Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19101, for Barzillai Spalding, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
N.H.

Spalding, Barzillai
or Brazillai

NUMBER
S.19101
Carded
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CONTENTS
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Vermont, 18.704
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Barzillai [corrected from Brazillai] Spalding of Orleans co. in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. & Drm'r. in the Comp'y. command[ed]
by Captain Clift of the Reg't command[ed] by Col. Putnam in the Conn. ma line for 11 months Drummer & 12 " Private N.H.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont. at the rate of 80 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sep'r 1833 and sent to Pensioner Morriston Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $200.83
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '34 40.16
[total] $240.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Eli Brown, Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 3, Page 92
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Brazillia Spalding
Barzillai
Orleans District
Verm't

Admit
11 mos Drummer
12 " Private

Pensioner
[lined out: claimant]
Morristown Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3. 1833

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 shew 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, shewing the service of Brazillia Spalding

[Table, 9 columns, 6 rows below these headings:]
Period when the service was rendered. |
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. |
Rank of the claimant. |
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. |
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. |
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |
Country through which he marched. |
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. |
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
1775 | 1 [month] | Private | | Col. Putnam | | Roxbury | 75 years Plainfield Connet | By a living Witness
May 1775 | 8 [months] | Capt Cleft | Col Parsons Genl Spencer | | Station'd at Roxbury | |
Jany 1776 | 3 [months] | Drummer | Capt Cady | Col Douglass | | Cambridge | |
May 1776 | 8 [months] | Drummer | Capt Dixon | Col Sage | White Plains | City of N York
May 1777 | 3 [months] | Private | Capt Waterman | Col Johnson | | Groton
1780 | 6 or 7 [days] | Cap Safford | | | | |
Jan'y 1781 | 6 [days] | " | | | | | |
Feb'y 1781 | 9 or 10 [days] " | | | | | |

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 brand 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 Commissaries 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. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County were 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 served 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 so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
[THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE IS MARKED WITH BRACKETS IN BOTH MARGINS.]

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 revolutionary 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 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 we 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.
[THE TWO PARAGRAPHS ABOVE ARE MARKED WITH BRACKETS IN BOTH MARGINS.]

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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C.D., who has also 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 office, this __ day of __ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of 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 knowledges of the services 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 the 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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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and what year were you born?

2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.

6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by who was it given and what has become of it?
{To an officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -- one of who should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary solider, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of a bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans-nit such evidenced as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.

[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot sweat 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."

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 tot he 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 expression are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &e without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each tern 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.
[SECTION E IS MARKED WITH BRACKET IN RIGHT MARGIN.]

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.

[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.

[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same she et of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass un der the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] 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 claimant's 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.

[Pointing hand] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.

[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.

[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and seat to the War Department, with the declaration.

[handwritten]
Did he ever receive a Warrant as Sergeant? If so, what has become of it --
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Brazillia Spalding
Declaration
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss } 
At a Probate Court holden at Morristown in said district on this 17th day of July 1833 Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge personally appeared in open Court Barzilla Spaulding a resident of Morristown aforesaid and ^made this supplimentary declaration to the one made on the 18th day of October 1832 --

He states that he served in the capacity of a private & drummer and Sergeant as he stated in his former declaration and at the same places and periods of service as there therein stated.

He states that he never had a Sergeants Warrant and that it was not common for Sergeants in Malitia [Militia] companies to have Warrants in those times.

He states that when he turned out from Plainfield to go to Royalton at the time that place was burnt in Oct 1780 he was out six days (at least)

He states that at the time he turned out in Feb. 1781 and went to Haverhill and Newbury he was from home nine days (at least)

He further states in addition to what has been stated in his former declaration as to his services that at Plainfield N.H. the Town of Plainfield were required to furnish a certain number of Men to join the continental army for three years and that town were divided in Classes and one class hired a man by the name of Asa Bartlett who enlisted for three years and took his bounty soon after he took his bounty he deserted and Capt Josiah Russel ordered me to take a man with me and pursue after him and bring him back I took one Samuel Egleston with me and we pursued him and in the woods betwixt Connecticut River and Merrimac River we found him and brought him to Capt Russel at Plainfield who then ordered me to take him to Corinth and deliver him to the Commander of the Fort at that place which command I obeyed and delivered said Asa Bartlett to Benjamin Waight [Waite] who was then commander of the Fort at Corinth making eight days which I spent in this last expedition bore my own expences and never received any compensation
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Barzillai Spalding
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I John Cole of Morristown in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont aged eighty years depose and say that I am well acquainted with Barzilla Spaulding of said Morristown and I do certify that at the commencement of the revolutionary War I lived in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut and that said Spaulding and myself volunteered immediately after the Battle at Lexington which was in April 1775 and went to Roxbury the said Spaulding and myself served one month ^there under the command of Col. Israel Putnam --

In May of the same year I enlisted and Joined a Rigement [regiment] Commanded by Col John Durkee and served eight months at Cambridge and the ^said Barzilli Spaulding served the same time at Roxbury in a Rigement commanded by Col. Sam'l Parsons as I then understood but I do not recollect seeing him but once during that summer --

In January 1776 the said Spaulding and Myself inlisted at said Plainfield for three Months and marched immediately in company of each other and served at Cambridge and vicinity three month in Capt David Cadys Company in Col. Douglass' Rigement --

In the month of May 1777 the said Spaulding & myself volunteered in the Connecticut Malitia at Plainfield for the term of three months and served [lined out: in the same company] at Groton in a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Waterman in Col Jedediah Johnsons [lined out: Company] Rigement --

Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] John Cole

We Samuel Cook and James Tinker Postmaster [inserted: both residents] in the Town of Morristown in the County of Orleans do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Barzilla Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 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, and we further state that the said Spaulding is a man whose standing is good in society, and his statements are intitled to full credit & belief --
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid --
[signed] Samuel Cooke
[signed] James Tinker
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State of Vermont
Orleans County ss }
At a Court of Probate holden at Morristown [inserted: on this 17th day of July 1833] within and for the County of Orleans personally appeared in open Court Barzilla Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn to this supplimentary declaration for a pension and made oath to the truth of the same --

Before John Kimball Judge of Probate also at the same time and place personally appeared John Cole, Samuel Cook & James Tinker and made oath that the foregoing certificates by them subscribed are true Before me John Kimball Judge of Probate

I John Kimball Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of this supplementary declaration of Barzilla Spaulding for a pension and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interogatories prescribed by the War department that the same Barzilla Spaulding was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and it further appears to the Court that John Cole, Samuel Cook & James Tinker who have signed the foregoing Certificates are residents of Morristown aforesaid and are credible witnesses --

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Morristown this 17th day of July AD. 1833

John Kimball Judge of Probate

N.B. the reason that the register has not signed the above certificate is that is was necessary to hold the Court at Morristown between 30 and 40 miles from his residence and he could not conveniently attend; also the reason that a clergymans certificate has not been obtained is there is not any one settled within the Town that could be obtained --

John Kimball Judge Probate
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State of Vermont
Orleans District ss }
At a Probate Court holden at Benton in said district on this
18th day of October 1832 Present the Hon John Kimball Judge, personally ^appeared in open Court Barzillai Spalding a Resident of Morristown in said County of Orleans aged 75 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 lived at Plainfield in the State Conneticut [Connecticut] at the commencement of the Revolutionary war. That immediately after the battle at Lexinton [Lexington] he volunteered with many others marched immediately to Roxbury where he served one month under the command of Col. Israel Putnam (but we were not organised into any regular company) In the month of May following which was in the year 1775 as he was on his return home from from his months service at Providence he inlisted for eight months in the Connecticut line in Capt. Waterman Cleft's Company in Col. Sam'l Persons Rigiment [Regiment] and Gen. Spencers Brigade and was Stationed at Roxbury in Massachusetts (where I served the first month) where I was discharged the fore part of winter after my eight months enlistment had expired.

In January 1776 I enlisted for three months under Capt David Cady in Col. John Douglass Rigement and served at Cambridge Mass. and vicinity during the above three months service the British evacuated Boston I believe about the middle of March. I served out my three months enlistment which was also in the Connecticut line --

In May 1776 (being the same year of the last mentioned inlistment) I inlisted at Plainfield before mentioned (where also I inlisted for three month above stated) for eight months in the Connecticut line under Capt John Dixon in Col. Comfort Sage's Rigement in Gen. Wadsworth Brigade and served in the City and vicinity of New York (I was in battle at Whiteplains [White Plains] in the month of Oct.) and was discharged the forepart of Winter after my eight months service had expired --

In May 1777 I intered as a volunteer in the Malitia [Militia] of Connecticut (at said Plainfield) for the term of three months in Capt. Abraham Waterman's Company in Col. Jedediah Johnsons
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Rigement [regiment] served out my three months at Groton in Connecticut --

In all my above stated services I served as a private excepting eleven months which I served in 1776 I served as a drummer --

In 1779 I removed to Plainfield Newhampshire and in 1780 when news came that Royalton was burnt I turned out as a volunteer and being Orderly Sergent [sergeant] in the Company of Malitia [militia] in Plainfield I had the command of nine men who turned out with me we marched to Royalton then to Bethel where was a picket fort commanded by a Capt Safford or Spafford then by the Request of said Commander we went to Barnard where was also a picket fort Commanded by Capt. Cox -- was from home six or seven days -- In January 1781 I turned out as a volunteer upon an alarm went as far as Piermont where we tarried two days -- was from home six days at that time --

I[n] Feb. following there was an alarm I turned [out] with others went to Haverhill staid two days then crossed the river over to Newbury staid there two days and returned home after nine or ten days absence --

In the two last towers [tours] I was also Orderly Sargent [sergeant] and commanded those that ^went with me being from twelve to twenty each time. I never had any written discharge and have no documentary evidence of service --

I was born in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut in the in the ^year 1757 where is a record of my age in the Town Clerks Office, where I lived until 1779 then remooved to Plainfield in the State of Newhampshire [New Hampshire] where I lived until about the year 1806 then remooved to Morristown in the County of Orleans and State of Vermont where I have since resided --

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State --

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Barzillai Spalding
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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 --

I John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court for the district of Orleans aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Barzillai Spalding for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of October A.D. 1832
John H Kimball Register
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3-525
S19101
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __, 192

In reply to your request of __, for the history of Barzillai Spalding, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the __ claim for pension.

[Table, 6 columns, 6 rows below these headings:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. COLONEL. |
CAPTAIN. |
STATE.
Apr. 1775 | 1 mo. | Pvt | | Israel Putnam | Conn.
May 1775 | 8 " | Pvt | Waterman Clift | Saml Parson | "
Jan 1776 | 3 " | Drummer | David Cady | John Douglas | "
May 1776 | 8 " | Drummer | John Dixon | Comfort Sage | "
May 1777 | 3 " | Pvt | Abraham Waterman | Jedidiah Johnson | "
1780 & 1781 | 29 days | Ordly Sgt in the militia of Plainfield N. H.

Battles engaged in, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plainfield Conn. & Plainfield N.H.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 18, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Morristown, Orleans Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, b. 1757 in Plainfield Conn.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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Phillip Spaldings Affidavit
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Philip Spalding of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was formerly a resident of Plainfield in the State of Connecticut, and was there acquainted with Barzillai Spalding now of Morristown in the State of Vermont in the time of the Revolutionary War, wherein we were actors and soldiers together, as follows. The said Barzillai Spalding volunteered and served one month with me at Roxbury soon after the Lexington fight under the command of Col Putnam of the Connecticut troops but not in an organized company. He afterwards in the month of May 1775 entered and served with me for the term of eight months in Captain Clefts company of Col Persons Connecticut Reg't at Roxbury aforesaid. He again enlisted and served three months from the forepart of January 1776 with me in Captain Cadys company of Col. Douglass Connecticut Reg't at Cambridge Massachusetts. He again enlisted for and served eight months with me in Captain Dixons company of Col Sages Connecticut Reg't. This enlistment was in the month of May 1777 and the service was performed mainly in the City of New York -- I further depose and so that the said Barzillai Spalding was a Drummer for the space of eleven months above named [signed] Phillip Spalding

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan SS }
August 20th 1832 Then Phillip Spalding personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace

I further certify that Phillip Spalding the above deponent is a credible witness
John Bryant Just Peace

I, Benjamin B. French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that John Bryant is a Justice of the Peace, and that the above signature, purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court this 22d day of August 1832
B. B. French
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P 19101
INVALID.
File No. 19,101
Brazillia Spalding
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-- Vol. 1, Page 425
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1894 Nov. 10 Hist. to S. R. Lawrence, New Britain, Conn.
1923 July 5. Hist. to C. S. Warner
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H.  S.

New Britam Oct. 20. 1894
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC.

Dear Sir
I am desirous of securing the record of Barzittara Spaulding a Pensioner of the government for services rendered during the Revolutionary war. He enlisted from N. H. I think, [crossed out: at least] the family settled in [crossed out: Plainfield N. H.] ^Mass. about 1620 & removed to H [?] where Barzillia was born.

If you will kindly give me the information required or give me directions how to procure it you will greatly oblige

Yours respectfully,
S. R. Lawrence
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[round stamp]  U. S. PENSION OFFICE. OCT 22 1894

[rectangular stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY OCT 24 1894
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141 Lincoln St.
New Britain, Conn.

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C

Dear Sir,

Please favor me with the Revolutionary war record of Barzillia Spalding Son of David Spalding of Plainfield Conn.

According to our record he was a pensioned soldier.

Please give me the date of his death if you have it.

Truly yours,
Clara Spalding Warner

[round stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE. G MAY 18 1923