Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,621, for Elias Stevens, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn,
Vt.

Stevens, Elias

NUMBER
S.14,621

Vt.
carded
CONTENTS
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Stevens, Elias
Conn. S14621
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[split between far right and left pages]
See Let, to H. H. Sylvester
Aug 16. 1844-
Let H. H. Steakland Oct 8. 1853
1853

28.056
Vermont

Elias Stevens.
[Ro]yalton in the State of Ver [Vermont]
was a Private in the Com commanded
by Captain ----- of the Regt commanded
by [C]ol. Douglas in the* Ver [Vermont] Troops 
for 2 Mo.
[S]ergt. 4 Mo
[Lie]ut 16 mo

*Conn, Vt, and N.H.
Feb[illegible]
Records Completed

In[illegible] on the Roll of Ver at the rate of 240 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Feby 1834 and sent - H Everett- H of R
--
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $600
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4. 34- 120
$720

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 92
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Elias Stevens Declaration
12.808

Stevens, Elias
Conn. S14621
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress the 7th June 1832 
on this 15 day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate of Hartford District now sitting Elias Stevens a resident of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged seventy seven 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated- - I enlisted at Plainfield in the State of Connecticut in January 1776 for two months in the Company commanded by Captain James Gorden [Gordon] in the Regament [regiment] commanded by Colonal [Colonel] John Douglass marched to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts and their [there] joined our army and continued until April then to Royalton then claimed by the State of New-York in June or July following- Majr Hosington [Joab Hoisington] received Orders from the State of New-York to raise three companies of Rangers to be[?] enlisted during war for the defence [defense] of the frontiers between Vermont and Canada, his three Captains were Benjamin Wate [Benjamin Franklin Wait] of Windsor, John Strong of Woodstock and Joseph Hatch of Norwich in the month of August or September I enlisted in Captain Joseph Hatch Company as Oldest Sergent [sergeant] during the war - - that fall and winter we were stationed at Royalton fort, and some at Newbury. in January 1777 Captain Joseph Hatch obtained a discharge and Simeon Stevens of Newbury was appointed Captain of said Company and I was appointed his Lieutenant. in 1777 when Burguine [Burgoyne] was marching towards Ticonteroga [Ticonderoga] our Company received orders to march to Ticonteroga [Ticonderoga] before we arrived their [there] it was taken by the Brittish [British] General and our Company received orders to march back and guard the frontiers - in July Majr Hoisington went to New-York and on his return took the small pox and died. in July our Company was ordered to march in pursuit of Burguine [Burgoyne] under Collo [Colonel] Joseph Marsh we joined his Regament [regiment] and marched to Manchester, then to Pallette[?] [Pawlet?] then marched[?] and had a severe battle at Lake George landing. and recovered four or five hundred of our men taken prisoner at Huberton [Hubbardton] battle with a number of Brittish [British] officers and soldiers. Capt Ebenezer Allen took Ft. Defiance with about fifty Hessians - we then marched to Castleton, and their [there] I did the duty of an Adjutant in Colo. Marsh Regament [regiment] about two weeks then Colo. Marsh Regament [regiment] was relieved Colo. Peter Olcott regament [regiment] I then did the duty of a quartermaster in Olcott regament [regiment] we had orders from General Lincoln to march to Saratoga to join Genl Gates army and continued until Burguine [Burgoyne] laid down his arms - - when we returned after Burguine [Burgoyne] surrendered. we had notice that the Majr Hosington [Hoisington] regament [regiment] so called was discharged- in November 15th 1777 Timothy Bedel of New Hampshire received orders from Congress to raise a regament [regiment] of men for one year on the Continental establishment as to pay cloathing [clothing] and bounty. John Wheelock was Bedel Lieut Colonal [Colonel], Solomon Cushman of Norwich was one of Colo Bedel Captains and I was commitioned [commissioned] his Lieutenant the 1st day of April 1778 and received from Colo Bedel orders to enlist men which I did a number, in June Captain Cushman Company & Nelson Company was ordered to march to Albany in the State of New-York under the command of Colo Wheelock - General John Starks [Stark] had the command at [illegible] at that time - Cushman Company and Nelson[?] Company was mustered by [several illegible words] two or [illegible] months then was marched back to the frontiers between this and Canada [several illegible words] Regament [regiment] was discharged by direction[?] of[?] Congress [illegible] 27th day of November 1778 leaving[?] eight months service- the remainder of our[?] pay[?] except[?] what[?] [several illegible words] Albany[?] was paid in final settlement [illegible] sold for three shillings [illegible] the bounty [illegible] cloathing [clothing] we received none - - - That in March 1779 in consequence of the dangerous state of the frontiers between this place and Canada being continually[?] [illegible] by Tories and Indians the Towns of Norwich Sharon & Royalton considering their dangerous situation[?] formed a volunteer company of minute men for one year and Elias Stevens was appointed Captain of said Company and commanded said company during said year and[?] during that period their [there] were many alarms[?] which [illegible] continual scouting[?] to [illegible] and guard against danger[?] their [there] being many suspicious or[?] [illegible] persons passing to and from Canada [several illegible words] year I took[?] two persons traveling with packs[?] pretending[?] they were going to look and get [illegible] some[?] [illegible] one of them proved[?] to be a Brittish [British] soldier the other a tory going to Canada we[?] seized[?] them the tory[?] made his escape[?] the soldier was kept to redeem one of our men their [there] being in this section a great number of tories and suspicious persons that aided the enemy it was necessary to keep out [illegible] continuously  - - In 1780 a number of Towns bordering on Connecticut river in New Hampshire and in Vermont called a convention and met at Hanover and appointed field officers. David Woodward was appointed Colonal [Colonel], John House Lieut Colo. with directions to raise men to guard the frontiers Timothy Bush was appointed Captain & Calvin Parkhurst Lieut. the men were stationed a part at Corinth under Capt Bush and a part at Royalton under Lieut Parkhurst. I did the duty of an adjutant in carrying expresses- the same year 1780 October 16th the Brittish [British], Indians & Tories came from Canada, and burned Royalton. my house barn hay and grain were burned, my cattle killed - - the foregoing services are as follows to wit two months service at Boston as a private, five months in the Majr. Hosington [Hoisington] line as a Sargent [sergeant] and nine months as Lieutenant - eight months service in Colonel Bedel Regament [regiment] as a Lieutenant - one year service in the volunteer company of minute men as Captain one year under Colonel David Woodward as Adjutant
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I was born in Plainfield in the State of Connecticut on the 15th day of October 1755 resided their [there] until 1771 then went to Royalton, Vermont and have resided their [there] to the present time, that he supposes that their [there] is a record of his age in Plainfield where he was born. has no documentary evidence of his service one commition [commission] was burnt in his house when Royalton was burnt the other papers I lost when in the pursuit of the enemy except the Depositions which accompany this Declaration

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 in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Vermont. 
Elias Stevens 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
LA Marsh, Register

We, Austin Hazen a Clergiman [clergyman] residing in the Town of Hartfort [Hartford] and Jared Parkhurst residing in the town of Sharon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elias Stevens who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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. 
Austin Hazen
Jared Parkhurst
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
LA 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 Austin Hazen who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the [illegible, crossed out?] Hartford and that Jared Parkhurst who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Sharon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Lyndon A Marsh Register of the court of Probate of Hartford District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Stevens for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 15th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
LA Marsh, Register
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State of Vermont 
Hartford District ss. 
Probate Office, Woodstock, Oct. 5th 1833- 
I, Edwin Hutchinson Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Hartford, do hereby certify, that the within and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Stevens for a Pension ~ 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day & year last above written 
Edwin Hutchinson Register

Stevens, Elias
Conn. S14621
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Payment to be made at Montpelier by Wm. H. H. Bingham Esq Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Vermont

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book [illegible] Volume 3 Page 110. by H. R. Weightman Clerk.

Cancelled
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
Claim for Military Service. 
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7" June 1832, Elias Stevens deceased, late of Vermont who was a Lieutenant in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension and having died on the 19 November 1848, his only surviving children Betsey Tenney, Asa Stevens, Phineas Stevens and Amy Ford are entitled to the amount at the rate of three hundred and twenty dollars per annum from 4" March 1831 to 19 November 1848, when he died: deducting former payments at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum ~ 
Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty third day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty=four ~ 
R McClelland 
Secretary of the Interior 

Examined and Countersigned.} 

LP Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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I, Oliver Curtiss of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I was well acquainted with Gen. Elias Stevens formerly of Royalton deceased and with his family - and know that his wife Sarah Stevens died on the fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1841, as appears of Record made in the Bible of the said Stevens. Oliver Curtiss
At Royalton in the County of Windsor this day of September AD. 1853. The above affidavit sworn to by the said Oliver Curtis [Curtiss]- And  I certify that I am not interested in the result of this claim nor am I concerned in its prosecution
Nathan Dane Justice of the Peace
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160
53.33
20
660
-------
240

Private 2 mo
Sergeant 4 mo
Lieutenant 16 mo
$240
See letter to Hon H Everett [illegible] 
of allowance

Certifie [certificate] to H Everett H of R

480
120
----
600
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
Sept 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 compling [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elias Stevens 

Period when the service was rendered.
Jany to February 1770
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]

Duration of the claimant’s service.
Years.
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
1
1

Months.
2
5
9
8
[blank]
[blank]

Days.

Rank of the claimant.
Private
Sargent [Sergeant]
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Adjutant

Colo. John Duglass [Douglass]
[brace from Sargent and Lieutenant] Major Hosington [Hoisington]
Colo. Bedel
[blank]
Colo. David Woodward

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
77-
Royalton

[illegible] of by which the declarant is supported.

on roll of Bedels Regt. as Lieutenant for 8 mos
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 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 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 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] 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 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] 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 day [blank] 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) herby 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 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 [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 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 inquiry 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 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 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 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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours [previous four words underlined], 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 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. 
Refer to his minute service must state each tour, length &c
(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 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 must 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 of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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 in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) Their 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.
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I stated in my Declaration that in March 1779 in consiquence [consequence] of the dangerous state of the frontiers between this place and Canada, the Towns of Norwich, Sharon, & Royalton raised a company of minute men consisting of forty soldiers for one year. I was appointed Captain of said Company and commanded the same during the year. I had to keep out scouts continually from those and those and other towns to Onion river a distance of forty miles, and to the Lakes a distance of one hundred  I frequently went out with the scouts myself, this section was much infested with Tories and suspicious persons traveling to and from Canada reconnoitering and giving information to the enemy, made it necessary to keep out our patroles [patrols] continually- we took a Brittis [British] soldier & a tory, as stated in my declaration a going to Canada. I had to keep out scouts in various directions which kept my men continually on duty. There were the trails traveled by the Tories & indians from Canada ~ 
In 1780 their [there] were no regular organized militia as the State of Vermont was new and difficulties existing between Vermont, New York & New Hampshire the two latter States claiming a part of Vermont, This section was left unprotected therefore a number of towns bordering on Connecticut river, in New Hampshire and Vermont the river being the line between the two States called a convention and met at Hanover in New Hampshire, then & their [there] appointed field officers David Woodward, was appointed Colonel John House Lieut Colonel I was appointed adjutant with direction to raise men to guard the frontiers. The men were raised, a part were stationed at Corinth under Captain Bush, and a part at Royalton under Lieut Colonel Parkhurst I did the duty of adjutant in carrying expresses from my superior officers from one part to the other. The first of July of this year the Brittish [British] Indians & tories came to Barnard about six miles from Royalton thirty or forty in number took two men prisoners killed some cattle, I mustered about forty men and pursued them thirty miles but could not overtake them. in September following the Indians came to Bethel and took two men which caused an alarm I mustered a number of men went to Bethel but could not discover the course of escape, I did the duty of an adjutant one year I had no written commition [commission] I was continually on duty through the year, as the alarms were frequent it was necessary to keep out the scouts in several directions. I often commanded them myself on the 16th day of October 1780 the Brittish [British] Indians & tories three hundred in number came and burned Royalton killed two men took 25 prisoners killed our cattle and burned our grain this took place early in the morning Colo John House came to Royalton about 5' o clock in the afternoon the enemy were gone off Colo. House pursued them and came up with them about 2' o clock in the morning with two or three hundred men the enemy had set a strong rear guard about a mile from there incampment [encampment] when our advanced guard came up the enemy guard let them pass- when our mane [main] body came up they fired upon us- it being in the night and quite dark- we lay on our arms until day light in this time the enemy made their escape we pursued them six miles their [there] came on a heavy snow storm and we gave up the persuit [pursuit] in February the fore part in 1781 Capt. Cushman with a [illegible] went to Onion river I went with them we found a hard snow [illegible] path found where the enemy encamped by their fire[?] We[?] returned [illegible] started the same night after our return to Windsor the [several illegible words] in regard[?] to four[?] [illegible]- the Governor [illegible] advise[?] of his [illegible] - [two illegible words] Capt Green [illegible] large [illegible]
Royalton [illegible] 26th 1833-
Elias Stevens
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Elias Stevens
Vermont '32 admitted

[illegible]
L[?]M

A. H. Markland
Present
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State of Vermont
COUNTY of Windsor SS.
Be it known, That on this fifth day of September A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Betsey Tenney a resident of South Royalton in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter and one of the heirs at law of Elias Stevens deceased 
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under act of 7th June 1832. 
at the rate of two hundred and forty Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim. 
Betsey Tenney
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. 
Nathan Dane J. Peace. 

I, Nathan Dane Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Betsey Tenney, who is to me well known and who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this county, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. 
Nathan Dane J. Peace 

I, Norman Williams Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nathan Dane before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this eighth day of September A. D. 1853. Norman Williams, Clerk.
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Betsey Tenney one of the children and heirs at law of Elias Stevens deceased within named hereby constitute and appoint C. W. Bennett my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the heirs of said deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorized my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to the said heirs at the Vermont Agency. 
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. 
Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of September A. D. 1853. 
Betsey Tenney
SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF} Nathan Dane 
Wm. H. Safford 

State of Vermont 
COUNTY of Windsor SS.
On this fifth day of September A. D. 1853 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Betsey Tenny [Tenney] and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.} 
Nathan Dane J. Peace
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State of Vermont 
Windsor County SS. 
On this sixth day of September A.D. 1853 - Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths Oliver Curtiss of Royalton in the County of Windsor aforesaid - who being first duly Sworn - Deposes and Says 
I am fifty one years of Age and have always lived in the town of Royalton aforesaid excepting occasional absence from time to time- 
I have from my Boyhood, been acquainted with Elias Stevens up to the time of his decease 
My Father was a neighbor of his- and since my fathers death I also lived within one mile of said Stevens until his decease - He also resided in the town of Royalton aforesaid - From his own observation I believe him to have been a Soldier of the Revolution - and have often heard him recount incidents connected with that war in which he was an actor- 
He was also a Pensioner of the United States for his services in said war - as he has himself (previous to his decease) informed me - I know Betsey Tenney wife of Sheldon Tenney of Royalton aforesaid - She is daughter of Elias Stevens aforesaid - The other surviving heirs are Asa Stevens - Phineas Stevens & Amy Ford - sons and daughter of said Elias Stevens deceased - the above are to the best of my recollection the only living heirs - of said Elias Stevens - who died
(over)
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at Royalton aforesaid on the ninth day of November AD. 1848 (aged 94 years) I learn from his tomb stone- He was interred in my immediate neighborhood and was reputed a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States as aforesaid - 
Note. (aged 94 years) interlined and added before signing) 
Oliver Curtiss
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written - And I hereby certify that I am acquainted with this Deponent Oliver Curtiss - and consider him to be a man of veracity - and integrity 
Nathan Dane Justice of the Peace 

I Oel Billings of Woodstock in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I was well acquainted with Gen. Elias Stevens formerly of Royalton in said County of Windsor, deceased, and know that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Two Hundred and forty Dollars ($240) per annum. 
Oel Billings 
At Woodstock in the County of Windsor September 8. 1853 
Personally appeared Oel Billings and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true. 
Norman Williams, County Clerk
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State of Vermont 
COUNTY of Windsor SS. 
Windsor County Clerk's Office Woodstock September 9. 1853. 
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Clerk of the County Court of Windsor County a Court of Record which said evidence is hereunto annexed that Elias Stevens who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $240 per annum and that he died on the ninth day of November eighteen hundred and forty eight leaving surviving no widow- his wife having died on the 15 day of March 1841 which was before his death 
and that Betsey Tenney, wife of Sheldon Tenney, Asa Stevens, and Amy Ford - Phinehas Stevens are the only surviving children of the aforesaid Elias Stevens deceased. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Norman Williams Clerk of Windsor County Court.
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Elias Stevens having been a Lieut up to the time of his service as Capt- altho there is no documentary record proving that he was a Capt - yet the proof being abundant. that he was in Service in that capacity (ie commanding a co) it is thought the presumption that he was at least as high in rank as Lt is legitimate and satisfactory. The court & Mr[?] Cole both concur in this opinion
The service as Capt 12 mos was continuous. This was doubted at first but the accumulated testimony in several cases shews it.
admit at Lt 2 yrs
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Washington City June 9th 1854 

Hon L P Waldo
Commrs of Pensions 
I enclose herewith the pension certificate issued to the heirs of Elias Stevens of Vt together with evidence of the affidavit of an Admr I wish the present certificate [second "Certificate" crossed out] cancelled and another one issued & made payable to the Admr for the benefit of the children I also wish the certificate made payable at the Agency for the District of Columbia.
I am Very Respectfully
your Obt st
AH Markland
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asks for a new Certificate in case heirs of Elias Stevens
Same certificate in lieu of that of 23. February 1854 - payable to Heman Durkee and for the benefit of the surviving children, as named on the old Certificate- 
Notify Pension Agt. & require return of former notification 
AH Markland 
Recd June 9th 1834
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Mr. Edwards - Sir - if you should not be satisfyed [satisfied] in regard to the services of Genl Stevens, with you to enquire of Mr Everett a member in Congress from this district who I think will convince you that the statements are correct-
respectfully yours
Jared Parkhurst

Private 2 mo 1776 2 pr
Serg from Sept 1776 to Jany 1777 4 Serg 
Lieut from Jany 1777 to Nov 1777- 16 mo Lieut
Lieut in Bedel 8 mo
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Phinas. Parkhurst Deposition for - Elias Stevens
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I Phinehas Parkhurst of Lebanon in the County of Grafton in the State of New hampshire do testify and say that in 1775 I lived in Royalton in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont a near neighbour to Elias Stevens, more than fifteen years, through the whole of the revolutionary war - in January 1776 Elias Stevens went to Plainfield in Connecticut their [there] enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain James Gorden [Gordon] in the regament [regiment] Commanded by Colonel John Duglas [Douglass] for two monts [months] marched to Cambridge Massachus[illegible] [several illegible words] then he returned to Royalton, in June or July following Maj Hosington [Hoisington] [several illegible words] State of New York to raise three companies of Rangers to be inlisted [enlisted] during the war for the [several illegible words] Maj. Hosington's [Hoisington's] three Captains, were Benjamin Wate [Wait] of Windsor, John Strong [illegible] Woodstock [several illegible words] Norwich in the month of August or September Elias Stevens enlisted in Captain [illegible] Company as oldest Serjent [sergeant], and I enlisted in said Company as fifer both of us during the war- in [several illegible words] Joseph Hatch obtained a discharge and Simeon Stevens of Newbury was appointed Captain of said Company and Elias Stevens was appointed Lieutenant, in 1777 when Burguine [Burgoyne] was marching to[?] [illegible] Ticontaroga[?] [Ticonderoga] our company received orders to march to Ticontaroga [Ticonderoga] before we arrived it was taken by the British General[?] and[?] our company recd orders to march back and guard the frontier in July Maj Hosington [Hoisington] went to New york and on his return took the small Pox and died in July our company was ordered to march [illegible] of Burguin under Col. Joseph Marsh we Joined his regiment and marched to Manchester then to Pallet [Pawlet?] then marched and had a severe battle at Lake George landing [several illegible words] taken prisoners at Huberton [Hubbardton] battle, with a number of Brittish officers and soldiers[?] we then marchd[?] [illegible] [ilegible]ton and their [there] Lieut. Stevens did the duty of an Adjutant in Colonel Marsh regiment [several illegible words] then Coll Marsh regament [regiment] was relieved by Colo Peter Olcott regament [regiment] our company was taken into the regament [regiment] and their [there] Lieut Stevens did the duty of quartermaster in Olcott regament [regiment] we had orders from General Lincoln to march to Saratoga to Join General Gates Army and continued until Burguine [Burgoyne] [several illegible words] after we returned from taking Burguine [Burgoyne] we had news that the Hosington [Hoisington] regament [regiment] so called was discharged[?] by New-York- in November 1777 Timothy Bedel of Newhampshire [New Hampshire] received orders from[?] Congress[?] as I was informed to raise a regament [regiment] of men for one year on the continental establishment as[?] to[?] pay cloathing [clothing] and bounty John Wheelock was Bedel Lieut Colonal [Colonel], and Solomon [several illegible words] Captains and Elias Stevens was Lieutenant in Capt Cushman Company and I enlisted[?] in[?] said[?] company[?] as fifer and received eight Dollars bounty, in June 1778 Captain Cushman Company [several illegible words] was ordered to march to Albany in the State of New York under the of command of Colo Wheelock &[?] General John Starks [Stark] had the command at Albany at that time, Captain Cusman [Cushman] Company & Captain Nelson Company was mustered by a Continettal [continental] mustermaster, we drew three months pay at Albany stayed their [there] two or three months, then was marched back to our frontiers, and was discharged on the 27th of November in 1778 the remainder of our pay except what we received at Albany was paid in final settlement notes, sold for three shillings on the pound, as to cloathing [clothing] we received none -in March 1779 in consiquence [consequence] of the dangerous state of the frontiers, we having no soldiers at that time guarding the frontiers between this and Canada- the Towns of Norwich, Sharon and Royalton, formed a Company of minute men for one year
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and Elias Stevens of Royalton was appointed Captain of said Company and commanded said Company during said year, I belonged to said company, and during that period, their [there] were many alarms, which occasioned continual scouting, to guard against the enemy. their [there] being in this section a great number of Tories, that were reconnoitering and carrying tidings to the enemy at Canada and other places - in October 16th 1780 the Brittish [British], Indians & Tories, came and burn Royalton and some part of Sharon and burned [illegible] Elias Stevens house and barn hay and grain, beading [bedding] cloathing [clothing] & killed his cattle and I was shot and wounded the same time by the Indians 
Phinchas Parkhurst 

State of Vermont 
Windsor County ss
Norwich August 15th 1832 personally appeared Phinehas Parkhurst and made solemn oath the the [sic] above deposition by him subscribed contained the truth before me Reuben Spaulding Justice Peace 
The above named Phinehas Parkhurst is a man of truth and veracity 
Certified by  Reuben Spaulding Justice of Peace 

State of Vermont 
Windsor Couny Ss 
Woodstock County Clerks Office 21 Augt. 1832, I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Reuben Spaulding is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court and Subscribe my name the day & year last above - 
Benja Swan
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Daniel Havens Deposition for Elias Stevens
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I Daniel Havens of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say, that he was acquainted with Elias Stevens when he was a young boy, and from that time to the present. 
my Father moved from Connecticut to Sharon in the State of Vermont - in 1771 Elias Stevens came to Sharon in the State of Vermont in the spring my Father moved to Royalton within one mile of the said Stevens, my Father was the first family, that settled in Royalton I have lived a neighbour to him ever since- in 1775 the Revolutionary war commenced I was knowing that Elias Stevens went to Connecticut and their [there] inlisted [enlisted] and went to Boston two months, and was their [there] when the British evacuated Boston and in April 1776 said Stevens returned to Royalton- what I have stated in regard to Stevens going to Boston I was informed by him and others. I have no doubt of the truth of the statement in the Summer of 1776 our army returned from Canada after their defeat. our section of Contry [country] being a frontier we were in great danger from the tories and Indians- in July or August, one Major Hosington [Hoisington] had orders from the State of New-York to raise three Companies of rangers to guard the frontiers between this and Canada. Hosington [Hoisington's] three Captains was Benjamin Wate [Wait], John Strong and Joseph Hatch- they were raised during the war- Elias Stevens inlisted [enlisted] in Joseph Hatch's Company during the war as oldest serjent [sergeant] and was stationed at Royalton fort, the winter following Captain Hatch got a discharge and Simeon Stevens was appointed Captain and Elias Stevens was appointed Lieutenant in said Company, in June Burguine [Burgoyne] began to move his army from Canada- at that time the Tories were busy[?] and Stevens was under necessity to keep out his scouts continually after Burguine [Burgoyne] was marching and took Ticontaroga [Ticonderoga] then moved towards Bennington- our militia was [illegible] half called for, I was in Captain Timothy Bush Company in Colo. Marsh Regiment- Elias Stevens Joined and Capt Bushe's [Bush's] Company marched to manchester Elias Stevens did the duty of a Liuet ["in Capt Bush Company" crossed out and "Sargent major" crossed out] in Marsh regiment. Binnington [Bennington] battle had taken place before we got to manchister [Manchester] our regiment marched to Pollet [Pawlet]- their [there] was a scout of five hundred men ordered under Colonel Brown, I Joined the scout under Capt Benjamin Elias Stevens turned[?] out and Joined Capt Benjamin Company [illegible] he was a Sarjent [sergeant] major we marched two days and nights and came out at Lake George landing, released about four or five hundred of our men taken prisoners, taken at Huberton [Hubbardton] battle with some birttish [British] officers and soldier staid [stayed] about a week returned back to Pollett [Pawlet] Joined and our regiment. Elias  Stevens was appointed Adjutant Colo. Peter Olcott regiment came and Colo Marsh Regiment was dismissed and I came home, Elias Stevens Joined Colo. Olcott regiment and served as Quartermaster until Burguine [Burgoyne] was taken- I understood that about this time the Hosington [Hoisington] Companies was discharged by the State of New-York in the winter of 1778 I understood that Colo. Timothy Bidle [Bedel] had orders from Congress to raise a Regiment of men for one year, and Solomon Cushman of Norwich was one of Colo. Bedel Captains and Elias Stevens was appointed lieut In Capt Cushman Company, and listed a number of men in Sharon and Royalton and that summer Capt Cushman Company went to Albany and stayed part of the summer- In March 1779 Norwich Sharon and Royalton raised a Company of minute men or voluntiers [volunteers] for one year and Elias Stevens was appointed
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Captain of said Company and commanded said Company during the year and during that period their [there] were many alarms which occasioned continual scouting to guard against the enemy- their [there] were in this section a number of tories that were reconnoitering and carring [carrying] tidings to the enemy at Canada- their  [there] were twenty two Tories that left Strafford- Hartland [Hartford?] and Charlston[?] in one day escaped and Joined Burguine [Burgoyne]- when he had taken Ticontaroga [Ticonderoga]- in October 1780 the Brittish [British] Indians & tories came and burnt Royalton some part Sharon- burnt the said Elias Stevens house barn hay and grain beading [bedding] cloathing [clothing] and killed his cattle all which I was knowing to- Daniel Havens 
Royalton August 28th 1832 

State of Vermont, 
Windsor County ss
Royalton August 28th 1832 personally appeared Daniel Havens of Royalton long personally known to me as a man of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me 
Reuben Spaulding Justice of the Peace 

State of Vermont 
Windsor County 
Woodstock County Clerks Office Sept. 3d 1832 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby Certify that Reuben Spaulding is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year last above 
Benja Swan
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Daniel Lovejoy Deposition for Elias Stevens
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Daniel Lovejoy of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say that he has been acquainted with Elias Stevens previous to revolutionary war, and to this present time in 1777. I belonged to Captain Timothy Bush Company, Elias Stevens was Lieutenant in Captain Simeon Stevens Company- our Company had orders to march in pursuit of Burguine [Burgoyne], our Company and Captain and Captain [sic] Stevens Company Joined Colo. Joseph Marsh regament [regiment] and marched to Manchester then to Pollet [Pawlet] there marched to Lake George landing and had a severe battle with the enemy and recovered fore [four] or five hundred of our prisoners taken at Huberton [Hubbardton] battle with a number of Brittish [British] officers and soldiers- our Company then marched back to Castleton, their [there] Lieut Elias Street did the duty of an Adjutant in Colonel Marsh regiment about two Weeks, then Colo. Marsh regiment was relieved by Colo Peter Olcott regiment. I returned home, but Elias Stevens Joined Colonel Peter Olcott regiment and did the duty of Quartermaster in said Olcott regiment at the time I left- and until Burguin [Burgoyne] was taken. in the first day of April 1778 I enlisted at[?] Sharon Elias Stevens was Lieut. in Captain Solomon Cusman [Cushman] Company in Colo Timothy Bedel regiment- I was inlisted [enlisted] by Lieut Stevens for one year- John Wheelock was Colo. Bedel Lieut. Colonel. in June or July Colo. Bedel was ordered to march to Albany our Company marched under Colo. Wheelock their [there] our Company was mustered by a contineltal [continental] muster-master, under command of General John Starks [Stark] who had the command at Albany at that time three months  we drew three months pay at Albany- stayed their [there] two or three months, then was marched back to our frontiers, and was discharged on the 27 day of November 1778 the remainder of our pay except what he received at Albany was paid in final settlement notes- sold for three shillings on the pound- as to cloathing [clothing] we had or received none- 
Daniel Lovejoy
Royalton August 28th 1832 

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
Royalton August 20th 1832- personally appeared Daniel Lovejoy of Royalton long personally known to to be a man of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me 
Reuben Spaulding Justice of the Peace 

State of Vermont
Windsor County Ss
Woodstock County Clerks Office Sept. 3d. 1832- 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby Certify that Reuben Spaulding is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature- 
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said County and subscribe my name the day & year last above- 
Benja. Swan
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28.056
Vermont, Montpelier
Elias Stevens, decd
of ---- in the State of Vermont who was a Lieut in the ----- commanded by Captain ----- of the ----- commanded by ------ in the *Revolution for two years
*Conn, Vt., and N.H.
Febr. 18/07[?].
Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 320 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & Endg 19" November 1848
[illegible] of Pension issued the 23d day of Febry 1854 and sent to A. H. Markland
Present
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowances ending
Incd from $240
Revo[illegible] Claim 
Recorded by H. R. Wei[illegible]
[illegible]ok E. 2 Vol. 3

E. 3 92

New Certificate issued 9th June 1854 payable to Heman Durkee admr. for the benefit of the chiln. of Elias Stevens dec and sent to, (P. Agent notified) 
A H. Markland

[below torn from other page]
["line" crossed out]

Cert
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Gen Elias Stevens Petition for Increase of Pension ~
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Royalton Vt 10 of Nov 1843 
Sir
Permit the subscriber to say that he is A Resident of said Royalton and A Pentioner [pensioner] of the United States upon the Roll of the Vermont Agency under the Act of the seventh of June 1832, And that he was actively engaged for the most part during the whole Period of the war in various grades that he was a Private Sergent [sergeant], Lieutenant and for a while A Captain, That he never has been fully satisfied with the Amount allowed him by the Department in the Settlement of his claim to A Pention [pension] believing as he does that others and of the number Benjamin Parkhurst and Daniel Havens are allowed for service performed under him as Privets [privates] while he had the command of A Company while for the service for which he himself claimed as A Captain was disallowed. 
He now therefore prayes [prays] that A reexamination of his case may be made under the Agency of H.H. Sylvester Esqr. of the City of Washington in order to A further allowance or an increase of his Pention [pension] feeling[?] that his claim to such increase is the more equitable for the reason that at the time the Indians destroyed said Royalton in October 1780 he lost nearly his All his House and Barn with all their contence [contents] were burned, and in A word[?] by nearly every thing he possessed including his Cattle, Hogs, and ten sheep was all destroyed for which he never received the least compensation whatever He does not now merk [make?] a new declaration for additional Service
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Believing as he does that the whole was stated in his original declaration to which he now desires that A special reference may again be had
Respectfully yours
Elias Stevens

Hon JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Elias Stevens' Estate 
Letter of administration
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STATE OF VERMONT,
District of Hartford S.S. 
The Probate Court for the District of Hartford Hartford to Heman Durkee of Royalton in said District 
Greeting. 

Whereas, Elias Stevens late of Royalton in said District, deceased, having while he lived, and at the time of his death, goods, chattels, rights, credits or estate in said District, hath lately died intestate, whereby the power of granting administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, and also of hearing, examining and allowing the account of such administration, doth appertain unto said Court. 

The Court aforesaid doth, therefore, by these presents, ordain, constitute and appoint you administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and estate aforesaid, and doth hereby grant unto you full power and authority to administer all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the said deceased, which to him while he lived and at the time of his death did appertain, and the same well and faithfully to dispose of according to law
also, to demand, collect, recover and receive all and singular the rights and credits of said deceased. And having accepted said trust, and given bonds conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties thereof in the form prescribed by law, you will make and return to the Probate Court within three months, a true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of the deceased, which shall come to your possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person for you: and administer according to law 
all his goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate, which shall at any time, come to your possession, or to the possession of any other person for you; and of the same pay and discharge all debts and charges, chargeable on the same, or such dividends thereon, as shall be ordered and decreed by the probate court: and render a time and just account of your administration to the probate court within one year, and at any other time when required by such court: and perform all orders and decrees of the probate court, by the executor to be performed in the premises. 
In testimony whereof, I do hereto affix the seal of said Court at Woodstock in said District this Seventeenth day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty nine ~ 
LA Marsh Register
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State of Vermont
Hartford District ss
I Lyndon A Marsh Register of the Probate Court of said District, do hereby certify that this letter of administration is now in force and has not been cancelled as appears of record in the Probate Office 
In testimony whereof, I do hereby affix the seal of said Court, this fifth day of June A.D. 1854-
L.A. Marsh, Register
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Sept. 15, 1853.
Appl. of Elias Stevens, decd., Vermont, 32, ad[?].

(addl ev.)

AH Markland
Present.
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Washington, Sept 13th 1853. 
Hon L P Waldo, 
Sir, 
I herewith enclose a power of Atty. in the case of Elias Stevens, of Vermont admitted 1832 for $240. Mr Stevens claimed for 1 years service in 1779 as Captain, and also for 1 years Service as Adjt. in 1780. Benjamin Parkhurst & Daniel Havens are pensioned for 1 years service under Capt Stevens in 1779, I hope upon a reexamination of the case that service will be allowed. 
I am Very Respectfully 
your Obt Svt
A. H. Markland
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Recd Feby 20th 1834
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Washington, 20 Feb 1854. 
Hon L P Waldo, 
Sir 
I respectfully call your attention to the case of Capt Elias Stevens of Vermont, admitted under act 7th June 1832. Your objections to allowing the claim as I understand by your letter of October 8th 1853, is that the two pensioners who are pensioned for the service under him as captain were pensioned by Special acts of Congress, now Sir, if you will refer to the case of Sarah Coit widow of Benjamin Coit '48 ad. Connecticut, you will see that although, Benjamin Coit was allowed by Congress his order was allowed by you & her pension increased also. I hope Sir you will reconsider the case and order its allowance 
I am Sir Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Svt
A H Markland

8 mos Lt in 78
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Pension Office
February 23d 1854
Sir,
You will please inscribe on your roll, act 7" June 1832, the name of Elias Stevens, deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the Revolution, at the rate of three hundred and twenty dollars per annum commencing 4" March 1831 and terminating 19" November 1848 when he died payable to Betsey Tenney Asa Stevens Phineas Stevens and Amy Ford only surviving children after deducting former payments at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum ~
Respectfully
Your Obt. svt.
["LP Waldo" crossed out]
Commr.

Wm. H.H. Bingham
Pension Agent
Montpelier
Vermont

New notification issued 9 June 1854
This[?] cancelled
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Elias Stevens decd
Vermont
Act of June 7. 1832, for incre
Admitted
2y years Lieut
at $320 per annum.
deducting former pay to at $240,
from March 4. 1831 to Novr 19. 1848, when he died.
Certificate payable to 
Betsey Tenney 
Asa Stevens
Phineas Stevens &
Amy Ford
his only surviving children

Agent
A.H. Markland
Present.
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Brief in the case of Elias Stevens decd
Windsor County and State of Vermont 
at June 7. 1832 
Claim (["'original' or" crossed out] "for increase." 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Service. The proof is parol and documentary supported by the rolls. 
The rank of Lieut is proved by the rolls- the subsequent service in command of a company is regarded (altho proved by parol) as sufficient to entitle to pension as a Lieut- The commissioner concurs in this opinion. 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Parol proof - duly certified of the date of Elias Stevens' death, leaving no widow, and of the number and names of his only surviving children. 
No additional proof of service except the accumulated evidence from other sources, showing that the 12 mos service in command as Capt was continuous. 
S. G. Dodge 
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent 
A. H. Markland 
Present
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Brief in the case of Elias Eleven, deceased 
County and State of Vermont -
act 7. June 1832 - 
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
In this case a certificate was issued the 23d February 1854 payable to the surviving children- 
The Attorney in the case now surrenders that certificate, & exhibits a certificate of administration upon the estate of the decedent Stevens. He thereupon requests a new pension certificate in lieu of the one surrendered, to be made payable to the administrator Heman Durkee for the use and benefit of the children named (The former Brief also sent- ) 
Commissioner approves 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent 
A. H. Markland Esq.
Present. 

R. McRae 
Examining Clerk.
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Rev War
14621
INVALID.

File No. 14,621
Elias Stevens
Lt. Rev. War

Act: June 7" 1832
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 361
(Arrangement of 1870.)