in all seven months and ten weeks — as a private soldier — and for such services I claim a Pension —
Levi Hayward
State of Vermont Windham County ss
Sworn to and subscribed June 14 th 1833
Before me Phineas White Justice of the Peace State of Vermont. Windham County Court Clerk 6, New Hampshire June 15. 1833. I certify that Asa Heyes 29. Phineas White Esquires, are Justices of the Peace for said County, and that the above are their signatures. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court. James Colliol, Clerk

COPY
Battle Creek, Michigan. May 27, 1939.
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
May I have the pension record of Surgeon William Faulkner who enlisted Sept 8, 1861 and served in the 83rd Pennsylvania regiment. He lived in Rockville, Penna in 1848 .
mu c we 393 387 6/5/39 PK
If it is not preseming may I have the pension record of Levi Howard (Hayward) who was placed on the pension roll of Windham County, Vermont in 1831 for service in the Massachusetts militia in the Revolutionary War. I am interested in family data.
Thanking you in advance for any information you can give.
Mrs. Fanch
Sincerely,
Signed: Florence Sheehan.
Mrs. Leo Sheehan
131 Chestnut St.,
Battle Creek, Michigan.
ORIGINAL FILED WITH we 393 387 COPY FILED WITH Mrs. Fanch DATE..... 6/5/39 .....
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It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16141, that Levi Hayward was born in 1753, in Mendon, Massachusetts.
While residing in Mendon, Massachusetts, he served as a private with the Massachusetts troops, as follows:
In the winter of 1775 and 1776, three months in Captain John Tyler's company; in the fall of 1776, three months in Captain Nelson's company, Colonel Whiting's regiment; from August, 1777, six weeks in Captain Burt or Bent's company.
After the Revolution, he lived in Townsend, Vermont, and then moved to Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832.
There are no data as to family. *****
Letter addressed to Hon. Richard P. Freeman See request re Ephraim's claim S. 16711

STARKEY & WELLMAN, —THE— .. Combination . Clothiers, .. —AND— *FURNISHERS.* 27 Stores.
JS
Brattleboro, Vt., March 9 1898
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly inform me why Lieut. Kedgwood, or Lieut. Howard, was foreclosed by act of Congress June 7 - 1832, for the pension commencing March 4 - 1831, and the amt was $24,65. Also whether he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
He was at the time of granting this pension a resident of Maine and you quite sure enlisted in the Massachusetts Militia but am unable, or have been unable to obtain the exact date.

STARKEY & WELLMAN, —THE— .. Combination . Clothiers, . . —AND— *FURNISHERS.* 27 Stores.
Brattleboro, Vt., ..... 189
as to place of veteran enlistment, and length of service. Will you also if the records show, give me the date of his discharge re.
Yours truly, N. P. Wellman Brattleboro Vt.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 10141.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 17, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Levi Hayward made an application for pension on August 6, 1832, at which time he was 79 years of age and residing at Jamaica, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for seven months and twelve days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Nelson and Col. Whitney. He enlisted at Townshend, Vermont. Your attention is invited to the note in the upper corner of this sheet.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. H. P. Wellman,
c/o Starkey & Wellman,
Brattleboro, Vermont.

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File No. 16/141
Levi Hazward
Rev Geo Wm
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mch 17 91. H. P. W. Brattleboro, Vt.
1930. Sept. 18. Hist L. Hon. Richard P. Freeman for Mrs. Mary B. Bishop. See request in the  aphroditus Claim no. S. 16911 auz 1859. July 26. list to Mrs. Lee Sheehan say