Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28799, for Benjamin Lyman, Vermont
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order to pay Nov 6 1834. See letter

24.581
New York
Benjamin Lyman

of Jefferson Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Fisk of the Regt 
commanded
by Col. Fletcher in the [crossed out -New Jersey] Vermont
line for 12 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 40 Dollars -cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1834-
and sent to O. Hungorford
Watertown

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $100
Semi-anl. allowance ending .4 Mr '34 20.
$120 [total]

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. Osteley Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 105
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28-274
Ben'n Lyman (Benjamin Lyman)
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STATE OF NEW YORK,}ss
 Jefferson County, 

On this Fifth day of September 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Benjamin Lyman a resident of Kitley U. Canada ("In said County" is struck out) aged Seventy two 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. that he was born in Lebanon Connecticut in 1761, that in the spring of 1777 he resided in Halifax Vermont, when & where he was called out in the Militia into the service of the United States under Capt Goodenough, Col Samuel Herrick, was marched to Bennington, was in the Battle at that place in August when the British were defeated, (some words are crossed out) Gen Stack commanded- then marched to Stillwater he was at the taking & surrender of Burgoyne. Genl Gates Commanded- then marched to Allington, Pollite & Castleton where he was discharged after having served full Six months. Again at Halifax in the spring of 1781 was called out in the Militia under Capt Fish, Col Fletcher, was marched to Castleton where he served the United States fall six months and was then & there discharged. 

Since the Revolutionary War he has resided in Halifax Vt., Kingsbury N.Y., Kitley Upper Canada where he now resides-- knows of no record of his age, that he never received a written discharge, Col Allen had a Regt at Castleton when he was there, Genl Eno commanded, has no documentary evidence now, knows of no person by whom he can prove his services except Ephraim Koyl by whom he expects to prove a part. 

That the following persons reside in his neighborhood , and can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief & that of his neighborhood that he seved the United States as he states Viz- 
Revd Henry Bogert, Ladock Huntley, Ephraim Koyl, J Eliphalet Wyatt, Reuben Tupper,  Rev Wyatt Chamberlain - 

Benjamin Lyman
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. 19

S. 28799
In reply to your request of
received
---
a statement of the military history of Benjamin Lyman
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.


DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. June 1, 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6  mos. 
RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Goodenough
COLONEL. Samuel  Herrick
STATE. Vt. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Spring 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 6  mos. 
RANK. [blank]
CAPTAIN. Fisk
COLONEL. Fletcher
STATE. [blank]


Battles engaged in, Bennington Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halifax Vermont
Date of application for pension, Sept 8, 1833 His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Kitley Canada
Age at date of application, born in 1761 in Lebanon Conn.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
 
3 -- 2856
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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l Ephraim Koyl do hereby certify that I was
in the Battle Called Bennington in the year 1777
under the command of General Stark and attached to
Col Micheal’s Regiment and I knew Col
Herrick who was under the command of Genl
 Stark and served at the Battle of Bennington.
From about thirty years acquaintance with
Benjamin Lyman, and from circumstances which
the said Benjamin Lyman has related to me
from time to time, I verily believe that the
Said Lyman was in the Battle at Bennington
and attached to Col Herrick's Regiment.

Boyleston Sept 4. 1833
Ephraim Koyl

Subscribed and Sworn before me Sept the 4 1833.
Miller R Larmouth Just. of Peace 

I certify that the above deponent is a credible person
Miller R Larmouth J.P.
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State of New York
Osage County
Clerks Office
I, Erie Poor Clerk of the said County do hereby
certify that Miller R Larmouth  before whom the
within affidavit purports to have been sworn & also
by whom the Certificate of credibility appears to be signed
was at the date of the same one of the Justices of
the peace in and for the said County
and further that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of the said Learmouth and verily believe his name subscribed
 to the within affidavits & the said within certificate of credibility to be his
proper handwriting and signature.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
Twenty fourth day of September AD 1823
Erie Poor. Clk
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1 stamped env. MH
Rev. Sec. CSW

Skidmore, Texas
July 3, 1920
Bureau of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you please send me such information as
you can of one Benjamin Lyman, who fought in
 the Revolutionary war and drew a pension. He was
 born in Whittington Vt. and after the war moved to
the town of Kitley, Canada West. Our records show
he drew a pension. We would like you to verify
this. Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours Truly
Mrs J.B. Hollingsworth,
Skidmore, Texas
(over)
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a completing my records
to fill application black for
membership to the Daughters
of the American Revolution
Mrs JBH

Hollingsworth

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE US 
JUL 8 1920
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San Antonio Texas
July 9-1922
The Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
If possible
will you kindly send me
a copy of the Record of
Benjamin Lyman born 1761
died 1846, fought in the Revolutionary War
and drew a pension from
the American Government until
Death, as is recorded in the
History of the Lyman family.

Thanking you
I am sincerely
Mrs Edgar J. Corrigan

Nee Luna Lyman
1130 Merchant St
San Antonio Texas

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE US
JUL 14 1927
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 28799
Revy INVALID
File No. 28.799
Benjamin Lyman
Pri Rev War
Act: 7 June 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 251
{Arrangement of 1870.}
NY & VT

1920 July 30. Hist to Mrs. J. B. Hollingsworth
1922 Sept 3 Hist. to Mrs E.J. Corrigan  AW
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28.274
Benjamin Lyman
New York

Return
Admitted
Private 12 months

O. Hungerford
Watertown
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 Nov. 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 with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Benjamin Lyman

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the
Claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service | Proof by which the declaration is supported

Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commisoner of Pensions.
Claimant is required to detail more fully the particulars of his service-- see note enc.
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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
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 } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal 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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J. CALHOUN, Fancy Job Printer, Watertown, N. Y.
STATE OF NEW-YORK SS
Jefferson County Clerk's Office,
I, PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of said County, do hereby
Certify, that Daniel Lee Esqr before
whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,-
was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly
authorized to take the same. -- And further, that I am well acquainted
with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be
his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand and Seal of said County, this Sixth day
of December in the year 1833.
Peleg Burchard Clerk by David Finley Dept Clerk
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State of New York
Jefferson County
Benjamin Lyman
being duly sworn according to Law, doth
depose and say, in addition to his
declaration made the 5th Sept 1833, that
he entered the service at Halifax, about
the first of June 1777, was marched to
 Bennington where he remained until the 10th
or 12th of Oct. was then marched to Stillwater,
 remained there about five days then
marched to Allington, where he halted
about three days then marched to Pollite
where he remained three or four days--then
marched to Castleton where he remained
five or six weeks, and there discharged
after having served not less than six
months.    again in 1781 served not
less than six months at Castleton at
before stated.    and further that he
served as a private in both tours.
Benj Lyman

Subscribed & sworn to this
5th of December 1833 before
Dan’l Lee Justice of the Peace
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I now return the application of Benj
Lyman, with the particulars, required

O. Hungerford
Dec 6 '33