Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,654, for Gardner Spooner, Vermont
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
Mass.|Spooner, Gardner|S. 15,654
Vt.
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CONTENTS
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Vermont No. 28,367
Gardner Spooner of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Dillingham of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wait in the Massachusetts and Vt. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 1834 and Hon. H. Everett, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 240.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept 40.00
$280.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 3 - Page 93
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3892
Gardner Spooner
Admit as private
2 years $80
Hon. H. Everett
H.R. 
['W. Palmer' crossed out]
Woodstock Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office. 
April 23d 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 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, shewing the Service of Gardner Spooner
[column 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 Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
1775|( " |8| " )|Private|Col. Brewer|87 years|[blank]|
1776|(['1' crossed out]|7|20)|NH|Colo French|lived in Dartmouth|[blank]|
1777|(1| " | " )| ""|Colo. Pope|Mass|[blank]|
1778|( " |4| " )| ""| " [illegible]|volunteer entered the|affidavit of|
1781|( " |9| * )| ""|Colo Wait|service|Samuel Bennet & Philemon Sampson
*E. D. Bangs certificate see papers in Sam'l Bennett's case Vermont
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions. 
Mr. Gardner Spooner.
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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 Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et 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, mucicians 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 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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.] 
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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 knowledge 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 in 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 whom 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 the 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 whom 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 soldier, 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 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 transmit such evidence 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.

[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 most 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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."
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 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 that 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 sheet 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 ends of which pass under 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 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.
⇒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 [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 sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[margin note: *Claimant should state whether there are survivors of each term of service - ]
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Gardner Spooner
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock June 7th AD 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of peace within & for the County of Windsor Gardner Spooner who being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grade - 
For three years & nine months I served as a Private & for Such Service I Claim a Pension & for the time during which the service was performed I was not employed in any civil pursuit that I served with an embodied corps called into Service by competent authority & performed the service as I have stated in my said Declaration which this is an addition & amendment thereto - 
I further depose & say that I now recollect that in the year 1775 I served under Colo. Brewer a Continental officer & in 1776 I served under Colo French a Continental officer & 1777 I served under Colo. Pope of the Massachusetts line & in 1778 I service under the said Colo Pope that I enlisted for one year but served only four months then procured a man to take my place that in my Declaration there is an error respecting this term of my enlistment which states I enlisted for four months. 
I further depose & say that I know of no person living that can be obtained who can testify to either of the terms of my service of 1775, 76, 77 or 78 except one Samuel Shaw now living in the same place that I do, who is in a Deranged State of mine not capable of telling a correct story - 
/s/Gardner Spooner
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above written - 
/s/Eli Dunham Just. Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Eliphalet Dunham who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified & that the Same is his Genuine Signature
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of Said Court at Woodstock this 8th day of June AD 1833 - 
/s/Benj'a Swan
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[verso]
Joseph Gibbs

[recto]
Gardner Spooner
3892
Declaration
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STATE OF VERMONT
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.} 
On this 4th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Gardner Spooner a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged eighty seven 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 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.
In 1775 he lived at Dartmouth Mass In 1775 he enlisted for Eight Months under Capt Dan'l Agery (or Egery) - he marched to Roxbury remained there to guard the place until his term of service expired & returned home In 1776 he enlisted for one year under Capt. Benj'n Dillingham marched to Boston was stationed on Winter hill awhile in makeing entrenchments the company he belonged to was ordered by Gen Washington to march to New Bedford for to build a Fort and fortify on the River. he assisted in Building the Fort at New Bedford also in mounting the cannon he served out the time for which he enlisted & returned home 
In 1777 he enlisted again under Capt Dillingham Lt Hathaway for one year more was stationed at New Bedford and remained there repairing the Fort & to guard the Town and Vicinity until he served out his year. then returned home again remained awhile. In 1778, he enlisted under Capt. Crandall for four months served but a short time returned home stayed a short time then went to Vermont remained there between one & two years about this time the Indians burnt Royalton & In 1781 in the Month of Feby or March he volunteered and went to Bethel was under the command of Capt Benjamin Col. Wait's Reg't remained there until December then returned home at this time he served between Nine, & ten Months he has no Documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except the testimony which is here unto anexed  he was born in Dartmouth Mass July 2nd 1745 where it is recorded he lived there until 1778 - in 78 he removed to Woodstock Vermont where he has lived ever since during the diferent periods which he served in Massachusetts he belonged to the Mass State Troops
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
/s/Gardner Spooner
Sworn to and subscribed the day and  year aforesaid.} /s/L. A. Marsh Register
We, Seth Sterlin a Clergyman residing in Woodstock and Richard Ransom residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gardner Spooner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he believe him to be 87 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. 
/s/Seth Sterlin
/s/Rich'd Ransom 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,} /s/L. A. Marsh Register
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 Seth Sterlin who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock  and that Rich'd Ransom who has also signed the same, is a resident in Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon A. Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Gardner Spooner for a Pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of August A.D. 1832
/s/L. A. Marsh, Register
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Gardner Spooner's Case
Hon. H. Everett H.R.
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I Philemon Sampson of Woodstock County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged 73 years depose testify & say: that the first of March 1781 I enlisted in to Capt. John Benjamin's Company in Colo Wait's Regiment (troops raised by the authority of what is now the State of Vermont:) that Gardner Spooner of said Woodstock inlisted at the same time in to the same company with me: that said Spooner marched to Bethel in Said State with said Comp'y which was stationed at a Small Fort in said Bethel & the said Spooner did Military duty in said Company with me (as a private) untill the last day of November in said year making the term of service in that Campaign Nine months 
I further testify that I am now a Revolutionary pensioner. that in my application to the War department for a pension I was allowed for Nine months service in the above Campaign: & that the said Spooner served the full time in said Campaign that I did - 
And further deponant sayeth not - 
/s/Philemon Samson
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock April 4th AD 1834
Then Philemon Sampson personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth
And I hereby certify that the above named Philemon Sampson is a Credible witness
/s/Jared Rickard Justice of peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Jared Richard who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified & that same is his genuine signature - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court & subscribe my name at Woodstock this 9th day of April AD 1834 - 
/s/Benj'a Swan Clerk
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Gardner Spooner
Capt
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I Samuel Bennet of Woodstock County of Windsor & State of Vermont aged 74 years do depose testify & say that in the Spring of 1781 I was at a Small Fort in Bethel Vermont (having previously been with a Scouting party to the Northerly fort of the State of Vermont.) that Gardner Spooner of said Woodstock came to the the said Fort & did duty as a private in Capt. John Benjamin's Company in Colo Wait's Regiment untill the last of November in the said year that I did duty in the same company with the said Spooner during said time - 
I further testify that I am now a Revolutionary pensioner that in my application to the War Department for a Pension I was allowed for Nine Months Service in said campaign - (The said troops were raised by the authority of what is now the State of Vermont)
& further Deponant sayeth not - 
/s/Samuel Bennet
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock April 5th AD 1834
Then Samuel Bennet personally appeared & made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth - 
And I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Bennet is a credible witness - 
/s/Eliphalet Dunham Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Eliphalet Dunham who has affixed his name to the within is a Magistrate duly qualified & the same is his Genuine Signature
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I I hereunto affix the seal of said Court & Subscribe my name at Woodstock this 9th day of April AD 1834 - 
/s/Benj'a Swan Clerk
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I, Samuel Bennett (Bennet) of Woodstock County of Windsor & State of Vermont of Lawfull age do testify and say that in 1781, I was acquainted with Gardner Spooner that he was in the service at Bethel Vermont in Capt. Benjamin's Company in Colo Wait's Regiment that he the said Spooner served nine months that I was in the same company & further deponent sayeth not
/s/Samuel Bennet
I Philemon Sampson of Woodstock county of Windsor & State of Vermont of Lawfull age testify and say that in 1781 I was acquainted with Gardner Spooner that he was in the service at Bethel Vermont in Capt. Benjamin's Company in Col. Wait's Regiment that he the said Spooner served nine months that I was in the same Company & further deponent sayeth not 
/s/Philemon Sampson
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock August 4th 1832
Then Samuel Bennet & Philemon Sampson personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavits by them subscribed contain the truth & nothing but the truth & I hereby certify that the said Sam'l Bennet & Philemon Sampson are credible witnesses - 
/s/Walter Palmer Justice of peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 8th 1832 I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said county and that the above is his signature. - 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year last above. - 
/s/Benj'a Swan
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb'ry 15th 1834
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Gardner Spooner is borne on "A list of men marched to Head Quarters, under the Command of Benjamin Dillingham, which arrived in Camp from Dartmouth the 15th day of February, 1776. 
(Signed) Benj'a Dillingham. 
"To William Baylis at Watertown.
P'r favor of Sergeant Mitchell. No. of men. 72."
The name of Gardner Spooner is allso borne on "A Pay roll for Cap't Benjamin Dillingham's Company, Stationed at Dartmouth, on the Sea Coast, Dartmouth Dec'r 1st, 1776. 75 men." having served from April 15th to Dec'r 1st 1776, and was allowed Seven months and twenty days. 
Gardner Spooner claims further services in 1775, 1777, & 1778. The rolls which he describes are not found in this Office. 
/s/Edward A. Bangs Sec'y
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Vt. Hon. H. Everett
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[handwritten letter]
Ho's of Rep's 
21. Feb 1834. 

Sir
I enclose a certificate from the Sec'y of Mass'tts applicable to the case of Gardner Spooner & am respectfully
Your ob Ser't
/s/H. Everett
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
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15654
INVALID.
File No. 15,654
Gardner Spooner
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]