Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5418, for Amos T Huntoon, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.H
Huntoon, Amos T
NUMBER
R5418
CONTENTS
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Barton Orleans County Vt.
September 7th 1838

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir 
Enclosed is an additional declaration of 
Amos T. Huntoon for a pension and the testimony
of Sarah P. Huntoon and Amos Stom (Brother and sister to the applicant) Amos T. Huntoon is a man with whom I have been acquainted 
to the pention is of the who [illegible] he is an intelligent man and a man of good morral character (as is so his brother and sister who have testified in his behalf)
[illegible] served in the company with [illegible] with him at Fort Washington you will hereby examine the [illegible] whether he has [illegible]
Respectfully yours
John Kimball Judge of Orleans County Court
Please direct [illegible] to me [illegible]
John Kimball
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Amos T. Huntoon
second declaration For a Pension
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State of Vermont
Orleans County
At a Court holden at Benton
within and for said County of
Orleans on the 4th day of August A.D. 1838. Present
the Hon. John Kimball Judge - Personally appeared
Amos T. Huntoon a resident of Brownington in said
Orleans County aged Seventy one years who on his
Oath doth make the following additional declaration
to the one made 18 August 1832 in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
In addition to his former statement (states as follows)
That he served seven months as waiter to his Father
who was Lieut in Capt Ebenezer Dearing Company
He states that said Company were stationed at Portsmouth
to guard three Forts, Viz Fort Washington Fort Sullivan
and Fort William Hennesy - That a part of said company
were stationed at each Fort, that he was among those
who were stationed at Fort Washington where was a large
number of men than at either of the other forts
and among those stationed at Fort Washington was the following
named persons-- Joseph Huntoon Lent. Robert Ordione
Drummer (No fifer at that Fort) Thomas Quint Sergeant
Jonathan Margery Serjeant William Barter Sergeant
William Blaisdell Corporal. Israel Rann, Michael
Annis, Isaac Walker Broadstreet Chase
Elenezer Gress,
Jeremiah Rollins, Solomon Abbott
Richard Sherman, Wm McKinn, Benjamin Smart
Samuel Rogers, William Putney, Benjamin Pierce
Joseph Pierce William Hastings, Isaac Kelley (Runaway)
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James Randall, Run away brought back made to ride a wooden
horse hired Joseph Fellows to take his place), Reuben Huntoon
William Batchelder all privates - Ensign Bill was stationed
Fort Sullivan - Capt Deering was occationally [occasionally] at all of
Forts. He further states that he has not as yet obtained a
pension and is not on the pension Roll of any agency
in any State-
Sworn and and subscribed to on the day above written
Before me-  John Kimball Judge of Orleans County
[signature] Amos T Huntoon

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States
I, Samuel C Crafts, Clerk of the said Court do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Amos J Huntoon for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of Office this fourth day of August AD
one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
 
[signature] Saml C. Craft Clerk
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19.106
Amos T Hunton
Orleans Dist
Vermt

Timothy Hucanan
Derby
Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 June 1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form
On comparing these papers with the following rules and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done.
These points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace,
(thus: 
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will,
by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Amos Hunton
[Chart]

Period when the service was rendered.
May 1781

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
7
Days.

Rank of the
claimant.
Private
Artilly [artillary]

Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
Capt Deering

Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.

Battles in which the applicant was
engaged.

Country through
which he marched.
Stations at Ft Washington NH

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age
at the present
period
64 years
Barton N Hampshire

Evidence by
which the declaration
is supported.
a living
Witness

I am, your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
in the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Be it is
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
A
line, under the following named officers:
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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 the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givhere
and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The up of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
the different grades in which he served, in language so
cannot be had. Every
tion of man he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
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
rate of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades
months, anddays
, I served as a forand
for such service I claim a pension."
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 reason to be paid according to the grate of the stone and the truth of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months.
the name of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
night objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement;
the parent some water and
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
opinion of the Court is always required
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubthe
son of one, the certincate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
or the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conor
papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
under the seal of office of the entry uncer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
in 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.
and to set forth in their share them of an eating the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as wellto

which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit-
-
warrant to it are all equally applicable to the case of sins inen, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule is
tionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
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The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[Stamp] REJECTED

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
P.O.
18
1
Amos T. Hanson
Service:
Enlisted:
ischarged:
Application filed:
eges:
- enlisted:
Recognized,
18
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Contract.
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Barton V.t, Nov. 25,1853
Sir
I am requested by Amos T. Huntoon to call your attention to his claim for a Pension
which he says was forwarded to the Pension
office by my Father John Kimball, as his agent
under the Act of 1832,
He says he was water [waiter] for his
father who name was Jos Huntoon a
Lieutenant, in the War of the Revolution
and served 2 months.
To will be a belief to the old gentleman
if you will have the goodness of his
case, and if there can be any thing done
for his benefit it will be bestowed where it is
much needed.
I presume that there cannot be
any new proof of service furnished,
Respectfully
Your ObtSt
S.D. Kimball


Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington
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Derby Decr 28th 1833
Honbl J. L. Edward,
Sir
I here return the application of Amos Huntoon
for a Pension under the act of June 7th 1832 with
same additional evidence of his services which it is
hoped will be sertifactory and that he obtain his
certificate for his seven month Servis please to
examing [examining] his case and make report as soon as
convenient and oblige your obedient
Serv
Jim Himnan
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Vermont
Amos T. Huntoon
Rejected 5418
su lt T. Hanman
May 15 1834
Hon: Lewis Oak
June 10 1834
St Hon Bedwift 14 March 1836
[illegible] Kimball Oct 31 38
S.D. Kimball Nov 30 1853
Hon L. Wentworth N.H. Dec, 13.1854
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Amos Huntoon
H HLyuly
Feby 15 1857
Am Cole
Feb 18 1857
E Y [illegible]
Feb 57
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St Johnsbury April 20 1846
Dear Sir  yours of third April is before me
and to make a long Story short I would say that I have no letter from the pension office the man I employed to do my business stated to me that he
had letters to this affect that they did not doubt but 
that I was there as I stated and that I was
a water [waiter] for my Father but as my name was
not found on the Role I could not be entitled
a pension unless I could prove that my
Father drew pay for my service which I did not
at that time but I am able from an [illegible] to prove that he did draw pay &
rations and that the pay was of the new
commission money as for my Father & Mother
they have been dect 30 years so that
them nothing comeing in that way
NB Should you after examining the papers
want proof that my Father drew my pay write but if  an examination you think
there is no prospect you will pleas to write
and let me and then this correspondance
will bless
your with Esteem
Amos Huntoon
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I Enoch S. Hunton of Palermo in the County of Waldo and
State of Maine aged sixty two years (last January) depose
and say that I am a brother to Amos Huntoon of Brownington
in the State of Vermont that I well recollect that at the time
Cornwallace [Cornwallis] and his Army was taken my Father was stationed (as was said) at Portmouth and was in a Lieut, and that my said
Brother was absent as waiter to my Father at that time
and recollect that previous to that year my Father was out
in the war, and that in the spring of of the year in which
Cornwallace [Cornwallis] was taken my Father removed his family
from Unity N.H. to Kingston and soon after which he
with my brothers went to Portsmouth as above stated we lived
at Kingston several months but at the time Comwallace [Cornwallis]
was taken we had removed to Poplin (a distance of a few miles)
and at the time the news came to
Portsmouth of the Capture
of Cornwallace [Cornwallis] my Mother was at that place whose she had gone
to see my Father and during the night following the she
home to Poplin and my said Brother Amos came home with
her and and they brought the first news to Poplin that Cornwallace [Cornwallis]
was taken my mother was at home several times while
he was stationed with my Father, at Portsmouth but
how long he served I cannot for certainty state but
know it must have been a number of months
I know nothing of my Father being in the war before the year
he was at Portsmouth except by what I have heard said which
that he was in the war at my birth which was on the June, 1776
and also was absent in the year oat the birth of a sister born about two years after
myself and I further state that after living in Kingston
and Poplin a year or two we removed each to Unity aforesaid
[signature] Enoch S. Huntoon

Personally appeared Enoch P. Huntoon who [illegible]
to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I further state that the said Enoch P. Huntoon is a credible witness
at Barton this 28th day of May 1838
[signature] S.S. Hennaway Justice Peace
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State of Vermont
Orleans County Clerks Office
I Samuel C Crofts, Clerk of Orleans County Court, do
certify that Sydney S. Hemenway is a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of Orleans, duly commissioned
and sworn, his commission is dated the first day of November 1837, and will expire on the last day of November, 1838.
and his signature to the within certificate is his own hand
ting
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the
Seal of said Court, this
fifth day September 1838
Saml C. Crafts Clerk
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190106
Declaration of Amos T. Huntoon

Application of Amos T Huntoon for a pension
In testimony whereof I [illegible]
this 15th Day of August A.D. 1832-
[illegible] Register
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State of Vermont 
Orleans County  On this 15th day of August 1832 personally
 appeared in open Court before the Hon. Probate
Court holden at Derby within and for the district of Orleans
Amos T. Huntoon of Brownington in the County of Orleans
aged 64 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 enlisted in the service of the United States
in May 1781 for seven months and served at Fort Washington
on Pierces Island at Portsmouth N. H. under Capt. Ebenezer
Deering Lieut. Joseph Huntoon in a
company of artillery
until December of the same year when he was discharged.
he was born in Kingston N.H. on the 15th day of March 1768
and lived there when called into the service never received a
written discharge and has no documentary evidence of his service
left Kington soon after leaving leaving the army
lived in Unity NH until I was about 38 years
old since that time have lived in Brownington
where I now reside-
He hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present and
declare that his name is not on the pension
rollof the agency of any State
-
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid-
[signature] Ames T Huntoon
any 1832
64
1768
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I William Putney of Hatley in the Province of Lower Canada aged 72 do certify that I was knowing that Amos Huntoon the within applicant joined a company of Artilary at Portsmouth in the State of Newhampshire about the last of April or first of May 1781 commanded by Capt Ebenezer Deering that he continued at Portsmouth in said company with me until late in the fall or first of winter
[Signature] William Putney

And the said Court does hereby declare their opinion 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 Putney who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Hatley aforesaid and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I John H Kimball Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos T Huntoon for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal affixed. this 15th day of August A.D. 1832
[signature] John H Kimball Register

Declaration of Amos T. Huntoon
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State of New York
Clinton County 
Reuben Huntoon of Champlain
in the County of
Clinton
aforesaid being duly sworn
maketh oath
and saith that in the year of our Lord
one
thousand seven hundred and Eighty
one
this Deponent was a continental Soldier in 
Captain Ebenezer Deering company of
Artillery belonging
to Colonel Wentworth
Regiment Newhampshire troops in
the state
of Newhampshire and was stationed
at Fort Washington near Portsmouth in
said state of Newhampshire And that
Amos Huntoon [illegible] this Deponent
was listed as a waiter to Joseph Huntoon
Leutenant in said Captain Seaves company that said Amos joined said
Company on the first of May in the
year one thousand seven hundred &
Eighty one and served as a waiter
as aforesaid in said Company seven months until the forepart of
December the the same
year when
most of the troops
were disbanded & further saith not.
[signature] Reuben Huntoon

Be it Remembered that on the fifteenth day
of November 1833 before me Silas Hubbell
Commissioner of Deeds & to take affidavits
in the County of Clinton personally appeared
Reuben Huntoon known to me & in my
presence subscribed to the above affidavit swore to the same before me & I do certify that the
said Reuben is a man of but of good
character & Standing & is entitled to credit
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And I do hereby certify to the same  
[signature] Silas Hubbell
Commission of Deeds

State of New York
Clinton County
I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the County
of
Clinton do certify that Silas Hubbell Esq
before whom the above and foregoing affidavit
purport to have been sworn and also by
whom the certificate of credibility was subscribed
was at the date of the same a commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County and
that
I am acquainted with his hand writ
and verily believe his name subscribed
to the said affidavit to be in his proper hand
writing and Signature

Witness my hand and seal of Office
this 25th day of November AD. 1833
[signature] Nathan Taylor Clerk
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I Anna Stone of Cabot in the County of Caledonia and
State of Vermont aged sixty nine years depose and say that before
Marriage my name was Anna Huntoon and I am a sister to Amos T.
Huntoon of Brownington at the commencement of the war of the
Revolution my Father with his family were living and were expecting
to remove to Unity where my Father had began to make a new farm
When the war commenced my Father joined the army some time
afterwards and while father was in the army some persons who
he had proceeded to arrest came and we removed to Unity- my
Father did not return home (unless on furls [furloughs] for a few days) until
after the surrender of Burgoyne and his army. some time
after which he returned home wounded having been shot through
the arm (or waist) by a ball-- Some time in the spring of the
year of 1781 being destitute of a house (as our house had been
burned but a short time previous, we removed back to Kingston
where we lived several months and then removed to Poplin
about the 1st of May after we removed back to Kington
My Father went to Portsmouth, as a Lieut in the town
and my Brother Amos also went as waiter to my Father
and my Brother Reuben also went at the same time
and I know they did not return home until the 1st
of December being gone seven months except being
occasionally at home on furl during said time my
mother went several times to Portsmouth and when the
news of the surrender of Cornwallace [Cornwallis] came to Portsmouth
my mother was there and came directly home to Poplin
and brought the first intelligence of the surrender which
was received at that place

Anna her x mark Stone
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County 
Personally appeared Anna Stone
a person well known to me as a
Respectable witness
and made oath that the above
deposition by her subscribed is true
before me
[signature] John Daman Justice Peace
Cabot August 10th 1838

State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office
Montpelier, Aug. 11, 1838.
I certify that John Damon Esquire, whos name
is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the
foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Caledonia in said State, duly elected and qualified
and that to his official acts and attestations, as
such, full faith and credit ought to be given
Given under my hand and seal
of
office, at Montpelier, this
eleventh day of August in
the year of our Lord Christ one
thousand eight hundred and
thirty eight
[signature] Chauncey L. Knapp
Secretary of State.