Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W, for Otho Stevens, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Vt.

Stevens, Otho
Sarah

NUMBER
W -----

CONTENTS
This woman was also pensioned
as the former widow of
James Bayley, Vt. W.19092
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Susp. See letter to Jos Berry
P. Agt. in Vt June 1. 1840

Dec'd. See letter to Hon. J
Fletcher H.R. Same

July 7. 1840, do to J W. D. Parker
Aug 22. 1840. do to Jos. Berry
Aug 31. do. to same, Nov.
6. 1840. & Pay Agt Nov. 7 1840.
do to Jos. Berry Aug. 16. 1841-

Vermont 3346
Sarah Stevens
widow of Otho Stevens
who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank]
and who died on the 26th Aug 1821
of Caledonia in the State of Vermont
who was a [Pri, etc?]  in the company commanded
by Captain Stevens of the Regt commanded
by Bedel in the [Vt & N. H.] Troops
line for 2 years


Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 82 Dollars 18 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of July '39
and sent to Joseph Berry
Newbury, Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March $246.34
Semiannual allowance ending 41.19
$287.63 [total]
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by [illegible] Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2  Page 56
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Sarah Stevens
widow of Otho
Vt
Ad July 7 1837
Married 1756
dec'd 1820
Allow 6 [may]19 Cap C
7.11 pr.
$82.18 per
$11.22 ann
Capt Stevens 
Col Bedel [A. H]
State troops


Jos Berry
Newbury
Vt.

[right side vertical writing illegible]
Regular
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[ZECHARIAH]
CHAP. IX, X, XI.
[23..]even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

9 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

10 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

11 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
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ZECHARIAH
[XI]
3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

12 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

7 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

8 In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

13 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

King James Version
14 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness Unto The Lord; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.
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MALACHI
1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,

3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.

10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

2 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

3 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

4 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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Otho Stevens and Sarah Bayley
his wife was maried Oct 12. 1786
---
Abigil Stevens born March 25th 1887
Betty B Stevens born Feb 16th 1789
John B. Stevens Born May 4th 1791
Otho Stevens born May 4th 1793
and died June 4th same year
Tabitha Stevens Born April 9th 1794
Otho Stevens Born December 20th 1796
Simeon Stevens Born December 30th - 1799
Moses Stevens Born April 11th 1802
and died same day
Thomas Stevens Born March 15th 1805
[Lenor F]  Stevens Born March 18th 1806

Otho Stevens
died August 26 1820

THE 
NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST.
TRANSLATED OUT OF
THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
AND WITH THE
FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED,
STEREOTYPED
FOR THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY
BY D. & G. BRUCE.
-
NEW YORK
1817.
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I John [C.W.?] Stevens of Franconia[?] in the County of 
Grafton and State of New Hampshire of the age of fourty seven 
years last May do depose, testify, and say that Otho Stevens 
formerly of Watersford in the County of Caledonia[?] in 
the State of Vermont deceased was my father and that 
Mrs Sarah Stevens now of said Watersford is my mother - 
Said Otho Stevens died at said Watersford on the 26th day of 
August Anno Domini 1820.  I was present at his death
and funeral.  My mother said Sarah Stevens has [illeg]
since remained and now is the widow of said Otho 
Stevens.  I further say that the subjoined is a record of 
the marriage of said Otho and said Sally[??] also of the
births and deaths of their[the?] family and also of the death 
of the said Otho - and that the leaves which contain said 
record are taken from a bible belonging to and now 
in the possession of said Sarah - that I have scribed [or saw scribed, or subscribed] the record 
hereto subjoined from the leaves of a very ancient[?] family
bible belonging to my said father after his death - and 
that the leaves hereto subjoined contain as I believe and 
have no doubt an exact copy of the record and was on
the leaves of the old bible before this one.  I was well
acquainted with the hand writing of my said father and
[William?] and have no doubt of that the said old record
was his writing and made as his [daly?] [and] [necessary?]
purpose - I further say that I was formally called and known
by the name of Johan [Wayley?] Stevens, but after the death of
his natural [said?] father I assumed the name of John
[Cuddings?] Wayley Stevens having been named originally
for him -- the record of the matter of said father appears to
be in the hand writing of my brother and the records of
the marriage births and deaths on the page marked
August 20 1838 on the right hand margin is in my hand
writing

John C.W. Stevens 


State of Vermont
County of Caledonia Ss.
I [illegible,but not "certify"] that on this 20th
day of August A.D. 1818 before the subscribed
a justice of the peace for said county personally
appeared the said John C.B. Stevens who hath subscribed
the foregoing deposition in my presence and made
solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole
truth and nothing but the truth And I certify that
the deponent is a credible witness --
Sam P. Mattick, Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Jefferson Stevens of Waterford in the 
County of Caledonia and State of Vermont
of lawful age depose testify & say that about Eleven
years ago I rec'd a gift from my mother Sarah
Stevens the ancient family bible formerly belonging
to my father Otho Stevens mentioned in the foregoing
deposition of my brother John G.B. Stevens that at
the time I rec'd  said ancient bible from my mother
it contained on a blank leaf, a record of the marriage
of my father  & mother and of the births & deaths of
their children, which record I believe to have been 
in the hand writing of my said father - that I have
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[top third of page is illegible - too faint to read. Extraction has some words, but not enough to confirm intelligible sentences. Bottom two thirds of page transribed below, EXCEPT for the District]

State of Vermont
[??] District
I Henry Mattocks Register
of the Court of Probate for said
district do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the
matter of the application of Sarah
Stevens for a pension. 
In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand 
& the seal of said Court this 20th day of August
AD 1838.
Henry Mattocks Register

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Sarah Stevens
widow of Otho
Vt
Ad July 7 1837
Married 1756
dec'd 1820
Allow 6 [may]19 Cap C
7.11 pr.
$82.18 per
$11.22 ann
Capt Stevens 
Col Bedel [A. H]
 State troops

Jos Berry
Newbury
Vt.
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The affidavit of David Johnson of Newbury in the County of Orange
and State of Vermont Sheweth that he is Town Clerk of said Town of
Newbury and as such has charge and custody of the Town records
in which a registry of marriages of the Inhabitants of said Town
so far as the same may be entered are kept. This deponent further
saith that he finds the following entry in the Book of Records on
which a Record of the Marriage and Birth in said Town made
Viz. "Record of Otho Stevens Family

Otho Stevens and Sarah Bayley his wife were married October 12, 1786
Abigail Stevens Born March 23. 1787
Belly B. Stevens Born Feby 16, 1789
John B. Stevens Born May 4, 1791
Otho Stevens Born May 4 1793
and died June 4 same year
Tabitha C. Stevens Born April 9, 1794
Otho Stevens Born December 20th 1796
Simon Steven Born Decemr 30th 1799
Moses Stevens Born April 11th 1802
And died same day 
Thomas J. Stevens Born March 17th 1803
Elinor G. Stevens Born March 18th 1806
Otho Stevens died August 24. 1820
Newbury Town Clerk's Office Feby 10. 1831
The above taken from a record in an old Bible the property of
Sally Stevens and recorded by me this day
J. Bayley Town Clerk
I further say that the foregoing is a true copy of the records and
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that the date above written to wit the figures 12 1786 are
expressed on the Record in fair legible figures without any
alteration or erasures - This deponent further saith that after
diligent search he finds no further or other records of the marriage
of Otho Stevens and Sally or Sarah Bayley and is convinced
that none such exists on the Books in the Town City office
of Newbury aforesaid.
David Johnson


State of Vermont
County of Orange 
 Be it known that on this 18th day of
August [1838], before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, personally appeared the said David Johnson
who hath [made] the foregoing deposition in my presence and made
solemn Oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.And I certify that the deponent is a credible witness.
Joseph Berry Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss. I, Peley C. Jones, Clerk of the Court
of said County of Orange, do hereby certify
that Joseph Berry is a magistrate of the said
County as above, and that the foregoing signatures
 purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
my seal of Office and subscribed my name
This 23d day of August in the year of
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight
Perley C Jones Clerk of Or. Co. Court
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rolls or documents may be found at the department
sufficient; in case the accompanying testimony should
not be deserved to, to procure success in the application.
In case that a pension certificate should be granted, and
the money be drawn at the Danville Caledonia County
Bank, Will you please forward to me any communication
 that may be necessary to make [alacrity on] the subject -

I am Sir Respectfully
Joseph Berry
Hon J. L. Edwards
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the facts are as generally known hereabouts, and
as susceptible of proof, in relation to said
period of this service as any proofs of those
[pensions for 10 more did not present
the same points for] and are now
offered pensions, or have [died] in the enjoyment
[illegible] with this - I certainly cannot
[believe] this is not of what appears
[illegible] and of how I [saw] a 
[portion] of the gospel of the Methodist connexion
“persons of known reputation”, I considered as
[stating all the facts &] [that is faith] in the world
[with] reputable magistrates and of Mr Johnson, 
[illegible] with not only complying with this law,
But also with the spirit and meaning after all the
Regulations prescribed.

Will you please point out to me wherein I
have failed and I will endeavor forthwith to
[provide] the required [revisions].

I am respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Joseph Berry
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Washington 12 Feb 1839
Sir
I am requested by Jos Berry Esq  [illegible]
to ask your attention to the application of the
Widow of Otho Stevens for a pension and 
particularly to his letter of the 8 Nov. in reply to
Yours of the 24 Oct, with copies of which I have
been furnished.
Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
H. Everett

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Newbury Vt April 1st 1839

Sir

Enclosed I send certificates of such records
As are to be found in the office of Secretary
State of Vermont, in relation to the service of
Otho Stevens, as a soldier in the Revolutionary
war - as applicable to the case of Mrs Sarah
Stevens his widow who applies for a pension
under the act of Congress of July 7 38.

In yours of the 2d Feb. 39 to "Hon Horace
[Alcott] of the House of Representatives, which is
now before me, it is stated. "That the service
[is ??] admited to be established was the term
in Capt Stevens Company, Col Bedels Regt Viz
11 months 20 days - the other time under
Capt. Stevens as his waiter - in 76 is not military
service in the interpretation of the Acts of 7 June
1832 and 7th July 1838.

Sylvester [Bugher] late of this town was a
 waiter to [Lieut. Lyon] in Capt Waits company
in [Harringtons] Corps stationed at this place at
the said time with Stevens, and drew a pension
until his death - and I was not aware of any
Discrimination.

I am Sir Your Obdt Srvt
Joseph Berry


Hon. J. L. Edwards
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office,
Montpelier, April 16, 1839
I, Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of said state, do
hereby certify that there is on file in this office a
paper, purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Capt John
G. Bayley's Company in Newbury for guarding and
scouting from April 1777 to May 1779, under the
command of Col Peter Olcott". I further certify that the
name of Otho Stevens, a private, appears upon
said pay roll, with an allowance of four months
service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this office
another paper, purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Capt.
Simeon Stevens Company in Newbury, from May
1777 to May 1781 of service done in guarding and
scouting in Sundry alarm guarding prisoners, & under the
command of Col. Peter Olcott." I further certify
that the name of Otho Stevens, a private, appears
upon said pay roll, with an allowance of nineteen
days service annexed.
I further certify that there is on file in this
office another paper, purporting to be a "True list of  (the names and sums of) Capt Nehemiah Lovewell's Pay Roll of himself and company in the service of
the State of Vermont from the commencement of the
campaign in 1781 to the 30th of June in said year
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inclusive, taken from the original roll in the paymaster’s
office." I further certify that the name of
Otho Stevens appears upon said pay roll as corporal,
with an allowance of "#3:15.10 "annexed, and
that said paper appears to be attested by Thos Tolman, P. Master.
I further certify that there is on file in this
office another paper, purporting to be ""A Pay Roll of
Capt Nehemiah Lovewells company in Col Benj
Waits Battalion, in the service of the State of Vermont, commencing the first day of July 1781 and ending the ______
 Nov 1781, inclusive." I further certify
by that the name of Otho Stevens appears upon
said pay roll as corporal, and as having served
in that capacity from July 1 to Nov 24, 1781, "with
an allowance of one hundred and forty-seven days service annexed,
I further certify that there is on file in this
office another paper, purporting to be "a Pay Roll
of Capt. Frye Bayley's Company in Newberry
from May 1781 till the end of the war, and scouting and guarding, &c. in sundry 
alarm under the command of Col Peter Olcott and Robt
Johnson".  I further certify that the name of
Otho Stevens appears upon said pay roll as a private,
with an allowance of eleven days service annexed.
And I further certify that the said pay
rolls appear to have been severally examined
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and allowed by the Board appointed by the
government of the State of Vermont
for that purpose, and orders for the payment thereof
drawn on the Treasurer, and by him duly paid accordingly.

Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier
this the 16th day of April A.D. 1839
Chauncey L. Knapp, Secretary of State
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838
Sarah Stevens of Vermont
widow of Otho Stevens, deceased
who was a Private and corporal in the Revolution
and died on the twenty sixth day of August 1821.
is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of eighty two
dollars and eighteen
cents per annum, commencing on the
fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage
of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension
will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
 this eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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V
Vermont
Sarah Stevens
let to Jos. Berry 24 Oct. 28
+ Hon. H. Everett, Feby
22 '39
Act 7 July 1838
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Sarah Stevens, widow of Otho, act July 7. 1838
Vermont [??] Montpelier at $82.18 per annum

Be pleased to say to what time paid?

Pension Office
July 6. 1840.

[Act] 4 March 1840
JH