Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,347, for Charles Ledyard, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
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SERVICE
Conn.
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Ledyard, Charles
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NUMBER
S. 21,347
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CONTENTS
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Vermont 9587
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Charles Ledyard
of Bennington in the State of Vermont
who was a pri: in the company command
by Captain Barton of the Regt.
command by Col. Elmer in the Connt.
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars _______ Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of May
and sent S. Swift, Manchester, Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of March '33-             160
Semi-annl. allowance ending 4 Sept. "-    40
                                                               $200
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3- Page 74
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22475
Charles Ledyard
Vt.

Cont. Militia
no rolls
Admit for 2 years
as private $80-

S Swift
Manchester Vt.
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BRIEF in the case of Charles Ledyard
[illegible] of Benington in the State of Vt.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 86

4. State his service, as directed in the form 
Period.
State Troop
May.. 1776 enlisted 1 Year As a Private
May. 1779                1 Year       "

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Cap Pannelle.  Col. Elmer
Cap Barton            "

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Farmington Ct.

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify hat the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
George Payson
Examining Clerk.
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Charles Ledyard
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State of Vermont 
County of Bennington

on this 28th day of January in the year 1832 personally appeared before the Hon Myron Clark Judge of the Probate Court for the Probate District of Manchester in the County of
Bennington State of Vermont at Winhall in said County Charles Ledyard a Resident of the Town of [illegible] aforesaid aged eighty six years, being unable to appear in said Court by reason of bodily infirmity, & who being 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 was born at Port Royal in the Province of Nova Scotia on the 11th day of October in the year 1746 agreeably to best knowledge & recollection; that he knows of no Record of his age which is now preserved, this age is by some others calculated at two & even three years more. that on or about the time when he was three years as many as he is able now to remember he removed from said Port Royal to the Town of Farmington in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated

That agreeably to his present recollection, some time in the spring & as he now thinks in the month of May in the year 1776 at Farmington in said State of Connecticut;  he enlisted into the Company of Connecticut State troops as he now believes, commanded by Capt
Jeremiah Parmelee, & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elmer and in the line of the State of Connecticut. that he continued to serve in the said corps during the whole of the said term of one years enlistment when he was regularly discharged from the said service by letter received by him from his said Col. at Farmington in the County of Hartford, in said State of Connecticut, he being at that time absent from the army in consequence of disability incurred by a wound received by him whilst in actual service, which letter of discharge has since by accident been worn out or lost. that afterwards, in the spring of the year, 1779, as he now thinks in the month of May agreeably to his but presents such recollection, he again enlisted for the term of one year at Farmington in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt William Barton, & in the Regiment commanded by Col
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[Chris Chivers], to serve at the United States Armory at Springfield in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts; that he did serve at said attachment in said Springfield, & in said Company during the whole of the said last mentioned term of one years enlistment, where he was regularly discharged by [illegible] at said Springfield & retired to his said house. That he has no documentary evidence to substantiate his statement nor does he now know of any living witnesses by whom he can prove his aforesaid services.

as to his reputation & the general belief as to his service among his Neighbors he swears with confidence appear to any of the and particularly he believes he shall be able to procure the testimony of Frances Kidder Esq and Dudley Bebee, two of his respectable Neighbors, there being no clergyman in the town of Minshall of any denomination. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Role of the agency of any State-

Charles Ledyard
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid by & before me, Myron Clark Judge of Probate Court
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We Francis Kidder & Dudley Bebee residing in the town of Minshall in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Ledyard who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration. that we believe him
to be Eighty Six years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion

Francis Kidder
Dudley Bebee

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid by & before me, Myron Clark Judge of P. Court

And the said Myron Clark Judge of the Probate Court as aforesaid hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 said Judge further certifies that it appears to him
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that the said Francis Kidder & Dudley Beebee who have signed the foregoing certificate are reputable inhabitants of the sd town of Winhall and that their statement, therein contained, is entitles to full credit. -That there is no resident clergyman in the said town of Winhall of any denomination and further, that in his opinion the said Charles Ledyard is unable to attend personally in court by reason of bodily infirmity. Certified by me Myson Clark Judge of Probate Ct

State of Vermont

To all whom there presents shall come or may concern greeting

I Henry Robinson Clerk of the county court within & for the county of Bennington, do hereby certify that Hone. Judge Myson Clark whose signature appears to the foregoing, was at the date thereof & still is a Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Manchester in sd county of Bennington duly qualified by law to act as such, & that his signature is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand & affixed the seal of our said court, at Manchester in sd county this fifth day of February AD. 1833 - & of the independence of the United States the fifty seventh

Henry Robinson Clerk
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(written vertically left upper)
21347
INVALID

File No. 21,347
Charles Ledyard
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 239

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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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 Charles Ledyard 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)

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 made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VII. 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 distinquished 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?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it? Yes

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?
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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such 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? 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, 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. 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 a declaration is highly objection
able. 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 for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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, 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.
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.