Person:Peletiah Liscum (4)

LISCOME
Paletiah, s. John, bp. Nov. 11, 1764. CR4
[CR4=Fourth Parish]

Vermont Pensioners
Chittenden Co., Peletiah D. Liscum, Sergeant in 21st Reg., Infantry, d. 1 July 1813, Heirs Asa G., Mixanicle, Horrance, Sally, John, and Herman Liscum [names as in record]. Annual allowance [66 00; Sums rec’d [$]330 00; placed on pension roll 17 Oct 1817; commencement of pension 17 February 1815, end of pension 17 Feb 1820

Note: The 21st Infantry took part in the Battle of Sackets Harbour on 29 May 1813. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sacket%27s_Harbor

Index of Deaths
Liscum, Peletiah D., b. 3 November 1765, d. 1 July 1813

Liscom, Pelatiah. Receipt dated Boston, Aug 16, 1782, signed by John Popkin Muster Master, stating that he had received said Liscom April 30, 1782, of Thomas Rice, Chairman of Class No. 1, Ward No. 10, Boston, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.

Liscomb, Peletiah, taxed 1784

Pelatiah Liscomb, 1 male 0-10 yrs [Asa]; 1 male 26-45 [Peletiah]; 2 females 0-10 yrs [Sophia, Martha], 1 female 26-45 [Sally]

To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting
Know Ye that I Dexter Ward of Underhill, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont
for and in consideration of Eighty Pounds to me in hand paid before the delivery hereof by
Peliti[a] day Liscum of Jericho, County of Chittenden State of Vermont the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do therefore by these Presents freely give, grant, Bargain Sell alin Release Convey and Confirm unto him the said Liskum
one Certain Tract or Parcel of Land being fifty acres Situate Lying and being in Underhill aforesaid, Bounded as follows ___
Beginning at Stake Standing on the Easterly line of No. 17 first Division Lot then No 36 ds E Eight Rods from the Southeasterly Corner of the Lot, then 56 ds East Eighty rods to Ske and Stones thence South 36dg W one Hundred Rods to Beach []addte, then N 54 dg W eighty Rods to Beach tree, then No 36 dg E one hundred Rods to the first Bounds
Signed 25 April 1803: Dexter Ward
Witnesses: William Barney, Lucy Barney

p. 45 -
Pelethiar day Liskum voted at town election of 18 Aug 1804 for a Representative to Congress
p. 72 -
Town Meeting 12 [blank in original] 1810 (Monday) - Peletier Liscumb chosen as a juror

Book 4, p. 74 -
Peletiah D. Liscumb of Underhill, Chittenden county, VT
for $600 paid by
David Hardy of same place
do sell a tract of land largely in Underhill being about 50 acres bounded as follows:
Beginning at a Stake Standing on the Easterly line of No. 17 first Division Lot, then N 36 deg E 80 rods from the southeasterly corner of said lot then S 54 deg E 80 rods to stake and stones thence S 36 W 100 rods to Beach Stande then N 54 deg W 80 rods to Beach Tree then N 36 E 100 Rods to the first bounds
Signed 11 March 1808
"The express conditions of this deed is this, that the said P D Liscum is to possess and peaceably enjoy the aforesaid granted and bargained premises as his own Right as though this deed had not been given until the first day of March AD 1810 at which time this Deed is to be in effect and not until then."
Signed Pelitiah D. Liscum
Witness Wm Barney, John Steen
Book 4, p. 75 -
David Hardy of Underhill, Chittenden, Vt
for $600 paid by Peletiah D. Liscumb
sell to him [see land description above]
Now the express condition of this deed is such that provided the above named David Hardy shall well and truly pay to the above named Peletiah D. Liscum Two certain Notes of hand executed by the said Hardy to him the said Liscum of even date with these presents one for Five Hundred and five Dollars payable without Interest on the tenth day of September AD 1809 in specie or Bank Bills on the Vermont State Bank, the other for Thirty Dollars payable by the first day of July next, without use, then this deed to be null and forever void the same being paid without fraud or further delay otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in Law
signed 11 March 1808
David Hardy
Book 4, p. 212 -
Peletiah Day Liscum of Underhill, Chittenden, VT acknowledges that David hardy paid his mortgage
Signed 8 September 1809, Pelatiah D. Liscum
Witnesses Wm. Barney, Wm Ru[ss]ell [Rupell]

Book 4, p. 186 -
Wm Ru[ss]ell of Jericho, Chittenden, Vt
for $500
paid by Peletiah D. Liscum of Underhill, Chittenden, VT
a tract of land in Underhill
S 1/2 of Lot 68th in the 1st division [orig owner = James Sackett]
beginning at the SW corner of lot 68 & the SE corner of Lot 25 both in the 1st Division, then N 36 deg E 5[or 2 or 7] rods then N 54 deg W to the highway leading thru Underhill to Cambridge then Swardly on the E line of the Highway to the S line of Lot 25 then S 54 E to the first bounds being a part of No 25 first Division [orig. owner = James Anderson]
signed 16 April 1810 Wm Ru[ss]ell
Witness: Wm Barrey, L. Johnson

Book 4, p. 118 -
James Seely of Underhill, Chittenden, VT
for $140
from Peletiah D. Lyscum of Underhill
sells a parcel of land lying in Underhill
Beginning stake or stone on the West side of the main Border 18 rods and 11 links then South 36 deg East from the first line of sd Lot and the West line of the main Border 15 rods to a stake and fence then North 54 deg West 11 rods and Nine[?] links to a steak and stone and from thence to the place of Beginning
containing one acre it being part of Lot No. 25 in the First Drawing of lots in Underhill and the original right of James [?]
Signed 3 October 1810, James Seely

Peleg Liscomb, 4 m <10 [Asa, Horace, John, Heman], 1 m 26-44 [Peleg/Pelatiah?], 3 f<10 [Martha, Maxamila, Sally], 1 f 10-15 [Sophia], 1 f 26-44 [Sally]
[Note: this is indexed as Peter Liscomb]

1. 2320 Liscomb, Peletiah D., Sergt. In 21st USI [Infantry] under Capt. Grafton, enlisted 24 Feb 1813 for 5 years. Died in Service, 1 July 1813. See Pension Case. [Note: place of enlistment not given]

on 13 Aug 1813 in Court of Probate for district of Chittenden, Letters of Administration on Pelatiah D. Liscums Estate to Sally Liscum, Timothy Bliss Jr. to stand bond with for $2000 to render an accounting before first Tuesday of August 1814.