Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,109, for Peter Stevens, Connecticut
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Vt. 

Stevens, Peter

NUMBER
S19109

CONTENTS
Carded
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              Vermont, 10,691
Peter Stevens.
Rutland co in the State of Vermont
who was a Pv & Sgt. in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Wells of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Clay in the Conn on a 
line for 2 mo Sergt
            8  "    no da   Pr} Vt
 _____________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 38 Dollars 20 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Sept 1883 and sent to A Warner,  East Poultney, Vt.
______________________________________________

Arrears to the 4th of Sepr. 33              $  95.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '36   19.10
                                                             ________
                                                            $ 114.60

                                         Revolutionary Claim,
                                         Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by  E.W. Brown    Clerk
Book    E    Vol.    3    Page   92

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Letter to H. Hollister May 10/50
Letter  [illegible]
Asahel Hollister
[illegible]
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                         20,579
                     Peter Stevens
                      2 Mos Sergt.
                      8  " , 14 days Private


                      A. Warner
                              E. Poultney

    claimant - care of the clerk
         of the County
                           Rutland,
                                Vermont
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         WAR DEEPARTMEMT
         Pension Office
June 5, 1833

Sir:  
    The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The rules and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These 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 complying with this request. greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[A Table follows with nine headings]

A Statement , showing the Service of Peter Stevenson of Rutland County, Vermont

Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service
               Year     Month    Days
Rank of the Claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company Officers 
                   under whom he served.
Names and Rank of the General and Field 
                   Officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he enters the service, and 
                  age at the present period.
Existence by which the declaration is 
                  supported.

{RESPOSES}

Enld 1776     6 months   Private  Capt. Wells
    Col. Gay    none [battles]   sailed from Conn 
     to New York      Hartford County 
     Connecticut  [res.]   Living Witnesses

dftd   1777    2 month    Private  Capt Wright
     Col Newbury    ----    marched thru part of 
     New York   Hartford County Connecticut
     Living Witnesses

dftd  1779  2 month   Private & Sergt    Capt. 
      Smith    [blank]   -----     ---------------- 
      ------     Hartford County Connecticut  
        Living Witnesses 

vold  1780    14 days   -----   Capt. Stark   
        Genl Allen

                             aged 73 
                                         years


                       I am, respectfully,
                          Your obedient servant,
                                J .L. EDWARDS,
                               Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory , or District of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same
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 Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
---
A.
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 these
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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 [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Peter Stevens
Declaration
20579
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State of Vermont
Rutland County Js}
  On this 14th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont now sitting Peter Stevens a resident of Powlet in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont aged 73 the 6th day of May last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

    That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers served as herein stated - That he enlisted in the month of June in the year 1776 in Glastonbury in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut in a Regiment issued in that State commanded by Col. Gary  of Farmington. Lieutenant Col. Hunt-Major Mott - Capts of his company Samuel Wells - Lieut.Thomas Hollister - Ensign Basel       That soon after his enlistment he embarked on board of Sloop at Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut  with the Lieutenant & part of his Company & sailed to New York soon joined his Regiment at that place where he remained some time & then marched to White Plains from there to North Castle where he was discharged on the 25th day of December of the same year by Major Mott afsd having served under this enlistment six months - That in the latter part of September 1777 he was drafted for two months in the militia and immediately entered the service in a Regiment commanded by Col. Newbury of Windsor in the State of Connecticut in the Company of Capt. Wright the Ensign Elisha Trent of Glastonbury afsd - that he immediately went  with his Regiment to Peekskill NY when he remained until the British ascended the North River to meet with Genl. Burgoyne 
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(as was supposed) when he with the other Troops pursued them as far as Red Hook when the enemy  learning of the defeat and capture of Burgoyne & his army, retreated and he with the American forces followed them back as far as Fishkill.  Then he with a part of the Regiment crossed the River to New Windsor where he assisted some regular Troops in [illegible] a large Fort, but [word deleted] which was abandoned without being completed, where he remained until his time expired, and was discharged --

   That afterwards in the month of August 1779 he was drafted into a company commanded by Capt. Benson [?] Smith of Glastonbury afsd and went to New Haven Connecticut where he [illegible] about three Weeks & then marched with his company to West Haven and did duty as a guard on the Sound in the company of Sargent    that he was discharged at Westhaven afsd having served two months. 


And further in the year 1778 he removed to [illegible] Vermont to work at his trade as joiner  That after he had been there a few weeks, an express  arrived in the night giving information that the Indians were [illegible] in the Woods near Castleton (Vermont -   That he volunteered & went to that place in the company commanded by Capt. John Stark Samuel Willard Ensign both of Pawlett.  That he arrived at Castleton in the month of October served two weeks. That Genl. Ethan Allen commanded the garrison consisting of about 7500 men.

Being interrogated the applicant saith that he was born in Glastonbury in the County Of Hartford State of Connecticut in the year 1759 on the 6th day of May has no record of his age but supposes it is recorded in the Clerks Office at Glastonbury afsd - That he removed to Pawlett in the County of
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Rutland Vermont i the year 1792 where he has ever since resided.  He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State   
                        [Signed] Peter Stevens
Sworn to & subscribed -
the day & year aforesaid

We John Griswold a clergyman residing in the town of Pawlett in the County of Rutland & Phineas Strong residing in the town of Pawlett hereby certify hat we are well acquainted with Peter Stevens of said Pawlett who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration think him [next two words crossed out] to be 73 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid -

I Innett Hollister of Pawlett in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont aged seventy and being duly sworn certifies & says that he was acquainted with Peter Stevens in Glastonbury in the State of Connecticut during the Revolutionary war - that he knows that in the first part of the service of the year 1776 the said Stevens enlisted in the company commanded by Samuel Wells & Lieut. Thomas Hollister for six months & he always understood his term out, and further this deponent saith that in the year 1777 he served in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Newbury of Windsor Connecticut & the said Stevens did duty with him for the same length of time in the same Company [illegible] as this deponent. And further that this deponent had a brother in the Revolutionary army in the year 1779 from whom he understood that Peter Stevens was in the army and had often heard him speak of the said Stevens sd  being in the army at West Haven Connecticut during the years afsd & doing duty in or
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Sargeant. And further during the war afsd he knew that the P. Stevens was absent from at other times &  then understood  & now believes he was doing duty as a soldier in the war, but is now unable to specify Viz - in numbers as length of time he was absent in the army.
Sworn and subscribed the
day & years afsd -     [Signed] Innett Hollister

I Ashbel Hollister of Pawlett in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont aged 73 being duly sworn testifies & says that he was acquainted with Peter Stevens in Glastonbury Connecticut during the revolutionary war & knows that he was in the American Army considerable time during that war - but is now unable to specify that particular length of time he served, but has no doubt that he served as he has sworn in the foregoing declaration by him  subscribed
                      [Signed]  Ashbel Hollister
Sworn & subscribed
this day & year afsd}

We John Griswold a clergyman residing in Pawlett and Phineas Strong residing in the same place hereby certify that we  are well acquainted with Peter Stevens who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration   That we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier if the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion,
         [Signed]   John Griswold
                         P. Strong
Sworn & subscribed
the day and year afsd}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation prescribed by the War department that the above
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named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears that John Griswold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Pawlett aforesaid, and that Phineas Strong who has also signed the same is a resident in said Pawlett and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit

I Silas H. Merrill clerk of the Probate Court of the district of Fairhaven aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ashbel Hollister for a pension.

                            In testimony whereof I have 
    [Stamp             hereunto set my hand and 
     affixed            Seal of Office this 14th day of 
      here]              August A.D. 1832.
                                   [Signed]  S. H. Merrill

[Stamp affixed left of last paragraph]
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State of Vermont,
County Clerk's Office
Rutland,.....S.S.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Josiah H. Simonds Esquire,
was, at the date of paper writing to which this is attached, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated the thirtieth day of November, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form.

In Testimony Whereof , I here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court, at Rutland, this fifteenth day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty - 

          J. W. Hopkins CLERK
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Joel Stevens
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    Department of War
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army who were slain by the Enemy or who have since the war and have not received land from the United States.

State of Vermont
Rutland County}  Pawlett  April 18 1850

     I Joel Stevens heir at law of Peter Stevens deceased do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the sd Peter Stevens did enter as a private in the revolutionary war . for proof of those services I hereby refer to the declaration of and accompanying proofs of the sd Peter now on file in the war office. I further declare I never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the soldiers and heirs of revolutionary soldiers on the part of the United Stares nor do I believe the said Peter ever received it or transferred his claim to it to any person whatsoever.
               [Signed]  Joel Stevens

   We the subscribers hereby witness that we believe Joel Stevens to be a lawful heir of Peter Stevens Deceased.
   [Signed]  Artemis H. Elion
                   Asel  [illegible]

Know all men by those present that Joel Stevens heir at law as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Kiel Hollister to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary at war of the United States or any other officer a warrant for the quantity if land due to me as aforesaid, and any said attorney - is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the oficial [official] purposes above exempted

    [Signed]  Joel Stevens

Witnessed by}         Artemis H. Elion
                                 [illegible]
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State of Vermont
Rutland County Js}
                         Personally appeared the within named Joel Stevens subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is true  and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney therein subjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned this 13th day of April A.D. 1850

  [Signed]  Josiah H. Simonds Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the within named witnesses are credible witnesses
  [Signed] Josiah H. Simonds Justice of the Peace
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September 9, 1938.

Mr Wilbur D. Brown BA-J/Ill
24 Pleasant Street Peter Stevens
West Barrington, Rhode Island. S. 19109

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Stevens, of Pawlet, Vermont, in 1832-S. 42411.

There is no claim for pension on file in this office under S. 42411 based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Peter Stevens that pensioner was Phinehas Stevens. The record has been found, however, of a Peter Stevens of Pawlet, Vermont, in 1832, pension claims S. 19109. The data which follow are found in the papers on file in that claim, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Peter Stevens was born May 6, 1759, in Glastonbury, Hartford, County, Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in June 1776, and served six months as a private in Captain Samuel Well's company, Colonel Gay's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted late in September 1777, and served two months as private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Newberry's Connecticut regiment; he enlisted in August 1779, served as private and sergeant in Captain Benoni Smith's Connecticut company, length of this service two months. In 1780, Peter Stevens moved to Pawlet, Vermont, "to work at his trade as a joiner". He was called out and served two weeks as a private in Captain John Stark's company, with the troops under General Ethan Allen, engaged against the Indians.

Peter Stevens moved to Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, in 1792.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14,
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1832, at which time be resided in Pawlet, Vermont. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

In 1850, one Joel Stevens stated before a Justice of the Peace in Pawlet, Vermont, that he was heir at law of Peter Stevens, deceased, but he did not state his relationship to the soldier. There are no further data in regard to said Joel Stevens.

An official report on file in this claim stated (shows) that the last payment of pension was made to Peter Stevens, this pensioner, at the rate of $38.20 per annum to March 4, 1838, and that the date of his death is (was) not given.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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The Applicant requests that his pension Certificate when granted may be sent addressed to the subscriber -  July 4, 1833   

Almond Warner
 East Poultney  Vermont
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P                       19109

                       INVALID
                      __________

File No.      19109
    Peter Stevens
   Sergt  Rev War
                       _________

Act:      June 7, 1832

Index:- Vol / .....   Page 363

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[RIGHT PAGE, a history of inquiries]

Oct 3, 1905   ......  A. Jones
Hattie E. Graves [illegible] Vt
1916 Sept. 30 and for Inf. Dept. for 
date of last payment etcetera
1938 Sept 9 - Hist to Walker T. Brown ILR.
1940 Jan 24 - Hist to Charles R. Hale re 
letter in Rev. war S. lists  Peter Stevens ILA
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January 24, 1940.
Mr. Charles R. Hale RA-J/ILL
30 Oak Street Peter Stevens
Hartford, Connecticut. S. 41186 [note in right margin has arrow drawn to this number] See his letter in [illegible]
Peter Stevens
S.19109

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Peter Sevens, pension claim- S. 41186, and Peter Stevens, pension claim-S.19109.

The records of these two soldiers are furnished you, herewith, as found in the pension claims cited by you.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

See 3d aud. report at back of this corres.
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January 24, 1940.

Mr. Charles R. Hale RA-J/ILL
30 Oak Street Peter Stevens
Hartford, Connecticut. S.19109

Dear Sir:

The date which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S. 19109 based upon service of Peter Stevens in the Revolutionary War.

Peter Stevens was born May 6, 1759 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut, he enlisted in June 1776 and served six months as as private in Captain Samuel Wall's company, Colonel Gay's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted late in September 1777, and served two months as private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Newberry's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in August 1779, served as a private and sergeant in Captain Benoni Smith's Connecticut company, length of of this service two months. In 1780, Peter Stevens moved to Pawlet, Vermont, "to work at his trade as a joiner". He was called out and served two weeks as a private in Captain John Stark's company with the troops under General Ethan Allen, engaged against the Indians.

This solider moved in 1792 to Pawlet, Vermont.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he resided in Pawlet, Vermont. He made no reference to wife or children.

In 1850, one Joel Stevens stated before a Justice of the Peace in Pawlet, Vermont, that he was heir at law of Peter Stevens, deceased, but he did not state his relationship to the soldier. There are no further data pertaining to said Joel Stevens.

An official report [first three words circled] on file in this claim shown that 
This report is not a part of our original papers, so refer future writers to [illegible] acct. g?.
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last payment of pension was made to Peter Stevens at the rate of $38.20 per annum to March 4, 1838, and that the date of his death was not on file, also, that this pensioner had resided in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, for forty-six years, previous to which time he had resided in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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O. W. and N. Division. 3-525.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 3. 1905

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Peter Stevens, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Date of Enlistment or Appointment
Length of Service
Rank
Officers Under Whom Captain
Service Was Renderer Colonel
State

June 1776, 6 months, Private, Samuel (illegible), (illegible), (illegible)

(illegible) 1777, 2 ", ", Wright, (illegible), (illegible) 

Jany 1779, 2 ", Sergt., (illegible), (illegible), (illegible) 

(illegible) 1780, 2 wks, pri, John Stark, (illegible) (illegible)  

Battles engaged in, (illegible) 
Resident of solider at enlistment, (illegible) 
Date of application for pension, Aug 14, 1832
Residence at date of application, (illegible) 
Age at date of application, was born 1749 (illegible)
Remarks: This claim was allowed. A (illegible)

Very respectfully,
(illegible) 
15567b2m11-04 Commissioner.
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     West Barrington, R.I., August 8, 1936.
           36 Pleasant Street.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send me the revolutionary War Record and any genealogical Data you may have of Peter Stevens, of Pawlet, Vt., in 1832. S 43411.

  Thanking you for the above data,
  
                   Very truly yours.
                          Wilbur D. Brown

         [Stamp of Pension office 
          dated Aug 9 1936]

Wilbur D. Brown
   34 Pleasant Street,
W. Barrington, R.I.
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OW - M
W. R. ELLIOTT,
DEALER IN
LUMBER

Waterbury Vt
[city crossed out] Vt., Sept 13, 1905

Sept 16 1905 [stamped]

Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:-
I am very much interested in looking
up the genealogy of the Stevens family.
My great great grand father was
Peter Stevens and I am told that
he enlisted in the revolutionary war
from Saulsbury Conn.  I am
anxious to get his war record. I
will be my greatful [grateful] if you could give
it to me  Thanking you for
your trouble. I am respectfully yours
Mrs Hattie Elliott Graves.
Waterbury
Vermont

[stamped] Pension 
A
Sep
15
1905
U. S.
Officr
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                         TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                               WASHINGTON
                                                October 3, 1916.
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
    IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS

The Commissioner of Pensions,

   Sir:

In reply to your letter of ....the 30th ultimo......
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U.S. Pension Agent, at Burlington, VT.,  the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Peter Stevens, Private & Sergt., Army Revolution {last two words inserted], certificate No. 18691 at $38.20 per annum, to March 4, 1838, to Ephraim Mills. Attorney. Said pensioner resided in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vt., for 3forty-six years, and previous thereto in Glastonbury, Conn, but the date of his death is not shown.


Letter herewith returned.
      Respectfully,


                                                    Auditor. 
By                                                   LPV

                                          Deputy Auditor
 Form 3577,
E4. Jan. 24-11-2,000.
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                            3-397.
                     (Old No. 3-390)

Rev, Records Section                            V.L.M.: Ex'r.
S.F. No. 19109         Department of the Interior,
Peter Stevens                   Bureau of Pensions
    Rev War
                        Washington, D.C., Sept. 3,. 1906

SIR:
   For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, yo are requested to furnish this bureau with a report in the case of................
                  Peter Stevens
pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 18,691, issued Sept. 26, 1832 $38.20 per annum from Mch 4, 1831 Vermont [word inserted] Agency, showing date of death, date of last payment of pension and to whom paid.


Very respectfully,
                         G M [illegible]
                                      Commissioner.

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR 
                             DEPARTMENT.
                                Treasury Department.