Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,076, Silas Bingham, Conn Green Mountain Bays Vermont.
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SERVICE
Conn. | Bingham, Silas | S. 2076
Green Mountain Boys
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CONTENTS
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[This record is two pages of a booklet related to a Certificate of Pension. Only the left page of the booklet contains text; right page is blank.]

Ohio. 13.085
13.085. [Noted below above.]
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Silas Bingham of Athens Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Compy. [Company] commanded by Captain Potter of the Regt. [Regiment] commanded by Col. S. Warner in the Mass. line for 1 year. & 10 days.
$41.11/100
Vt. and Conn. Line. Records corrected Nov. 25 '03 a
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 41. Dollars 11. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of May. 1833 and sent to Hon. S. F. Vinton. Gallipolis, Gallia Co. Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. | 82.22
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Septr. 1833 | 20.55 [underlined]
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk, 
Book E. | Vol. 8. | Page two.
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Silas Bingham --- Declaration
filed Obtober 13th 1832
H. Bartlett Clerk
20785
13.085.
Adm  for 1. year & 10 days from 1775
S. F. Vinton
Gallipolis 
Gallia County
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[illegible] Divinity, President of the Ohio University is a clergyman residing in Athens County aforesaid and that General John Brown, who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for aforesaid County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Silas Bingham for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this thirteenth day of October A. D. 1832.
Henry Bartlett Clerk
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State of Ohio County of Athens } ss.

On this 13th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the President and Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Silas Bingham a resident of Athens Township, in the County and State aforesaid, aged 74 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 act of Congress, passed June 7 1832. - That he entered in the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that is to say,
That he the said Silas Bingham born at Salisbury, Connecticut Jany 29th 1758, residing in 1775 in Tinmouth State of Vermont, about the last of August or 1st September of the same year, inlisted in Captain Oliver Potters Company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner, to go to Canada and join the army under Gen Montgomery; and after a few days marched with said company to Whitehall; there met with a company commanded by Capt. Staunton, and, after a delay of one or two days, proceeded with them in batteaux to Ticonderoga; 30 miles, where the main army lay, under the command of Gen. Schuyler, until the arrival of Genl. Montgomery. That we tarried at Ticonderoga about a week, until all the companies of Col. Warners regiments had all arrived; that immediately after, the deponent, with said regiment, marched from Ticonderoga to Crown Point, 15 miles by land; that a part of the army had previously gone on in batteaux to Isle aux Noix, and the residue followed soon after by water to Crown Point. That thence, after about a week, the company to which the deponent belonged went in batteaux to Isle aux Noix where the whole regiment was was for 3 or 4 days and nights exposed in low swampy land, during almost continual rain, without shelter. Thence the whole army moved down the river 14 miles, and took possession of a bush fort which had been thrown up by a party sent forward for that purpose, one mile above St Johns. Here our army stopped one night, and during the whole night the enemy pelted [?] us briskly with their shells: that, the next day, our regiment with col. [illegible] regiment forced their way round the fort of St Johns passing through an extensive swamp slightly frozen over, where the water was knee deep, and came on to the river again [written above the following crossed out words "joined the main army"] a mile below St Johns, having suffered greatly with cold and hunger. The British guard retreated to the town, having exchanged a few shots. That our regiments occupied this ground about 2 weeks, having soon after our arrival, intercepted a plentiful supply of provisions sent by Govr. Carleton, then in Montreal, for the supply of the fort at St. Johns. Then we marched to Laprairie, of which we took and kept possession, and part of Col Warners regiment proceeded 9 miles further down the river to Long Gale, of which we took possession
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and remained there until the capture of St Johns, scouring the country from Cayhnewaga to Long Gale. That, a few days before the capture of St Johns, Gov Carleton attempted to cross the river for the purpose of retaking St Johns but was attacked in his boats by our Regiment and prevented from landing. That, after the surrendry of St Johns, the army of Genl Montgomery came up, and we crossed the river, and took possession of Montreal, and that the deponent having remained there 2 or 3 weeks as he verily thinks, after the time of his enlistment had expired which was three months, was honorably dismissed with the soldiers of his company, returned to Laprairie, St Johns, Crownpont and thence, through the woods, through deep snows to his home, where he arrived in the latter part of December, according to his best remembrance, for he does not distinctly remember days and dates; but is conscious that he served with diligence and fidelity during the term aforesaid, and that he was absent from home in the service of his country nearly or quite 4 months, instead of the stipulated term of 3 months.
And the Deponent states and declares, that in the year of 1776, in the month of June or July, the time he does not particularly remember, he enlisted, a second time, for six months; then living at Salisbury, State of Connecticut, his native place, in the company of Capt. B. Mills, in Col. Bradleys regiment: that the said company with the Deponent immediately assembled in Sharon, and marched to Bergen Point, N. Jersey, opposite [crossed out] New York City [end crossed out] Staten Island; and was stationed there 7 or 8 weeks. That thence together with said Regiment the Deponent was sent up the river to assist in building Fort Lee, opposite to fort Washington, about 14 miles from Bergen Point, where we tarried until the Fort (Washington) was taken by the British, together with about one half of our regiment which was there stationed. From Fort Lee the Deponent with his company retreated with Washington's army through New Jersey; crossed the Delaware a little below Trenton into Pennsylvania, where they remained encamped in the woods nearly opposite to Trenton, until the term of our service having expired, the deponent with his company after a march of 3 weeks arrived home, the weather being very severe and our route from the State of the country at that time being very circuitous. That the deponent's absence abroad under this enlistment last mentioned was 6 months and 3 weeks. And this deponent further states that sometime in June or July 1777, he with a detachment of his said company, being at Salisbury aforesaid, was drafted and ordered out under the command of Lieutenant Dorsey and sent to the mouth of Moses Creek, near Fort Edwards on north river, above Albany, to guard the stores removed from Ticonderoga Fort when it was evacuated by Genl St Clair; that the said detachment consisted of 35 men, and that the time of his absence from home on said service, to his return which was in the midst of wheat harvest was three weeks.
That in the month of September 1777, being at Salisbury aforesaid, the Deponent was drafted or volunteered in the service of his country in the company commanded by [crossed out] Captain [end crossed out] Skinner Lieutenant or Ensign of his company and marched forthwith with said Company to Fishkill where we were placed under the command
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of Genl Israel Putnam and our Col. was T. Pickering. That thence we marched to Peekskill and Poughkeepsie, where we were stationed to protect the country from the British vessels, boats and barges; and remained six weeks. And the Deponent further states that the time spent by him in the service last mentioned including the time occupied in his return home exceeded 7 weeks.
The deponent further saith that he was in 1778 the time he is not able to state particularly, while in Tinmouth State of Vermont, called into service under Eben Allen as a captain to go to Castleton with the company of commanded by Capt. Allen to build there a Stockade fort, that he did go with the said company and assist in performing said service and was engaged in it for something more than three weeks.
The deponent also states that sometime the exact time he does not recollect, he served in the place of Alvan Bingham at his request, to guard part of the army of Genl Burgoyne on their route to the Southern States, and that he was employed in said service, including the time spent returning to his home in Salisbury, at least ten days, amounting with the several terms of service before stated to more than 14 months devoted with [illegible] and fidelity as he trusts to the cause of his country
The deponent further states that his services were not confined exclusively to the periods before specified, but that during the Struggle for Independence he did at all times hold himself at all times bound to obey the call of his country & living a great part of the time in the State of Vermont in an exposed and frontier situation he did volunteer in many short expeditions for which he had no expectation or desire of reward, further than the conscious satisfaction of aiding in the common cause.
That, after the conclusion of the war, the deponent resided with his family in Tinmouth, excepting a short time spent in Bason Harbor on Lake Champlain principally engaged in farming, until in 1794 he removed to the west; lived a short time in Pennsylvania, at Redstone; and thence in the spring of 1796 came to the State of Ohio, and settled on the Hock hocking river near the Town of Athens, now so called, where he has since lived, managing a farm and a mill; distant one mile from the Town of Athens, and during part of the time acting as a Justice of the Peace, and other Publick offices.
That he was born, as he had heard from his parents, and fully believes on July 29th 1758, but has no legal or other evidence thereof except a paper purporting to be a transcript from his fathers great family Bible Record, in which, am [among?] other things that fact is distinctly stated and also the general report among the deponents family connexions.
That he has no documentary or other direct and positive evidence nor does he know of any person living, who might give such testimony of his service, and the [that] he never, to the best of his recollection received any written discharge or certificate of dismission. And he hereby relinquishes all 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.
Silas Bingham [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]
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We Robert G Wilson a clergyman residing in the county of Athens aforesaid and John Brown residing in said county, hereby certify that we are ell acquainted with Silas Bingham Esquire who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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. 
Robert G Wilson D. D. [signature]
John. Brown [signature]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]

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 Robert G Wilson, Doctor of Divinity, President of the Ohio University who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of Athens County aforesaid and  that General John Brown who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Silas Bingham for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this thirteenth day of October A.D. 1832.
Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]
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Supplementary Certificate.
State of Ohio
Athens County ss.
Court of Common Pleas holden at Athens in said County this 12th day of March 1833.
The Court do certify that Achsah Everts, whose name is subscribed to the affidavit or deposition written on the opposite side on this leaf which was duly taken and sworn to before this Court at their October Term 1832. to be used as evidence in support of the claim of Silas Bingham for a Pension for services by him performed in the war of the Revolution -- is well know to this Court, she having for many years been a resident of the Town of Athens aforesaid. -- that she is a credible person, and that her declarations are intitled to full confidence
In testimony whereof the said Court has caused its Seal to be hereto affixed the day and year first above written.
Attest - Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]

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Silas Bingham's papers.
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State of Ohio, Athens County ss. On this 13th day of October 1832 appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County aforesaid, Achsah Evarts who being first duly sworn according to law, on her oath testifies and says
That Silas Bingham brother of this deponent in 1775 lived with an Uncle in Tinmouth State of Vermont, and that in the latter part of the summer of the same report was brought to my fathers family in which I then lived, that the said Silas had inlisted in the publick service and was gone on to Canada; That afterward in the fall accounts were received from him whether by letter from himself, or a report from others from St Johns Ticonderoga, Laprairie and Montreal. I do not fully remember, but all our family did fully believe him to be a soldier fighting the battles of his country; and suffered great anxiety on his account the deponent well knows, also that after his return he often entertained the deponent and her fathers family with the history of the campaign and of his own exploits in that quarter. The deponent also distinctly remembers that a letter was sent from the family to the said Silas, during his said absence, by a soldier returning to the army, directed to Ticonderoga, where the said Silas was then supposed to be. 
The deponent  further saith that the Silas residing in Salisbury in the summer of 1776, again inlisted into the publick service, and went abroad to the South and returned in the winter following, having been in Genl Washington's retreat through New Jersey as he stated, and as the Deponent truly believed. 
Achsah Everts [signature]
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court the day & year first above written
Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]
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State of Ohio, Athens County ss.
On this 13th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Athens, now sitting Alvan Bingham Esquire who, being first duly sworn, according to law testifies and says.
That in the year 1775 Silas Bingham, brother of this Deponent, was living with Solomon Bingham of Tinmouth, State of Vermont and and as this Deponent then understood and still believes inlisted into the Revolutionary Service and went to Canada; that the Deponent in the Autumn of said year (1775) frequently heard of and from said Silas and understood that the said Silas was at Crown Point, at the capture of La Prairie and at Montreal during his said term of service, and that he the said Silas returned home from Canada in the early part of the winter. That in 1776, When the Deponent then in service was passing from New Haven to Albany he was informed that his brother Silas Bingham aforesaid had again inlisted, and gone to the Jerseys.
In April 1777 when I returned to Salisbury my Brother Silas Bingham was there, he having returned some time before, as I understood, completed his engagement and served out the time of his last mentioned inlistment.
And this Deponent further saith, that he often heard from the mouth of the said Silas, that he the said Silas performed [illegible] services in the Revolution at sundry other times, and under other engagements then those before specified, although the Deponent hath no direct knowledge of the dates and times and other particulars of said services. And the deponent is well assured that such was the impression, and full belief of all the family of the said Solomon Bingham, who in those times lived at home and had the best means and opportunities of judging and knowing the facts, as well as of the people of that neighborhood in general.
Alvan Bingham [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day & year first above written
Henry Bartlett Clerk [signature]
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Supplementary Certificate.
State of Ohio
Athens County ss. Court of Common Pleas holden at Athens in said County this 12th day of March A.D. 1833
The Court do certify that Alvan Bingham Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Deposition on the opposite side of this leaf, which was duly taken and sworn to before this Court at the October Term 1832 to be used as evidence in support of the claim of Silas Bingham for a Pension for services by him performed in the War of the Revolution -- is a resident of the County of Athens aforesaid for many years well known to this Court, and is a credible person and that his testimony is intitled to full confidence. 
In testimony whereof the said Court has caused its seal to be hereto affixed the day and year first above written.
Attest - Henry Bartlett Clerk
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[Note: Silas Bingham's pension claim number on this page of this letter is listed as S.2076 in the header but as S.3076 in the body of letter; this second 

June 27, 1935.
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Miss Blanche Walden  |  BA-J/ady
Box 234     |   Silas Bingham
Athens, Ohio     |    S.2076 {hand initialed]

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel Nash and Silas Bingham, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Samuel Nash as described by you.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.3076, based upon the military service of Silas Bingham in that war.
Silas Bingham was born July 29, 1758 in Salisbury, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing with his uncle, Solomon Bingham in Tinmouth, Vermont, Silas Bingham enlisted in August or September 1775, served about four months as private in Captain Oliver Potter's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Vermont Regiment and was in the Canadian Expedition. While a resident of Salisbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in June of July of 1776 and served six months and three weeks in Captain B. Mills' Company, Colonel Bradley's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in June or July 1777 and served three weeks in Lieutenant Dorsey's Connecticut Company. He enlisted in September 1777 and served seven weeks in Ensign or Lieutenant Skinner's Company, Colonel T. Pickering's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in 1778 and served more than
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three weeks in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Vermont Company. He also served ten days as a guard to part of Burgoyne's Army, date and names of officers not stated.
He lived in Redstone, Pennsylvania, a short time and in the spring of 1796 moved to Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 13, 1832 while a resident of Athens Township, Athens County, Ohio.
In 1832 Alvan Bingham, a brother of soldier, was living in Athens County, Ohio, his age not given. In 1832 Achsah Everts, a sister of soldier, was residing in Athens, Ohio, her age not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Date of death
not on A.B.
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10/98. Mrs. E. L. Sherwood
3rd st. S. E - City.
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1921 May 23 Hist. to Helen M. Townsend
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1935 June 27. Hist. to Blanche Walden. A. D. Y.
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Rev War.   |   2076
INVALID.
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File No. 2076
Silas Bingham
Privt Rev. War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index:--Vol. A., Page 31.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Pension papers   |   Free S.F. Vinton MC

J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Pension Office.
Washington City

GALLIPOLIS Mat 24. [postal stamp to left of above address]
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No 20785
Silas Bingham

Hon. M Vinton
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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 Silas Bingham which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

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?  [answer left blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

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?  yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

D. 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?  yes
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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?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  [Answer left blank]

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?  yes

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?  yes
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?  no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, of of such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. [double cross symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered?  yes
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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, then 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 recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 he grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italic] about three or four months [end italic] 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[cross symbol] QUERE XIV. [italic] Proof of Service. [end italic]
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his services by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time a manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

[double cross symbol] QUERE XVI. [italic] Mode of authenticating papers. [end italic]
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 a to prevent any paper from being improperly attached tot he certificate.
[right pointing hand symbol] 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.
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Jun 10    |    Jun10
10 PM    |    10 PM
1935       |     [blank]
OHIO      |     OHIO

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POSTAL CARD
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ONE CENT
1  |  JEFFERSON  |  1

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS [within a box]

Veteran's Administration
Washington D. C.

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RECEIVED
JUN 12 1935
MAIL [illegible]
[illegible] ADM
[illegible] 30
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Dear Sirs,
Do you have pension or land grant records for the Revolutionary service of 
1. Samuel Nash, born in Mass. 1760
Died " Athens Co. O. - 1823
wife's name Washti = 10 children

2. Capt. Silas Bingham - Born in Conn. 1758
Died " Athens Co. O. - 1840
Married 1. Irenah - had 9 children
Married 2. Martha Herrold - had 1 child

Truly yours
Blanche Walden
Box 234, Athen, O.

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[The logo of Daughters of the American Revolution appears at the top left of this letter aside the address block and date.]
180 East State St,
Athens, Ohio
May 5, 1921
Commissioners of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 
My dear Sir:
I would like the Rev. War Service of Silas Bingham born in Salisbury, Conn., July 24, 1758, died in Athens, Ohio, in 1840. He applied for a pension
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[This is the second half of a letter from the Daughters of the American Revolution.]

[pension claim] in 1832. His claim was allowed.
I would like all the data - family - to be used in applying for a gov. marker for his grave.
Very respectfully,
Helen M. Townsend.

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PENSION [centered]
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OFFICE [centered]
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309, Third St.S.E.
Washington, D.C. Jan. 27th. 1898
To William H. Baily
Chief Clerk, Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly call up the Record of Capt. Joseph Parrill of the war of 1812? He enlisted at Winchester Virginia. He is said to have been a Quartermaster. There has been some question about the spelling of the name, but the descendants now all spell the name "Parrill". The New England Genealogical Register says Parrill is an "impossible name." and intimates it might have been "Pearhill or, Parel". I mention these facts that search may be made under them all.
I want his whole army Record, and to know if he was ever on the Old soldier's or Revolutionary Pension Rolls? Or any other data relative to him.
Very respectfully Your's
(Mrs) E. L. Sherwood [signature]

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309, 3d" St. S. E. 
WASHINGTON. D.C. Jan 27th, 1898
To William H. Baily,
Chief Clerk, Bureau of Pensions.
Washington. D.C
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly call up for me the Record of Corporal or Capt. Silas Bingham of the Revolutionary war. He enlisted in Connecticutt, and settled in Athens Ohio after the war. 
He went to Ohio with Gen. Putnam. He also had a brother Alvan Bingham in the same war. I want all data about each or both men.
I would like to trace their complete record, and know if one of either were Pensioners at the close of the Rev. war or if either had widows on the Pe Pension Rolls?
Very respectfully Your's,
(Mrs) E. L. Sherwood. [signature]
N.B.  Corporal or Capt. Bingham above mentioned enlisted in Capt. Parmeter's Company, Col. Elmore's Regiment. Conn. My correspondent wants to complete his Army Record. He knows he was discharged April 1st 1777 at Fort Schuyler N.Y. but links are missing from the chain. He would like to know if the title Capt. for instance was complimentary after the war was over, or if he won it in action on the field?___E.L. Sherwood
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309, Third St.S.E.
WASHINGTOND.C. Jan. 27th" 1898. I
To William H. Baily,
Chief Clerk, Bureau of Pensions.
Washington.D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly call up the Record of John Taylor of the Revolutionary war, wounded at Brandywine, enlisted in Virginia. s Want his full war record, and to know if he was ever on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls, or if he left a widow who was a Revolutionary Pensioner? Or any other data relative to him.
Very respectfully Your's,
(Mrs) E. L. Sherwood. [signature]
P.S. John Taylor's second wife was Rebecca Bartlett of Bontetart County Virginia. It is a tradition in the family that John Taylor was a Saxon by birth but came over to this country in Lafayette's suite, and afterwards for some unexplained reason changed his name to John Taylor. He married the first time in Philadelphia but I have no data as to name. E.L. Sherwood
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION  |  3-525 [underlined]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, [centered]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. [centered]

2076  |  Washington, D. C., [blank] ,  19 [blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Silas Bingham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file with this Bureau.
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DATES OF | LENGTH OF | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
ENLISTMENT OR | SERVICE. | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | 
APPOINTMENT. | | | | |
Aug. or Sept 1775 | nearly 4 mos. | Pvt. | Oliver Potter | Seth Warner | { Green Mtn. Boys
June-Feby 1776 | 6 mos. & 3 weeks | | B. Mills | Bradley | Conn.
June-July 1777 | 3 weeks | | Lieut. Dorsey | " |
Sept. 1777 | 7 weeks | | Ensign or Lieut. } Skinner | T. Pickering |
  " 1778 | over 3 weeks 10 days | | Ebenezer Allen as a guard to part of Burgoynes army at Castleton Vt. [written across last 3 columns]

Battles engaged in, was is Canadian Expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Tinmouth Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 13, 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Athens Tnshp.  Athen Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, born July 29, 1758 at Salisbury Conn.
Remarks: It is not stated whether he had a wife or children
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Alvan Soldier's brother [hand written note at bottom of form]

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