Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4324, for Claudius Stannard, Massachusetts
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Service  Mass.
[Va - crossed out] Vt.

Stannard, Claudius
Number S4324

Carded
Contents
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Date of death not in A.[D?]

[right side]
Ohio Pittsburgh - 22.313
Claudius Stannard
of Cuyahoga Co in the State of Ohio -
who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Williams of the Rgt commanded by Col Sprout in the Mass. line for 15 months.

Mass [?] Line Records OK. [Ma?ina]

Inserted in the Roll of Ohio Pittsbg.
at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Centers per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of October 1833 and sent to J Lapham  Chagrin (illegible), Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of September 1833  12 5
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34    2 5
                                                             $150
                                     { Revolutionary Claim
                                     Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk
Book E Vol. Eight Page 127
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Claudius Stannard
Ohio

No. 4401
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Brief in the case of Claudius Stannard
Geauga County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 67 Years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

  Period | Duration of Service | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served                                                                           
  August in 1780  9 Mo 11 Days Private Gen. Gloves Regmt Col. Sprouts & Bates Capt Abraham Williams Compy 12 Regmt Continental Line
  Aug 1781 to latter part of December  4 Mo 11 days  Private Massachusetts Col Fletchers Regmt Capt John Stark Vermont State troops

5. In what battles was he engaged? -
6. where did he reside when he entered the service: New Marlborough Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two living witnesses in part & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
   C L Examining Clerk
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[4.401 - crossed out]  20.313
Claudius Stannard
  Ohio

Adm 1. year & 3 Months
 $50.00
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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 proper 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.

[Chart] 
A statement, showing the service of Claudius Stannard

 Period when the service was rendered.
Enld March 1780.
15
1781

Duration of the Claimant's service
Years
Months
9
Days
left service 15 Feb 1781
served up year & 3 months
---
Rank of
the
claimant.
Pri

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col Sprout
Cap Williams
Cap John Stark
Col Fletcher
-
Age at present,
and place of abode
69 years
Birkshire County Mass

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary

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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or Distrie of
On this
day of
County of
A B. a resident (b) of
---
personally appeared (a) before
of aged (c)
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
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.
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)
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revoladenary
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.
1.
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 serof
the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the ransaction.
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. ┃
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
one 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.
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 gardener.
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
Continuing in the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
┃ very 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 present, the death of his age, and the estate in which he served, in language on
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
---
sisting of
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being nature, 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
recollecinen, and served as herein in the petty pinned it, and in the towing-path, 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, a the tin
directs the pension to be paid according to the grace of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase test the fear the
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served three
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each 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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opnion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix 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 pubthe
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 autherinates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con
tains 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.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies in continental troops only
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to
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We Caleb Burbank a Clergyman ^ of Madison Township and Josiah Jones and  Lewis Miller residing in the vicinity of Claudius Stannard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with said Stannard that we believe him to be sixty nine years of Age that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
  Caleb Burbank
  Lewis Miller
  Josiah Jones
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   D.D.Aiken  Clerk
The State of Ohio
Geauga County S.S.}  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 Caleb Burbank who has signed the presiding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Township of Madison that Lewis Miller & Josiah Jones who has also signed the same are residents of said County and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit.
 C.D.D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Claudius Stannard for a pension
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of Office this eleventh day of September A.D. 1833.
  D.D. Aiken, Clerk
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We Caleb Burbank a clergyman of Madison Township and Josiah Jones and Lewis Miller residing in the vicinity of Claudius Stannard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Stannard that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Caleb Burbank
Lewis Miller
Josiah Jones

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D.D. Aikin Clerk

The State of Ohio
Geauga County SS }

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories published 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 Caleb Burbank who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Township of Madison that Lewis Miller & Josiah Jones who has also signed the same are resident of said County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

D.D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings for a pension of the said court in the matter of the application of Claudius Stannard for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of office this eleventh day of September A.D. 1833 
D.D. Aikin, Clerk
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at the time loaded with Rum The British came into the Creek in some force in Boats and attempted to take the Rum Our  guard was reinforced and a skirmish took place and the British were driven off without succeeding to get the Rum

He was in no other battle or fighting during said term of service.

After going into winter quarters at West Point the company to which he belonged was put into Colonel Bagley Regiment he thinks in January 1781 

When he left the service he received a written discharge which he has lost, that said discharge he thinks was not signed by Colonel Bagley who was then absent but by the officer then in Command of the Regiment whose name at this time he cannot recollect

After his discharge from the aforesaid service he went to Rupert in Vermont where he had a brother living

Whilst there, as near as he can recollect in the fore part of the month of April 1781 he enlisted into a Regiment commanded by Colonel Fletcher, Vermont State Troops for a term of nine months the company in which he served was commanded by Captain John Stark.

During this of service the Regiment was stationed at Castleton in Vermont, the troops were engaged in no battle during the time, but were kept busy in patroling parties in make breast works, etc.

In August in the same year he went under Captain Stark with a company from Castleton to a place called Mount Independence opposite Ticonderoga to guard a number of British
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prisoners who were taken there to be exchanged

He was discharged from the last mentioned service in the fore part of January 17 [obliterated] near as he can recollect. He at that time received a written discharge signed as he thinks by Colonel Fletcher which discharge he has also lost

By reason of Old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the [previous?] 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 one year and three months I served as private soldier and for such service I claim a Pension

He was born in Suffield in the State of Connecticut in the year 1764  he has a record of his birth taken from a record kept by his father

He is known to Josiah Jones Esqr Lewis Miller [words crossed out] in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a solider of the Revolution

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any state

Since the Revolution he has lived in Salisbury in Connecticut about six year in Dutchess County New York three years, in Sheffield in Massachusetts about five years - in Rhinebeck New York one year in Clinton same State three years in Greenbush same State one year in Albany city one year in Bethlehem same state about five years in Half Moon same State about eight years in Kirtland sixteen years where he now resides
Claudius Stannard

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid  D.D. Aiken Clerk
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No. 4.401
Claudius Stanard
Declaration of Pension

Filed August 13th 1832
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State of Ohio
County of Geauga Ss}

On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio now sitting in said County Claudius Stannard a resident of Kirtland in the County & State aforesaid aged 67 years on the 12th day of September 1831 who bring 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

That he was born in Suffield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the year 1764

That he has a record of the Birth Copied from a record kept by his father

That in the year 1779 (he was then living in Salisbury in the State of Connecticut) he served a few days in the guard which Attended Burgoynes troops when marched as prisoners from Boston to New York as a substitute for whom he does not now recollect

That in the year 1780 he was living in New Marlborough in the State of Massachusetts he enlisted in the month of April into the Continental Line went to Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in May in the same year was mustered and returned home, by permission

That in August following he was called for and marched to Fishkill in the State of New York and from there to New Jersey to a place called Ten [?] of Ten Eyck and joined Captain Abraham Williams Company in Colonel Sprouts Regiment - marched to Ten Eyck plains after about two months marched back

That he was at and assisted in the execution of
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Andre - That the Army went into winter quarters at West Point in December.

That in January 1781 Captain Williams Company was transferred to Colonel Martins Regiment General Glover's Brigade

That in February 1781 he was discharged he received a written discharge which he saw copied into a book by the officer who made it out but he does not recollect the name of the officer who signed it

That he lost his discharge a number of years since

That during the service aforesaid he was engaged in no battle except a skirmish with a party of British who came up Sloats Creek in boats and attempted to take a small vessel which lay in the creek freighted with Rum.

That in May 1781 he enlisted for 9 months into Captain John Starks Company Colonel Fletchers Regiment Vermont State troops at Castleton Vermont and in August following he marched with Captain Starks company with  about 160 prisoners picked up as straglers from Burgoynes Army to a place on the East side of the Lake opposite to Ticonderoga and exchanged them for American prisoners

That he marched back to Castleton and was discharged the latter part of December following that he received a written discharge signed by Captain Stark & Colonel Fletcher which he has lost

That since the Revolution he has resided in the following places to wit in Armenia Dutchess County State of New York about 3 years in Sheffield Berkshire County Massachusetts about 5 years at Red Hook one year at Clinton Dutchess  County 3 years in Greenbush one year City of Albany one year in Bethlehem Albany County 5 years Half Moon Saratoga County New York, 7 years. In the year 1816 he moved Kirtland where he now resides.

That he has no documentary evidence
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That he is known to Josiah Jones, A.C. Russell, Erastus Crary and others who reside in Kirtland aforesaid and who he thinks can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his being a Revolutionary soldier.

He  hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Claudius Stannard

Subscribed & sworn to in open court August 13th 1832

Edward Paine Jr  Clerk

Mr. Nathaniel Cobb a clergyman residing in Hamden in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio and Erastus Crary residing in Kirtland in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Claudius Stanard who has subscribed and sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be 67 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 to & Subscribed in open court August 13th 1832
Nathaniel Cobb
Erastus Crary

Edward Paine Jr Clerk
I Edward Paine Jr Clerk of the Supreme Court in and for the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Claudius Stannard for a pension. In Witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of the Supreme Court this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Edward Paine Jr Clerk
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, the the above name applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; And the court further certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel Cobb who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Hambden and County of Geauga and that Erastus Crary who has signed the same is a resident of the township of Kirtland and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Edward Paine Jr? Clerk
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No. 4. 401

Pension Office

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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Chagrin Cuyahoga County Ohio
August 28th 1832

Hon. Lewis Cass

Sir  enclosed is the declaration of Claudius Stanard with accompanying affidavits which he hopes will be sufficient evidence to warrant his being placed on the Pension Roll.

You will I presume advise him after an examination of the papers of your decisi[on]

Respectfully your
Obt Servt
L. Lapham
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Deposition

Moses Hall
Hannah Brooks
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State of Ohio, Astabula County Ss

Before me George Martin a justice of the peace for said county personally came Hannaniah Brooks who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith In the year 1780 I know that Claudius Stannard served as a soldier in Captain Abram Williams Company, 12th Regiment commanded by Colonel Sproat of the Massachusetts line. I think the said Stannard entered the army in June or July of that year that he served there during the summer & how much longer I do not know [words crossed out] I also recollect having seen him the service at Castleton in the year 1781. I do not recollect of having seen Claudius Stannard until yesterday since that time but from circumstances related by said Stannard since come together I am satisfied that Claudius Stannard now present is the same Claudius Stannard that I was then acquainted with & about spoken of - further this deponent saith not  Hanniah Brooks

Sworn to & subscribed before me this (?) day of August in A.D. 1832. Geo Morton Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County Ss}  I Sam Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that George Morton Esquire whose name appears subscribed aove in his own proper handwriting and before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was on the first day of August AD 1832 a Justice of the Peace of the township of Salem in said County duly Commissioned and sworn agreably to the Laws of the State of Ohio. and I do further certify
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State of Ohio, Astabula County Ss.

Before me George Martin, a justice of the peace for said County personally came Moses Hall who being duly sworn according too law deposeth & saith I was well acquainted with Claudius Stannard before the year 1780. In the month of August in that year as near as I can recollect, I know of his being in the service of Captain Abram Williams Company in the 12th Regiment commanded by Colonel Sproat Massachusetts Line. I left him at West Point, I think in the month of December 1780. how much longer he remained I do not know [?] faith this deponent saith not

Sworn to & Subscribed the 12th day of August A.D. 1832 before me George Morton Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Astabula County Ss}

Before me Alvin Bagley a Justice of the peace for said county personally came Calvin Bellknapp who being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith

In the year 1781 I was a soldier in the State troops of Vermont in Colonel Fletcher's Regiment and think I think I recollect the name of Claudius Stannard in the same regiment and from circumstances I  fully believe that the man who is now present is the same person who was then in the army.^ I think the enlistment at that time was for nine months and further this deponent saith not

Calvin Bellknapp
Sworn to and subscribed at Jefferson this 2nd day of August AD 1832
Alvin Bagley  Justice of the peace
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Chagrin  Cuyahoga County, Ohio
September 25, 1835(?)

J. L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir Enclosed is a declaration made by Claudius Stannard in order to obtain the benefit of the law of the 7th June 1833.

He made and sent to the War Department about a year since a Declaration in which he alleged a part of his service to have been performed in the Massachusetts Line of Continental troops, in that I am satisfied that the old man was mistaken, he is very illiterate, was very young when he commenced the service and as the troops with which he served were put put into a service within the Continental Line he [Imbibed?] the notion that he belonged to the Continental Establishment and has proudly fostered the idea that there was more merit in being a Soldier of the Continental line than in having served in a line of State troops, and this habit of [?ing] the subject for a long succession of years has led him into this mistake. I have questioned him particularly in relation to the manner of his enlistment. He says that the inhabitants were classed and each class required to furnish one or more soldiers, that he was induced by the class in his neighborhood to enlist, that what pay he got he received(?) in Massachusetts State [facilities?]. In support of the claim for his services in the Vermont Militia he sent with his first declaration a number of Affidavits which he hopes will be deemed satisfactory.
Respt your Obt Servt
 J. Lahpham
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Claudius Stanard
which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
to from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
two Living witness in part
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear
months and - days, I served as a -. For - months
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in
properly attached to the certificate.
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No. 4401
Claudius Stannard
 Ohio -

Suspended
see let. to J. Lapham
28 Novr 1832
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Correspondence
Jany 2 1834
 to
15 Oct 1835

Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
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Records
Change to be made

State, Ohio

S 7 (?) No. 4324

Class, Invalid

Name, Claudius Stannard

Service, Massachusetts & Vermont,
Massachusetts

(?)
March 30, 1904
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Rev War
4324
INVALID

File No. 4324
Claudius Stannard
Private Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832

Index:  Vol. A  Page 257

(Arrangement of 1870)
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Suspended
See letter to J. Lapham 
28 Novr 32

In this case the claimant alleges to have performed service in the Massachusetts Line. The name of Saml Stanard is found the same compy  & Regiment. And service for same times [commencement?] the same as the claimant, a doubtful case.