Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,222, for Eleazer Stoddard, New Hampshire
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SERVICE  N.H.

Stoddard, Eleazer

NUMBER  S.18222

carded
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10349
New Hampshire
Eleazer Stoddard
of Cheshire  in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Reed in the N Hampshire line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of April 1833 and sent L G Mead Chesterfield N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 - - - - - $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 - 13.33
[total] $66.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book [?]  Vol.1st  Page 118.
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7067
Declaration of
Eleazer Stoddard

Chesterfirld
Cheshire
N.H.
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7067
Eleazer Stoddard
Private  8 months
W.C.E

11 -12 -16 -18 [ob?]
Dec 20 1832

$26.66

L.G. Mead
Chesterfield
NH
[illegible]
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7067
BRIEF in the case of Eleazer Stoddard of Chesterfield 
County of Cheshire in the State of N. Hampshire 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury?  Yes

3. How old is he? 76

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
April in 1775 -  8 months - private - Cap Whitcomb, Col Read

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Chesterfield

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  One living witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and, if so, how?  Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[signed] W C Easton  Examining Clerk.
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P
18222
INVALID.
File No. 18,222
Eleazer Stoddard
 Pri. [private] Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 363
[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.
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7067
Eleazer Stoddard


L G Mead
Chesterfield
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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 Eleazer Stoddard, 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? [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

X. 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?  No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No

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? [blank]

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 witness or witnesses?  No 2
Has the proper officer certified to the character and signature of the magistrate as regulations direct?  Yes

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

XVI. ++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 so answered?  No

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, the 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 recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For_____ year____months, and ____days, I served as a _______, For _____months and _____days, I served as a _____; 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 the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 

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

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
 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 as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
  [hand symbol pointing ] 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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I William Robertson of Brattleboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont Depose and on oath testify and say that I am now in my eighty second year - that I was formerly well acquainted the Eleazar Stoddard now said to be of Chesterfield in the State of New Hampshire. In the year 1775 I resided in said Chesterfield about a mile and a half from the residence of the said Eleazar Stoddard.  In the month of April of that year the news came to Chesterfield of the battle of Lexington.  At that time the said Eleazar Stoddard and myself belonged to a militia company in the town of Chesterfield and both of us with several others of the company volunteered to go to Boston to join the army.  At Cambridge we both enlisted into the continental service, into a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Whitcomb of Swansey.   The said Eleazar Stoddard with myself enlisted for the term of eight months and I know that he served in the army during the whole of said term when he returned to the town of Chesterfield -- The Lieutenant of the company was named Clois or Cloyce of Fitzwilliam - the ensign Stephen Carter of Chesterfield - The Colonel of the regiment was James Read of Fitzwilliam and the major was Jonathan Hale. The Adjutant was Richard Cofflin of Chesterfield. The above names are according to the best of my recollection, though the great length of time makes it impossible for me to speak with certainly - our company was in the battle of Bunker Hill & was during the greater part of the time that we belonged to it stationed at Charlestown Neck --
[signed] Wm. Robertson

State of Vermont 
Windham ss } Brattleboro July 28th 1832
Then personally appeared William Robertson and after signing the above affidavit made solemn
oath that it contains the truth and nothing but the truth
before [signed] W R Hayes Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Fane August 30. A.D. 1832.
I James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William R. Hayes, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the Peace for the said County, and duly empowered to administer Oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on the day and year above written.
[signed] James Elliot, Clerk.

State of Vermont
Windham ss }  Brattleboro Dec 29th 1832
I certify that I am acquainted with Wm Robertson  who has signed and sworn to the deposition and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity
[signed] W R Hayes Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerks Office
New Fane January 3d A.D. 1833
I certify that William R. Hayes, Esquire is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham, and that the above is his signature-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year last above written -
[signed] James Elliot, Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-31
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Stoddard, Frederick___   GRADE Private___  LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBER  6488___   ACREAGE  100___   ISSUED Nov. 2, 1791 to Jonathan Little, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.