Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,267, John Train, Continental Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Green Mt. Boys
[AE.?]

Train, John

NUMBER
S. 41.267

CONTENTS
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order to [pensioner?] July 4 to [agent? / illegible]
Justice of Pensions 26 July 18[?]5

19985
Vermont
John Train
of Rutland in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Brownson of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Warner in the N. Hampshire
line, for the term of nine months
from January 1777 to October 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 day of October 1828

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of October
1828 and sent to R Temple Esq
Rutland, Vermont.

Arrears to 4th of March 1829... 36.12
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 00. 00
$36.12.

Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March, 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
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State of Vermont,
County of Rutland, [illegible]

On this 30th day of July,
1835, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Honorable Probate Court within and for the District
of Rutland in said County of Rutland, now sitting,
John Train of Tinmouth in the same County,
aged 74 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 the year 1775, Col. Seth Warner of the New
Hampshire Grants received orders to raise troops
for six months. This applicant then enlisted for
that term, under Capt. John Grant of the same
regiment, and served out the term. John Chipman,
late of Middlebury, deceased, was Lieutenant; Barnabas
Barnard of Monkton, afterwards killed at Shelburn,
in the winter of 1778, in resisting an attack of about 200
British and Indians, on a guard at that place consisting of
sixteen men was the ensign. Our Regiment met at 
Skeensborough, now called Whitehall, and went by boats to
Ticonderoga; and from thence, by water, to Crown Point.
From thence, by water, to the Isle au Noix - from there
to St. Johns - from then we marched, across the country
to Laprarie on the River St. Lawrence; and from there
to Longuille, for the purpose of keeping Carlton from
crossing the river with his troops and the Mohawk
Indians; when Genl. Carlton attempted to cross the River
with 100 men. We there had a battle with them
and drove them all back. In a few days after that,
Carlton moved down the river to Quebec. Then the whole
of Warner's Regiment crossed over the river into Montreal. We
staid there a few days; and then Col. Warner wanted
his regiment to go with him to Quebec. But our term
of six months was then out; and on account of our clothing
not being then sufficient for the severity of the ensuing
winter, we returned home, for a supply. Col. Warner
then told us, that if we would enlist for that campaign
for another time of six months, that our pay should
commence on the 1 Dec 1775, and that listing orders
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should be immediately issued. We returned home,
got a supply of winter clothing, and sometime in
December, 1775, this applicant enlisted for six months
in the Company commanded by Capt. Oliver Potter of
Clarendon, in Col. Seth Warner's Regiment; Keeler
of Rutland was Lieutenant, and Peleg Sunderland of
Manchester was ensign of the Company. The whole
company marched, immediately to Montreal, where we
arrived in February; and from there to Quebec, when
we arrived about the 1 March, 1776. There we
remained, until the 6. May, 1776, when we were ordered
to retreat. Capt. Potter, and Lt. Keeler both died
there, of the spotted fever; 2 Sergeants and 6 Privates
of our company died of the small pox. The whole of
Warners Regiment retreated to the States. This applicant was
a Sergeant, and had charge, on the retreat, of 12 privates
who were sick; which delayed his return to Vermont
until the 28th of May, 1776.
In September, 1776, when the British came
up the Lake from Canada under Genl. Carlton,
and destroyed the American Fleet on the Lake; the
Regiment of Militia to which this applicant then
belonged, was called out in masse. Col. Timothy
Brownson of Sunderland commanded the Regiment,
and Stephen Royce of Tinmouth was Major. Capt.
John Spafford of Tinmonth commanded the Company
to which this applicant belonged. This applicant went
with the Regiment, on that occasion. We marched to
Mount Independence; staid until the British fleet
returned back; and then returned, by the Lake,
this Whitehall. We were out 17 days
In 1778, Genl. Ethan Allen sent for the Militia
to go on to Ticonderoga, about the the last of February. The
officers of the Militia company to which this applicant
belonged were then gone from home; but, being a
Sergeant, he got 12 men, and were on to Ticonderoga;
met Genl. Allen there - and it proved to be a
false alarm. We were gone 10 days, and got home
as above related, the last of February.
On the 1 March, 1778, there were two companies of 50 men
each, raised to guard the frontiers in Vermont, for two months.
One of these Companies was commanded by Capt. Isaac Clark of
Castleton, and Capt. Ebenezer Allen of
Tinmouth commanded the other. This applicant belonged
to Capt. Allen's Company. We marched from Tinmouth;
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halted for 2 or 3 days at Pittsford, and proceeded to
Neshobe, now called Brandon, where we made our head
quarters, and where we served out our time.
In May, 1778, Col. Seth Warner, being then at
Saratoga, N. York, sent to the Hampshire Grants for the
Militia to meet him there; expecting, that up the North
River from that place, there was at a place called
Jesups Patten, a large body of tories and Indians collected,
to make a descent upon the Grants. Capt. John Spafford's
Company, of which this applicant was one, marched
accordingly, and left Tinmouth about the 1 June of that
year. We arrived at Saratoga, and remained there
six days, for the militia to come in. By that time about
500 men arrived; and they all marched from Saratoga
up the Hudson to Jesups Patten. We then sent a party
across the river, on a raft, to search for the enemy, who
after 3 days returned, without making any discoveries; and
then the troops were dismissed, and returned to their
several homes. We were out 21 days.
In the year 1779, Capt. Thomas Lee of Rutland, who
commanded an Independent Company at that time, called
upon the militia to come into a stockade fort then
commanded by him at Meads' Falls in Kirtland; he
expecting an attack from the enemy. Capt. John Spafford
of Tinmouth, to whose company this applicant then belonged,
turned out his whole company, and marched to the fort
at Rutland; where we remained 10 days, and were
dismissed.
In the fall of the same year, Capt. James Brookins
of the Vermont troops, commanded another stockade fort at
Castleton; and, twice, on like occasions to that of Capt.
Lee, he sent for Capt. Spaffords' Company for aid and
assistance. One time we were detained 10 days, and
the other time 11 days.
In all the above mentioned terms of service, this applicant was a
Sergeant and acted as such; but, he has many years since lost
his warrants, never until recently supposing them to be of any value.
He has, therefore, no other documentary evidence, excepting the
accompanying depositions of the Hon. Nathaniel Chipman,
late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, of Elisha Clark
Esquire of Tinmouth, of David Griswold of Middletown, Mrs
Mary Spafford of Rutland, and a deposition
which he expects to obtain from the Hon. Pliny Smith
of Orwell, all in said State of Vermont.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
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pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any state, excepting only that of the agency of the State of
Vermont.
John Train

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A L Brown Judge

We, George T. Hodges, and Jesse Gove, both residing
in the town of Rutland in the County of Rutland aforesaid;
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
John Train, who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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 day and year aforesaid
A Brown Judge }
George T. Hodges
Jesse Gove

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 the
States. And the Court further certifies, that it
appear to them, the George T. Hodges and Jesse Gove
who have signed the proceeding certificate, are
residents in the said town of Rutland, and are
credible persons, and that their statement is entitled
to credit. And the Court further certifies, that there
is no clergyman in the vicinity of the said John
Train, to whom he is known, and who could
certify to the aforesaid facts.
I, Ambrose L. Brown, Judge of the said
Probate Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of
said Court in the matter of the application
of John Train, for a pension: In testimony
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal of Office, this 30th day of July
A.D. 1835.
A L Brown Judge
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20713
John Train
pen: to com: 20 Oct 1828.
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Rutland County, ss.
On this 9th day of September 1828
personally appeared before the county court for said county of Rutland, in open court,
said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and
imprisonment, &c. ) John Train aged 68 years, resident in Clarendon
in said county of Rutland, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the
act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May
1820 - that he the said John Train enlisted for the time of
nine months, the fore part of January 1777, in the State of
Vermont, (then called New Hampshire grants) in the
company commanded by Capt. Brownson in the Regiment commanded
by Col. Warner in the line of the State of New Hampshire
on the Continental establishment; that he continued to
serve in said corps until the 17th of October 1777 when he
was discharged from the service at Saratoga in the State of
New York; that he hereby relinquishes any claim
whatever to a pension except the present; that his
name is not on the roll of any State - that he was in
the battles of Bennington & Saratoga and that the following
are the reasons for not making earlier application for a
pension, namely: he did make application several years
ago, but he could not find his discharge, and could
find no person by whom he could prove his services, and
failed of obtaining; but has since carefully examined some
old papers, and found his discharge wrapped up in an
old deed, which now accompanies this declaration
and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820,
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[crossed out]Pension Certificate No.    And

I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
I have no property of any description, except my clothing, which is poor enough in all conscience.
My occupation is that of a laborer, but I am very feeble & lame and unable to labor but little.
I have no family. That since the 18th March 1811
the following changes have been made in my property, to wit
in April 1827 I was indebted to Jonathan Colin about
seventy dollars, to  Walter Green about thirty dollars,
& to Judge Hedges about fifteen dollars. I owned
about eighty acres of wild land lying on the mountain in the
southwest part of Clarendon; and to pay the debts  
gave [illegible crossed out] deed of the land to said Colin & Green and they were to pay Judge Hodges out of said land.

John Train

(A Copy)
Sworn to and declared on the 9th day of September 1828
before said court.
R Pierpoint CLERK.
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I Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of Rutland County Court, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that this John Train did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental
Establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath & the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited in the aforesd schedule is nothing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 9th day of Septem 1828
R. Penpoint
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41267

INVALID.
Rev'y

File No. 41267
John Train
Am Rev War

Act: 18 March 18th
Index: --Vol. 3, Page 513

[Arrangement of 1870]
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June 6 '98 [1898]
Mrs. A Minerbauer
Montpelier Vt
See P41741