Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 21,377, for Isaac Miner, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)
SERVICE 
R.I. 
Miner, Isaac 
NUMBER 
S21,377
CONTENTS
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Mch 12th 1885
J.P. Jackson Crown 
committee with 
personal history 
11.662
Vermont 
Isaac Miner
of Caledonia Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a pr in the Company commanded 
by Captain Lane of the Regt commanded 
by Col Maxin in the R.I. 
Troops. 
11 Mo 29 days Pr 39.84
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont 
at the rate of 39 Dollars 84 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of June 
1833 Amos Paul Granville Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 79.68
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Sept ' 19.92
$99.60
[Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J.J. Sprague Clerk, 
Book C Vol. 3. Page 77
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office 
183
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. Those 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 Isaac Minors 
Period when service was recorded 
October 1776
May 1777
substitute
substitute 
substitute 
substitute 
May 1777
Duration of the 
claimant's service. 
Years.
--
Months 
2 
1 
1
1 
6
11
Days
14
-
15
29
Rank of 
the 
claimant
Waiter
--
Names and Rank 
of the Company 
officers under 
whom he served. 
Capt
Wells 
Same 
"
"
"
"
Capt 
Wells 
Names and Rank 
of the General 
and Field officers
Col 
Maxin 
Officer 
"
"
"
"
Col
Maxin 
Battles in which 
the applicant was 
engaged. 
Country through
which he marched
Stationed 
at 
Point
Judith 
Places of abode 
when he entered 
the service, and age 
at the present 
period
69 years 
Hopkinton 
Rd Island 
Evidence by 
which the decla-
ration is sup-
ported. 
Testimony 
a Clergyman 
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 Commisaries 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. Person employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indians Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim-
ing 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 or the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is 
considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss. 
On this day of personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District 
of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and 
served in the (e) regiment of the  line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed 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 entered the service; the battles if any, in which he was engaged, 
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons 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 revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I 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 the 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 and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that e believe him to be
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 Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. 
who has signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify 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 the office, this day of &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither or 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 ser-
vices 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 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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State of Vermont
District & County of 
Caledonia ss.} 
On this eighteenth day of August
A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Pro-
bate Court for the District aforesaid now sitting Isaac
Miner a resident of Waterford in the County and District 
aforesaid aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn 
according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec-
laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the 
following named officers and served as herein stated;
That about the month of October 1776 at Hopkinton
in the State of Rhode Island his then place of residence 
he volunteered into the Rhode Island militia which was 
called out for the defense of the coast and served for the 
term of two months as Captain's waiter in the company of Capt. 
Wells in the Regiment of Col Maxim was stationed at a 
place called Narragansett Point otherwise called Point Judith
near Tower Hill he there served the term of his engage-
ment which was two months. 
Shortly after his return home to said Hopkinton in the month 
of January 1777 he was employed to serve as a substitute for 
one William Maxim for one month he returned to the ser-
vice and there served at the same place and under the same 
officers for the term of one month. 
Then very soon after his return from said last named service he 
served at the same place and under the same officers for 
two weeks as a substitute for one Wells
That after the termination of the service early above named  he served 
at the same place and under the same officers as a substi-
tute for one Runnells- for the term of one month. 
Then he also served at the same place and under the same 
officers one month as a substitute for one Patterson and 
also a half month ^as a substitute for one Isaiah Maxim all 
of the above named services were performed between Oct 1776
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and May 1777
Then in order to relieve the militia from continued calls to guard 
the shore troops were raised for six months and at said Hopkinn
ton about the month of May 1777 he enlisted for the said term
of six months under the same Capt. Wells above named and 
he thinks the Regt. was commanded by the same  Colonel as 
before named. he served the said term of six months at the 
place aforenamed and was discharged about the month of 
November 1777--
He was born at Stonington Connecticut in 1763. he has-
record of his age in his father's old bible in his possession. 
His parents resided at the time of his service at Haverhill 
N.H. and he was living at the time he entered the service 
with an uncle at said Hopkinton immediately after
he left the service in Nov. 1777 he returned to the residence
of his parents at said Haverhill and there resided for about 
nine years then removed to Littleton N.H. adjoining Wat-
erford Vt. his present residence and there resides about forty 
years removed to Waterford where he now resides about three 
years since still resides in the neighborhood of his former 
residence at said Littleton. That he never had  a written 
discharge that he has no documentary evidence, and that 
he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who 
can testify to his service. he recollects that while he was 
in the service in the last six months, stationed near
said Point Judith at place called Hazard farm
he heard of the surrender of General Burgoyne 
Isaac Miner 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Before Benj. F Deming 
Judge of Probate
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion 
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the 
interrogatories presented by the War Department that 
the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier 
and served as he states and the said Court  further
certifies that Drury Fairbank who has signed the accom
panying certificate is a Clergyman resident in Littleton 
in the State of New Hampshire adjoining Waterford in 
the State of Vermont is a credible person and that this
statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further 
certifies that Sylvanus Hemingway and Arad Freeman 
who have signed a certificate herewith transmitted are 
respectable magistrate and that their statement is 
entitled to credit. 
I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for 
District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of said Court in the matter of the application of 
Isaac Miner for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office this 12th 
day of November A.D. 1832.
Amos Paul Register
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I Drury Fairbanks a Clergiman reziding in Littleton 
in the Sate of New hampshire adjoining Waterford 
in the State of Vermont do hereby Certify that 
Isaac Miner now of said Waterford and for many 
years a resident of said Littleton is a member of 
the church under my pastoral Charge in regular 
Standing. That I am well acquainted with 
the said Isaac Miner that I believe him to be Sixty 
nine years of age. that his is reputed and believed 
in this vicinity to have been a solider of the 
revolution and that I concur in that opinion 
having no doubt that he served as such in Rho-
Island in the year 1776-+1777 Drury Fairbanks
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Drury 
Fairbanks this 2nd day of October A.D. 1832
Before 
Robert Taggard Justice of Peace 
We Sylvanus Hemingway and Arad Freeman both 
Justices of the Peace for the County of Caledonia 
Residing at Waterford in said County do hereby 
certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac
Miner of said Waterford who we understand hes made 
a declaration before the probate Court in order 
to obtain a pension that we believe him to be 
sixty nine years of age; that he is respected and 
believe in the neighborhood where he resides 
to have been a soldier of the revolution and 
that we concur in that opinion. 
We further certify that the said Isaac 
Miner is a man of good character for truth
and veracity 
Sylvanus Hemmingway 
Arad Freeman 
Sworn to and subscribe by the above named 
Sylvanus Hemingway & Arad Freeman this 3rd day of Oct-
-ober A.D. 1832
Robert Taggard Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss.} I Benjamin F Deming Clerk of 
the County Court for the County of Caledonia do hereby 
certify that Robert Taggard who has subscribed the 
written certificates is a Justice of the Peace for said county 
of Caledonia and that his name thereto affixed I believe 
to be his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the seal of said Court this 12th 
day of November A.D. 1832.
Benja. F. Deming Clerk.
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I Thankful Barron of Bath in the County of 
Grafton and State of New Hampshire depose and 
say that some time in the revolutionary War
and as I now believe in the fall of the year 1777
my brother Isaac Minor returned home to my 
fathers residence in Haverhill N H having come directly 
from the service where he had served as a soldier 
as I then understood and believed in our family 
that the said Isaac had served as a soldier for some 
time at Rhode Island I have frequently since that 
time heard the said Isaac speak of his having 
served as a soldier in the revolutionary War at 
Rhode Island for about one year in all said Isaac
now resides in Waterford Caledonia County State of 
Vermont. 
Thankful Barron 
State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss.} Waterford Sept 26 1832
Then the above named Thankful Barron subscribed 
and made oath to the foregoing affidavit before 
me and I certify that the said Thankful Barron 
is a person of veracity whose statement is entitled 
to credit
Robert Taggard Justice Peace 
State of Vermont
Caledonia County ss.} I Benjamin F. Deming Clerk
of the Count Court for the County of Caledonia 
aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Taggard 
who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a 
Justice of the Peace for said Caledonia County 
and that his signature hereto I believe to be genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and the seal of said 
Court this 12th day of November 
A.D. 1832
Benja. F. Deming Clerk.
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Danville Vermont Nov. 15. 1832.
Sir, 
I forward herewith the applications of Sundry 
persons for pensions under the act of Congress
passed June 7. 1832
You will please inform me of the 
result
Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. 
Amos Paul 
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Isaac Minder in Augt. 1832 of Waterford Vt aged 69 years
In Oct 1776 he vol entered a t Hopkinton R.I. where he then resided for 2 months as
waiter to Capt Kelly in Regt Colo Maxin & was Stationed as guard on Narragansett
Port or Port Judith near lower Hill- In Jany 1777 he was a substitute for 
Gen. Maxin for one month at the same place. Soon after he served 2 weeks
under same officer & at same place
Between Oct 1776 & May 1777 he served 3x tours of one & 2 months each
for himself & as a Substitute under Capt. Wells in Col. Maxin RI regt
as coast guard on Narragansett point or otherwords called Point Judith 
IN May ^1777 he enlisted for 6 mos in May 1777 under same Capt Wells as Coast 
guard at above named point 
Born in Stonington Con in 1763 at the time of his service his parents 
resided in Haverhill NH & he was living with an uncle in Hopkinton 
& in Nov 1777 he went to his parents in Haverhill where he resided 
for 9 years then to Littleton adjoining Waterford  Vt where  residing 
40 years then to Waterford in the neighborhood of his former residence in 
Littleton where residing for part 3 years
Hn Syter Thankful Barron of Bath was a witness
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Revolution 
21377
INVALID. 
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File No. 21.377
Isaac Minder 
Priv Rev War 
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Act: June 7' 32'
Index:--Vol. 2., Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Entered in R.I.