Letter from the Secretary of War, Communicating a transcript of the pension
llist of The United States showing the number of pensioners in the several
districts. Also, the amount allowed to each pensioner. June 1,1813 referred to
the Committee of Claims. Washington:A.& G. Way, Printers 1813.
Washington City,
May 31st, 1813.
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit you herewith, to be laid before the House,
a report relative to the pension list of the United States.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN ARMSTRONG
WAR DEPARTMENT
May 28th, 1813
In obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United
States, bearing date the 12th of February, 1812, the Secretary of War has the
honor to present a transcript of the pension list of the said states, (contained
on four sheets in folio, paged from one to sixteen) exhibiting the number of
each pensioner as he stands on the roll of the respective districts or agencies,
his rank or quality, and the amount of the annual stipend at present allowed
each person by law.
All which is respectfully submitted
JOHN ARMSTRONG
The list is set up as follows:
1. NUMBER ON THE ROLL
2. NAMES
3. RANK OR QUALITY
4. ANNUAL STIPEND
RECAPITULATION
STATE #on the rolls Annual Amt.
New Hampshire 117 5833.30
Massachusetts 211 10319.00
Vermont 61 2938.00
Rhode Island 36 1787.50
Connecticut 192 9778.50
New York 343 21112.75
New Jersey 57 3127.96
Pennsylvania 254 14709.38
Delaware 20 1126.00
Maryland 126 6896.04
Virginia 188 10340.14
North Carolina 70 3389.00
South Carolina 15 810.64
Georgia 22 1215.68
Kentucky 20 1002.00
Tennessee 15 789.00
Ohio 14 1248.96
Indiana 1 120.00
Michigan 1 36.00
District of Columbia 3 309.00
TOTAL 1766 $ 96888.85
I am listing Indiana, Michigan and District of Columbia
first since they only have a few pensioners.
Paid at the seat of government but residing in:
INDIANA
#1 Robert Baird Lieutenant 120
MICHIGAN
#1 John Reynolds Private 36
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
#1 Henry Carberry Captain 240
2 Ambrose Lewis Private 45
3 Henry M'Farlane Private 24
NEW HAMPSHIRE
1 Peter Akerman Private 40
2 Andrew Aikin Sergt.Major 45
3 Caleb Aldrish Sergeant 60
4 Caleb Austin Private 20
5 Daniel Buzzle " 60
6 Archelaus Batchelor Sergeant 30
7 Ebenezer Bean Private 20
8 Francis Blood " 60
9 James Cobby " (dead)
10 James Campbell " 48
11 Nathaniel Church " 60
12 Ebenezer Carleton " 60
13 Levi Chubbuck Fifer 45
14 Morrel Coburn Private 15
15 William Curtiss " 60
16 James Crummitt " 60
17 Jabez Church " 30
18 Benjamin Cotton " 30
19 David Duncan " 40
20 Henry Danforth " 30
21 James Dean " 15
22 Lemuel Dean " 60
23 Francis Davidson " 48
24 Edward Evans " 60
25 Thomas Eastman " 45
26 Ebenezer Fletcher Fifer 15
27 Stephen Fuller Private 20
28 James Gould Lieutenant 160
29 Abner Gage Private 60
30 Moses S George " 30
31 Joshua Gilman " 40
32 Windsor Gleason " 15
33 Joseph Greely " 15
34 Joseph Green " 80
35 Jonas Green " 60
36 William Hastings " 60
37 Thomas Haynes " 60
38 Joshua Haynes " 48
39 Nathan Holdt " 15
40 Charles Huntoon Jr " 20
41 Zadock Hurd " 20
42 Joseph Hilton Lieutenant 80
43 Jonathan Holton " 120
44 James Hawkley Private 60
45 Ebenezer Jennings Sergeant 15
46 Peter Johnson Private 15
47 Benjamin Jenkins Sergeant 30
48 Abraham Kimball Private 30
49 Benjamin Knight Sergeant 20
50 John Knight Private 30
51 Samuel Lacount " 40
52 Samuel Lathrop " 60
53 John Lapish " 15
54 Nathaniel Leavitt Corporal 60
55 John Lincoln Private 36
56 Joshua Lovejoy Sergeant 60
57 Randall M'Allastar Private 60
58 Andrew M'Gaffy Lieutenant 106.68
59 John M'Coy Private 60
60 Noah Marsh " 20
61 Joseph Morrell " 60
62 Jonathan Margery " 40
63 James Moore " 60
64 Samuel Morrell " 24
65 Joseph Moss " 40
66 Seymour Marsh " 30
67 Elijah Morse " 48
68 Jotham Nute Sergeant 60
69 John Orr Lieutenant 120
70 Phineas Parkhurst Fifer 60
71 Joel Porter Private 15
72 Samuel Porter Sergeant 40
73 Asa Putney " 30
74 Jeremiah Pritchard Lieutenant 160
75 Joseph Patterson Private 30
76 Jonathan Perkins Ensign 60
77 John Reed Private 60
78 Stephen Richardson " 24
79 Daniel Russell " 60
80 Charles Rice " 30
81 Noah Robinson Lieutenant 120
82 Joseph Richardson Private 30
83 Joseph Slack " 40
84 John Samuel Sherburne Major 300
85 Nathan Sanborn Captain 40
86 Thomas Simpson Lieutenant 160
87 Aaron Smith Ensign 120
88 Noah Sinclair Private 45
89 John Simpson " 40
90 Reuben Spencer " 40
91 John Smith Sergeant 30
92 Samuel Stocker Private 30
93 Amos Spafford " 40
94 Hezekiah Sawtell " 30
95 Samuel Sterns " 30
96 Jeremiah Towle Corporal 32
97 Moses Trussell Private 40
98 Ebenezer Tinkham " 30
99 William Taggart Ensign 60
100 Nathan Taylor Lieutenant 120
101 William Smart Private 60
102 Jonathan Wilkins Marine 30
103 William Wallace Private 60
104 William Wood " 40
105 Weymouth Wallace " 30
106 Josiah Walton " 20
107 Jacob Wilman Jr " 15
108 Francis Whitcomb " 20
109 Robert B Wilkins " 60
110 Seth Wyman Private 48
111 Edward Waldo Lieutenant 106.66 2/3
112 Jonathan Willard Ensign 60
113 Samuel Wells Sergeant 45
114 James Trowbridge " 39.96
115 Samuel Allen Private 24
116 Nehemiah Leavitt Corporal 30
117 William Powers Private 30
118 Lemuel Trafton " 60
(Lemuel transferred from Massachusetts)
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $ 5730.30 2/3
Paid at the seat of government but residing in:
KENTUCKY
1 William Little Private 60
2 Robert Barron " 60
3 Oliver Bennett " 60
4 Henry Shaw " 30
5 Squire Boone " 36
6 Quintin Moore " 20
7 George Fennell " 30
8 James Warson " 40
9 James Berry " 20
10 Isaac Burnham " 48
11 John Shanks " 40
12 Andrew Allison " 36
13 John Brown Sergeant 30
14 William Nieves Private 30
15 Thomas Hickman " 24
16 John Jacobs " 60
17 Robert Patterson Colonel 300
18 Virgil Poe Private 30
19 Joseph Shaw " 24
20 Joseph Todd " 24
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $ 1002.00
Paid at the seat of government but residing in:
TENNESSEE
1 Rinley Hazelet Private 60
2 William Carr " 30
3 John Newman Captain 120
4 Charles Killgore Private 30
5 Joseph Reed " 40
6 Benjamin Blackburn Sergeant 60
7 John Blair Lieutenant 96
8 James Crawford Ensign 72
9 Perry Floyd Private 30
10 William Haile " 20
11 Ethelred Cobb " 30
12 John Kirk " 30
13 Samuel Newell Lieutenant 96
14 John Taylor Private 45
15 Thomas Wyatt " 30
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $789.00
OHIO
1 Bartholomew Berry Private 60
2 Robert Williams " 60
3 William Wells Captain 240
4 James Gillespie Private 48
5 James Munn Captain 120
6 Joseph Shaylor " 240
7 Humphrey Beckett Private 30
8 Martin Rohrer Sergeant 45
9 Edward Miller Sergt. Major 60
10 Daniel Fielding Militia Sergt 30.96
11 John Calhoun Captain 180
12 George Adams Private 60
13 Dennis Laughlan " 30
14 Younger Grady " 36
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $1248.96
SOUTH CAROLINA
1 James Armstrong Private 16
2 John Calhoun " 21.42
3 William Dunlap " 21.42
4 Robert Eider " 40
5 Joseph Gilmore " 21
6 Joshua Hawkins " 36
7 Malcom Keys " 48
8 John Looney " 21.42
9 Joseph M'Junkin Major 144
10 Andrew M'Allister Private 21.42
11 Daniel M'elduff Lieutenant 159.96
12 Samuel Otterson Captain 96
13 John Martin Private 30
14 Henry Weems " 60
15 Jasper Tommiton " 30
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $810.64
GEORGIA
1 William Andrews Sergeant 60
2 Herman Bird Private 30
3 Daniel Conner Lieutenant 160
4 Alexander Cameron Private 30
5 Austin Dabney " 60
6 Charles Damron " 60
7 Thomas L Davis " 30
8 James P Edmondson " 50
9 Benjamin Fry " 60
10 Thomas Green " 30
11 John Guthrie " 30
12 John Garner " 30
13 Thomas Henshaid " 60
14 Harrison Jones " 50
15 Henry Kerr Captain 120
16 Seybert Odam Private 60
17 Daniel Odam " 55.68
18 William Pentecost Lieutenant 50
19 John Shackleford Private 40
20 James Shirley " 60
21 Presley Thornton Corporal 30
22 Samuel Whately Private 60
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $1215.68
VERMONT
1 Jonas Adams Private 60
2 William Beden Corporal 36
3 Samuel Bradish Private 60
4 Daniel Brown " 60
5 Elijah Barnes " 15
6 Elijah Bennett " 30
7 Thomas Brush " 15
8 David Brydia " 30
9 Joseph Bird " 48
10 Daniel Cushman Corporal (transf)
11 Gershom Clark Private 60
12 James Campbell " 30
13 Edward Clark Sergeant 15
14 Elisha Capron Private 30
15 Oliver Darling " 60
16 Samuel Eyers " 60
17 Richard Fairbrother " 36
18 Thomas Green " 40
19 Asa Gould " 60
20 Benjamin Gould " 50
21 Amasa Grover " 24
22 Ezra Gates " 40
23 Gideon Griggs " 30
24 William Hazletime " 60
25 Jediah Hyde Captain 180
26 Jonathan Haynes Private 40
27 Zimri Hill " 30
28 Lewis Hurd Sergeant 60
29 Joseph Huntoon Lieutenant 160
30 Jared Hinckley Jr Private 30
31 Nathan Jaques " 20
32 Elijah Knight " 60
33 Jonathan Lake Corporal 30
34 Jonathan Lyon Private 60
35 Eleazer Martin " 40
36 Ebenezer M'Ilvaine " 60
37 William Martin " 40
38 Richard Millen " 60
39 John Nixon Colonel 150
40 Nehemiah Peirce Private 60
41 Elisha Reynolds " 30
42 Prince Robinson " 60
43 Uriah Stone Steward 60
44 Daniel Stanton Jr Private 45
45 Ephraim Smith " 60
46 Philo Stoddard " 40
47 Thomas Torrance " 30
48 Benjamin Tower " 40
49 Joseph Tyler " 60
50 Annanias Tubbs " 30
51 Abel Woods " 60
52 Aaron Wilder " 60
53 Jonathan Woolley " 60
54 Ziba Woodworth " 60
55 William Waterman " 20
56 John Wilson Sergeant 20
57 Isaac Webster " 30
58 Daniel Evans Private 30
59 Nathan Ford " 30
60 Jonas Hobart " 24
61 Lemuel Rich(from Con)" 60
62 John Tolman(from Mass)" 20
TOTAL OF ANNUAL STIPENDS $2938.00