Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26031, Samuel Winslow, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Winslow, Samuel.
....................Betsey.

NUMBER
W. 26031
B.L.Wt. 33530-160-55.

CONTENTS
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Vermont - No. 28,150
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--Samuel Winslow--
of Lyndon in the State of Vermont
who was a pri. & Sergt in the Compy commanded
by Captain Dearborn of the Regt. commanded
by Col. S Foote in the N.H. Troops
line for  
13 Mos  Pri.   $43.29
  2 Ds. Sergt.    10.00
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............................  53.29
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 53 Dollars 29 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 21" day of Mar
1834.  and
Hon. B.F. Deming
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834--............159.87
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4" Sept"--    26.64
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...........................................................................$ 186.51
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(Revolutionary Claim,  )
(Act June 7, 1832.        )

Recorded by R. Burdine  Clerk,
Book  E...Vol. 3.....Page 99
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3552. [underlined]
Vermont.   Montpelier
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Betsey Winslow
widow of Samuel Winslow
NH
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private & Serg't
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 53. Dollars 29--- Cents
per annum, to commence on the
3d February, 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued
1st day of February 1854
and sent to
Geo. C. Cahoon
Lyndon
NH
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853,  Page 35, Vol. A

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1886 Dec. 16  D.L. Woodruff  Proof
with history

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Ref  3 m 55-- 186040
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186040  Act 3 March/55
.........................July 9
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Betsey Winslow
widow
Samuel Winslow  Private
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Pensioner - Vermont

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Revolutionary War
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Feby  53--3552
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AO: 160 Acs  July 3d / 56
Boynton
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Geo. C. Cahoon
Lyndon
Vermont
[written vertically--"Ra W"]

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No 33530  ifs  July 9 / 56

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Vol W=2=25
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State of New-Hampshire.

CARROLL, SS.

I, Francis R. Chase, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Johnson D. Quimby Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.

In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this third day of March 1853.
Francis R. Chase  Clerk.
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M. Samuel Winslow of Lyndon Vt. and widow Betsey Randall of Sandwich were married twenty fifth September Eighteen hundred and fourteen by Elder Joseph Quimby.

 I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows " 25th Sept 1814

 A. G. French 
A. G. French above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Sandwich aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.

 A. G. French Town Clerk of the town of Sandwich

 Sworn before me  Feb. 26. 1885 Johnson D Quimby,  Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont           )
Caledonia County fs      )

On this fifteenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Master in Chancery authorized to administer oaths for general purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid Betsey Winslow--

aged 86 years a resident of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to law deposes that she is the widow of Samuel Winslow late of Sutton in said County deceased who was a private and Sergeant

in the Revolutionary War in the New Hampshire Continental Line and that her said husband was pensioned as such on the twenty first day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four under the Act of Congrefs of the 7th day of June 1832 at the rate of fifty three dollars and twenty nine cents per annum and that she was informed by the said Samuel Winslow in his lifetime and verily believes, the fact to be so that said Sam'l Winslow served in said War of the Revolution as private & Sergeant as aforesaid about the period of fifteen months and the said Winslow was in the receipt of said Pension from the time of its being granted to the time of his death which occurred at said Sutton on the twelfth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty and she believes that he was honorably discharged & that said discharge
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was forwarded to the Pension office at the time his pension was granted and for the proof of services & discharges she respectfully refers to the declaration and proofs of the said Samuel Winslow now on file in the Pension office.

She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Winslow in Sandwich in the State of New Hampshire on the twenty fifth day of September Eighteen hundred & fourteen by Elder Joseph Quimby a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her intermarriage with said Winslow was Betsey Randall--She further states that on the fourteenth day of June A.D. 1853 she made her Declaration before the Probate Court for the District of Caledonia and State of Vermont the Hon'l Charles S. Dana Judge presiding for a pension a widow of the said Samuel Winston under the 2d Section of the Act of Congrefs of the 3d February 1853 & that she subsequently received a Pension certificate granting her "pension of Fifty three dollars & twenty nine cents as such widow from the 2d day of February 1853 for life unlefs she should again Marry which bears date the first day of February A.D. 1854 Numbered 3552 and recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under the act February 3rd 1853 page 35 vol A by S.T. Getty Clerk, and that she is now in the receipt of said Pension, and that her said husband the said Samuel Winslow died at Sutton aforesaid on the twelfth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty as aforesaid and that she is still a widow--
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She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congrefs approved March 3d 1855, and she refers to the proofs made by her in her said application for a pension of her said Marriage by a Record Certificate & of her husbands death & other matters appurtenent by the vouchers now on file in the Pension office--
Betsey  x her mark  Winslow

Witnefs
Charles Randall
Margaret Bennett

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that she is a credible person.
George C. Cahoon
Master in Chancery
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186,040. [underlined]

Widow Betsey Winslow's
Declaration for Bounty Land


Geo. C. Cahoon.  Lyndon  Vt.
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I Charles Randall of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged forty nine years on oath depose testify and say that I first became acquainted with Samuel Winslow, late of Sutton in said County deceased who at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of fifty three dollars and twenty nine cents per annum at Sandwich in the State of New Hampshire in the year 1814 and was present at that place at his marriage with said Betsey Winslow his present widow, who is now making her application for Bounty Land under the Act of Congrefs approved March 3d 1855  Her namd at the time of said marriage was Betsey Randall and said marriage took place on the twenty fifth day of September A.D. 1814 and the marriage ceremony was performed by Elder Joseph Quimby a Gospel Minister.  I have ever kept up an intimate acquaintance with said Samuel Winslow during his lifetime and with his said wife & widow to the present time--That the said Samuel Winslow died at Sutton March 12th 1850 of which I was informed on that or the next day and attended his funeral on the 14th day of the same March.--That in the year 1853 I gave my Deposition in aid of the said Betsey Winslow's application as widow of the said Samuel Winslow for a pension under the act of February 3, 1853 ["for a pension" stricken out] for which she received a certificate February 1 1854.  That said Betsey Winslow is now living the widow of the said Samuel Winslow and resides in the town of Lyndon and is now present at the making of this
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Deposition which is given on her application for Bounty Land under the Act of Congrefs approved March 3, 1855
Charles Randall

State of Vermont                 ) At Lyndon
Caledonia County  fs.          ) March 15, 1855

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that affiant is a credible witnefs
George C. Cahoon
Master in Chancery
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I George C. Cahoon of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged 57 years depose testify and say that I was for many years personally acquainted with Samuel Winslow a Revolutionary soldier formerly a resident of said Lyndon but who at the time of his death himself resided at Sutton in said County who died in March 1850 that the said Samuel Winslow was placed on the Pension list, Roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate of fifty three dollars twenty nine cents per annum--that after his first drawing I think that I afsisted making his Powers of Attorney for drawing his pension semiannually to the time of his death--That when he died he left a widow whose name is Betsey Winslow that since the act of 3d February 1853 granting pensions to certain widows I rendered some afsistance to the said Betsey Winslow in obtaining a pension as widow of the said Samuel Winslow and in so doing forwarded the proofs in her case to Washington

That I know that she received a pension certificate on said application dated 1st February 1854 numbered 3552 for fifty three dollars and twenty nine cents per annum and that she is now in receipt of said pension--I further state that the said Betsey Winslow now applying for Bounty Land is the identical person who is the widow of the said Samuel Winston the Revolutionary soldier and receiving a pension as aforesaid as he represents.
George C. Cahoon

State of Vermont       )
Caledonia County fs. )

At Danville, June 22, 1855
Subscribed & sworn to and I certify that the affiant is a credible person.
George W. Cahoon  Notary Public
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State of Vermont    )
Caledonia Co. fs.    )

I, G.A. Burbank, Clerk of Caledonia County Court in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Geo. C. Cahoon Esquire, whose two genuine signatures appear to the two foregoing certificates by him subscribed, was at the respective dates thereof Master in Chancery in and for said County duly commifsioned and qualified--I also certify that Geo. W. Cahoon Esq'r whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate by him subscribed was at the date thereof a Notary Public in and for said County, duly commifsioned and qualified--and that said certifying officers are authorized and empowered by the Laws of this State to administer oaths for general purposes--

Witnefs my hand & the Seal of said Court, this 
22nd day of June AD 1855.
G.A. Burbank
County Clerk

[seal affixed at right side of page reading--"State of Vermont Caledonia County"]
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I Charles Randall of Lyndon in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged 48 years on oath depose certify and say that I first became acquainted with Samuel Winslow late of Sutton in said County of Caledonia deceased, who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of fifty three dollars and twenty nine cents per annum, at Sandwich New Hampshire in the year 1814 & that I was present at his marriage with the widow Betsey Randall on the 25th day of September 1814 and I was then informed that said Winslow then resided in Lyndon Caledonia County Vermont.  Some two or three years afterwards I was at said Lyndon and saw said Winslow and his said wife residing there on a small farm.  In the year 1818 I worked for the said Samuel Winslow for the season and lived in his family.  He then pofsefsed uncommon strength and ability to labor, and then owned a part of said farm and some personal property, his whole property at that time being as I believe of about five hundred dollars in value inclusive of his household furniture.  From that time to his death I was intimately acquainted with him and his pecuniary circumstances.  In 1834 or 1835 or about that period said Samuel Winslow had his leg broken which ever after disabled him for labor.  Soon after this he sold out his estate in Lyndon and removed to Sutton, and resided there some ten years, and during that period consumed the most of said Winslow's available means.  that subsequently a portion of the time and particularly the last year of his life, said Winslow and his wife resided resided in a part of this Deponent's dwelling house; that said Winslow's wife the present applicant for a pension a widow of the said Samuel Winslow was taken violently sick & continued extremely sick for a period of about three months and the real expense of taking care of her could not have been lefs than three dollars per week, which was borne with the exception of a few dollars received for the sale of a cow
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by this Deponent, and for the payment of the balance and other just claims against the said Samuel Winslow he left no estate to pay them.  During this sicknefs of Mrs. Winslow her husband the said Samuel Winslow was removed to the house of his son Elisha Winslow in said Sutton when he soon after sickened and died; being at the time of his death which was on the twelfth day of March A.D. 1850 was ninety years of age, and after the payment of his last sicknefs and funeral charges I know of no property or estate remaining of said Samuel Winslow of any value, and if there had been any I should be most likely to have known it--and no administration has been taken out on his estate; because there was no estate on which to administer.

I know the said Betsey Winslow to be the widow of the said Samuel Winslow and that she is the same who made her Declaration for a pension before the Probate Court for the District of Caledonia June 14, 1853 and she is now a widow; I was not present when the said Samuel Winslow died but I attended his funeral on the 14th day of March 1850.
Charles Randall

State of Vermont       )
Caledonia County fs  )
At Lyndon   September 6, 1853

Subscribed and Sworn to before me and I certify that the affiant is a credible witnefs
George C. Cahoon  Master in Chancery
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I William F. Ruggles of Sutton in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont aged 27 years depose testify & say that I was personally acquainted with Samuel Winslow of said Sutton deceased who was the husband of Betsey Winslow his widow who is now making application for a pension as such widow--that I know said Winslow from my boyhood & recalled him for some twenty years before his death that he resided most of the time for the last ten years or more before his death in a part of my Fathers dwelling house, myself living in my Father's family in the same house at that time.  A short time before moving there the said Samuel Winslow sold a small farm which he owned in Lyndon for his part of it three hundred & fifty or four hundred dollars, his daughter Betsey owning a part thereof and he had a small amount of personal property besides.  Some eighteen years ago the said Samuel Winslow had his leg broken after which he was unable to perform labor and during his lifetime expended all his property with the exception of a small amount of pension nearly all of which was required to meet the expenses of his last sicknefs & funeral charges and that a small amount of old houshold furniture would have been quite insufficient to have paid said expenses 7 charges and also for the sicknefs of his wife, she having for a long time been extremely sick at the time of his death, and also for his house rent and many other privileges had it not been for the generosity of his & her relatives and friends who greatly aided in his support without making charge therefor--And were the said Samuel Winslow to have made his application anew for a pension at the time of his death his debts being paid, if poverty would be any criterion of amount he certainly would have been entitled to the largest amount to be granted
William F. Ruggles

State of Vermont       )
Caledonia County fs  )
At Danville   June 14, 1853

Sworn to and subscribed Before me
George C. Cahoon  Master in Chancery
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Samuel Winslow's
Declaration
12.238
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Additional proofs in case of
Betsey Winslow
widow of Sam'l Winslow
for pension
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Nov 3, 1853

Dear Sir

S Winslow has drawn to 4" March 1851 and not since--

Would have replied before but had not time to go to her home to look it up--
Respt'y
J A Page

Hon G C Cahoon
Lyndon
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Order on

George C Cahoon
by the heirs of
Samuel Winslow
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Lyndon   March 19th 1850

To George C Cahoon

Sir

We the undersigned being heirs at law of Samuel Winslow Late of Sutton deceased request you to deliver to James Ruggles the amount of Pension money due them as the s'd heirs of the s'd Winslow
Betsey Winslow  (widow of the deceased
--by  Charles Randall
Samuel W Winslow
Sarah Smith
Betsey Taylor
[illegible]

Rec'd of Georg. C. Cahoon the above
described pension being the
pension due from 4 Sept. 1849
to 4 March 1850 after deducting his expenses.
March 25, 1850
James Ruggles

Whse.  26.64
Cut        1.14
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          $25.50
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V

33530

160 Acres
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No.  3285

Betsey Winslow
Wid of
Sam'l--

Let to Geo. C. Calwell.  20" Oct: /53.

Act 3 Feby, 1853.
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Pension office.
17" Oct. 1853

Sir:

Please certify the time to
which the within named pensioner
was paid, or the Date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
LP Waldo
Commifsioner.

Samuel Winslow,
Act '32--$53.29, p. annum.

Paid to 4th Sept. 1850,
no date of death on our
Books.---
F Burt
Auditor.

["Error" written above the word "death" above]

Francis Burt. Esq'r
Third Auditor.  heasing
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Depositions of
William Rand &
James Brown
For Sam'l Winslow
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Samuel Winslow

13 mo private
 2 mo serg't


33.30
  9.99
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43.29


B F Deming
HR

J. Bridgeman Esq
Lamoille oille
Vt.
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Caleb Gilman's Deposition
in the case of
Samuel Winslow
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Hon Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

070981
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Copy of letter from Mr. Allen C. Clark,
President Columbia Historical Society.

The history of the settlement with slaves holders is in Crews, a Centennial History of Washington, page 283.  Slaves paid for 2989, disallowed 111.  First meeting of Commissioners April 28, 1862.  Maximum amount for slave $300.  List of slaveholders published in local paper.

Aug. 15, 1931.   (Signed)     Allen C. Clark