Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21812, Comfort Healey, Vt.
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Service  Number
Vt.   Healey, Comfort   S.21812
or Healy
Contents
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N. 695
Vermont
Comfort Healy
of Caledonia Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pt in the Company commanded by Captain Blakely of the Regt commanded by Col. Fletcher in the [illegible] [illegible] Troops
7 Mo Private ~ $23,33

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th date of June
and sent to
1833 J. Bridgeman Junr Lyndon, Vt

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 ~ 46.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept         11.66
                                                        $58.32

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E  Vol. 3 Page 68
=  E  =  1  =  91

Transferred from Vermont to New Hampshire from 4 March '34 on 21st, April , 1831

Notification sent a agent & same day

Letter to George C Cahoon 5 March 1841
Sent to Pen agent 24 Feb 1842

To Montpelier Vermont from 4 Sep 1841. 28. March 1842. Notification to Geo. C Cahoon Lynden, Vermont
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Comfort Healy's
Declaration
for a Pension
23807
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State of Vermont LSS.
District County of Caledonia On this 5th day of February AD 1833
personally appeared before the Hon. Benjamin F Deming Judge of 
of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid now sitting
Comfort Healy a resident of St Johnsbury in the District & County 
aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on
his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the bene-
-fit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832 
that he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers & served as hereinafter stated. Viz I Comfort
Healy of St Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia & State of 
Vermont depose & say that I was born in Rehoboth Bristol County & State of Massachusetts on the 15th day of April AD 1763 being
now past sixty nine years of age. I think there is no record of
my age in the office of the Town Clerk of Rehoboth. When eight 
years old my father moved to Guilford in the State of Vermont. In 
the latter part of April, I think 1781. I enlisted [crossed out] as a private
soldier in the Vermont Militia for the term of seven months being
hired by William Bullock and one Fisk of [crossed out] Guilford
I recollect the year distinctly from the circumstance of Cornwallis'
surrender being at that time in the Service. I was attached
company of Capt Blakey of Brattleboro Vt the names of my 
Lieutenant & Ensign are forgotten. My company was embodied
in the Regt. of Col Fletcher, Sargeant Major's name was Heath Gent Enos I think was the commanding Generals. Very soon
after I was mustered my company convened in Guildford &
commenced its march for Castleton Vt where we were ordered
The company marched through Bennington & Arlington, the 
other towns are not remembered. At Castleton my company
was embodied in Col Fletcher's Regt at Castleton I was on [crossed out]
guard & fatigue alternately. There was only Col Fletcher's Regt
stationed at Castleton His Regt was made into two divisions
stationed about three miles apart. Scouting parties against
the indians were very frequently detached I remained at
Castleton during the whole term of my service which was
seven months. I received a written discharge, I think, which 
is now lost, in the latter part of November & returned to Guilford & was paid for seven months service by my employers _ 
I have no documentary evidence whatever in my possession nor
do I know of any person alive who is personally knowing of my service
I have lived since the Revolution in Guilford, Lyndon, Wheelock, 
& St Johnsbury Vermont in St Johnsbury I have lived about twenty years. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on
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lived since the Revolution in Guilford, Lyndon, Wheelock, St Johnsury, Vermont in St Johnsbury I have lived about twenty years. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.

his
Comfort Healy
mark [made an X in middle of name]

Sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of February AD. 1833
Before
Benj F Deming
Judge of the Probate

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 Isaiah Fisk who has signed the accompanying affidavit is well known to the Court as a respectable person whose statement is fully entitled to credit.
I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Comfort Healey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said Court this 22nd day of February A.D. 1833.
Amos Paul
Register.
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Comfort Healy
Caledonia Co Vermont
23.807

[illegible]
7 moi
$23.33

J Bridgman Jun'r
Lyndon
VT
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War Department,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7,1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.   The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form,  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, ( thus: } ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Comfort Healy

[column headings: Period when service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service: Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Ranks 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 enter the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the claim is supported.]  

April of 81. [Blank]. 7. [Blank]. Private. Capt Blakely. Col Fletcher Genl Enos [Blank]. March to Castleton. 69 Years / Guilford Vermont. By 2 living witnesses.

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident(b) of  in the county of  and state, Territory or District
of  aged (c)  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 by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Amry of the United States in the year (d)  , with  and
served in the  (e) regiment of the  line, under the following officers:
[Here set forth the names and rand of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he serv-
ed under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank the names of his own officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [symbol of a hand with one finger pointing to the right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per-
sons 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 revolu-
tionary soldienr, and served as he states.
I  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, one examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proofs 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  and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  , 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 Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. 
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of  do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and set 
of office, this  day of  &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof of his power. This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party with 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 ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith, as may have a tendence 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 vents 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  he(sic) 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, 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 takin effect of the act of June 7, 1832: and in the 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.
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[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 five 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 makin 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, cannot swear positively as to the precise 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____year____months, and _____days,  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, 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 ll 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 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 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 affix 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 cerfticate 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.
[hand symbol/icon]  The notes from [a] to [i] 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 send to the War Department, with the declaration.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire SS.
On this 17th day of March 1884 before me, the subscriber a [crossed out] Justice of the Peace [handwritten] Notary Public for the said County of Cheshire personally appeared Comfort Healy who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Blakely in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Fletcher (Dummerston VT) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he was lately removed; that he now resides in the State ([crossed out] District, or Territory) of New Hampshire where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Lyndon, Vermont to Chesterfield, N. Hampshire - My son, Hubbard Healy lives in said Chesterfield & I have made an arrangement with him to support me hereafter & he has obligated himself to support me at his house in Chesterfield. 
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Comfort Healy
mark [made X]
In [illegible] I have hereunto set my hand  affixed my notarial seal.
Larkin G. Mead Jst Pea
[hand pointing right] The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature [missing] fied by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some [missing] must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is [missing]
[hand pointing right] The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's iden [missing] must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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I Hubbard Healy of Chesterfield, County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire of lawful age on oath say - that Comfort Healy who has subscribed] & sworn to the within affidavit is my father - is the same Comfort Healy named in a Pension Certificate dated June 6, 1833 - that he has, for several years past lived in Lyndon, Vermont - and now resides in my family in Chesterfield - The reason of his removing is that I have become obligated to support him at same Chesterfield. 
Hubbard Healy

Before me Larkin G. Mead a Notary Public residing in Chesterfield in the State of New Hampshire personally appeared Hubbard Healy who submitted & swore with truth of the above affidavit. I am acquainted with deponent and he is [watermark: probably says a man] of truth & veracity.
In witness whereof I have [watermark] set my hand & affixed my notarial seal this 17th day of March A.D. 1834. 
Larkin G Mead Notary Public
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I Hubbard Heal
[illegible mark]
Joseph Greely $40 June 7 1832
Strafford VT  Sept 1835

Do Nov'r 4$ [illegible] -- Do  -- Do
Hilsboro
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Revolution 
2182
INVALID.
File No, 21,812
Comfort Healey
Prt Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Copy
Pension Agency
Concard NH 21 March 1842
Sir, In reply to your two letters of Feby
24th, I here state that Comfort Healey and
Asa Parker, Persuances under the Act of June
7th 1832, were last paid to September 4, 1841.
I am 
(Signed) John George
Pension Court
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William Ramsdell's
Deposition in the
Case of Comfort Healy
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I William Ramsdell of St Johnsbury Caledonia County & State of Vermont depose and say that I am now past sixty four years of age. I was born in Guilford County of Windham & State of Vermont in which town I lived until I was about twenty five years of age - Comfort Healy now a resident of St. Johnsbury aforesaid I am well acquainted with & have known him for more than fifty years he living in the same neighborhood with me while I resided in Guilford. I distinctly remember that said  Healy near the close of the Revolutionary War as I understand from himself & others at the time went into the Revolutionary War Service the year I do not remember but my best recollection is that he went off in the spring & returned late in the fall of the same year. I well remember that other men went off & returned at the same time with said Healy. I distinctly recollect to have heard at the time that said Healy went away that he was hired. I am strongly impressed that my father asssited to hire him. I am positive that said Healy came to my father's house & took the equipment that I understood were provided by those who hired him. 

William Ramsdell
State of Vermont
Caledonia County
St. Johnsbury, January 21st 1833

The personally appeared William Ramsdell the subscriber of the foregoing Deposition & made oath that the same contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth Before Jery Dickerman Justice of the Peace

I Jery Dickerman of St. Johnsbury Caledonia County & State of Vermont certify & say that I am well acquainted with William Ramsdell the  subscriber of the foregoing deposition & believe him to be a man of truth & consider his word entitled to credit. 

Jery Dickerman
Justice of Peace
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[Vertical along upper right side of document]
William Ramsdell's Deposition

[Body of document]
State of Vermont
Caledonia County  I Benjamin Deming Clerk of the County Court for the Count of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that Jery Dickerman is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and that his name within written I believe to be his genuine signature. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 22nd day of February  D.1833.
Benj F. Deming Clerk

[Vertical along lower left side of document]
William Ramsdell's Deposition in the case of Comfort Healy.
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Isaiah Fisk's Deposition for Comfort Healy
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I Isaiah Fisk of Lyndon in Caledonia County State of Vermont depose & say that I am now past seventy years of age & was born in Warren County of Bristol & State of Rhode Island. In the sixteenth year of my age I with my father's family moved from Warren to Guilford in ^the County  & State of Vermont  While I lived in Guilford which was about twenty years I was intimately acquainted with Comfort Healy of St Johnsbury Vermont. Said Healy living in the same neighborhood where I resided.  I distinctly remember the facts of said Healy's being hired of his going off into the Revolutionary service & of his returning. The year he was out I have forgotten. I know it was near the close of the Revolution.  I remember distinctly that he went off in the spring & returned late in the fall of the same year.  I remember that the citizens were claped each clap being obliged to furnish a man for the service.  I well remember my father William Bullock & one Ramsdell (I do not recollect any others) hired Comfort Healy.  The individuals above referred to were at my father's house with said Healy when he was hired.  The precise number of months for which hew was hired I have forgotten but have the impression it was seven or eight months.  I know that he was paid a part of his wages before he went off.  I have not any doubt but that he was in the service as many as seven months.  I have been well acquainted with said Healy since he moved to St Johnsbury Vt. I have always considered him a man of undoubted character for truth.

Isaiah Fisk

State of Vermont
Lyndon February 2.1833
Caledonia County { then personally appeared Isaiah Fisk the subscriber of the above deposition & made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth
Before George C. Cahoon Justice of the Peace
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Isaiah Fisk's Deposition
State of Vermont
Caledonia County SS.
I Benjamin F. Deming Clerk
of the County Court for the County of Cal
edonia do hereby certify that George C.
Cahoon is one of the Justices of the Peace
for said Caledonia County and that 
the within is his genuine signature,
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said Court this 22d day
of February A.D. 1833
Benj F. Deming Clerk.
Isaiah Fisk's
Deposition for
Comfort Healy
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Comfort Healy's
application for transfer
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County
On this seventh day of January 1841
before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County
of Caledonia personally appeared Comfort Healy of St. Johns-
bury in said Caledonia County who on his oath declares that
he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company com-
manded by Capt. Blakely in the Regiment commanded by Col.
Fletcher in the service of the United States that his name was
placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont on the sixth
day of June 1833. that his pension certificate is numbered
11.695 that he at that time resided in said St Johnsbury and
afterwards removed to Chesterfield New Hampshire, that he then
applied for and obtained a transfer from the Pension-roll
of the State of Vermont to the Pension-roll of the State of
New Hampshire where he has drawn his pension for several
years past - that he has returned to and now resides in said
town of St. Johnsbury in the State of Vermont when he intends
to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future
The following on his reasons for removing from Chesterfield
N.H. to said St Johnsbury - that he went to reside with
a son at said Chesterfield, that this applicant is poor and depon-
dant on others for support, that said son who is now deceased
was at the time of his leaving said Chesterfield unable further to sup-
port him, that his legal residence is in said town of St. Johnsbury
and that he returned there to avail himself of the provisions of
the law in favor of the poor in said town.
Witness
James Harris
George C. Cahoon
Comfort (his mark) Healy
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
George C. Cahoon
Justice of the Peace
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I Winthrop True of St. Johnsbury in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Comfort Healy of the same St. Johnsbury  a revolutionary pensioner of the United State who says he executed the forgoing application for a transfer of his pension from the New Hampshire Agency to the Vermont Agency - I have examined his pension and find it correctly set out in his said application and believe him to be the identified person therein named and that his reasons assigned for the removing from New Hampshire to Vermont are true~.

Lyndon December 25. 1841    Winthrop True
State of Vermont
Caledonia At Lyndon December 25. 1841
Subscribed and Sworn to 
Before me 
      George C. Cahoon
       Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Caledonia County
I Samuel B. Matlock, County clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that George C. Cahoon whose name is  subscribed to the foregoing two certificates was on the several days of the dates thereof a justice of the Peace in for the 
County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his  signatures thereto are genuine-
[xxx] under my hand and the Seal of said County this 14th day of January A D 1842
Samuel B. Matlock, County Clerk
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Lyndon
Feb 18

Feb 23 1842

Hon. James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Washington, D.C.
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Lyndon Feb 14 1842

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I herein forward Comfort Healy's application for a  transfer from the New Hampshire to the Vermont agency for paying pension - and am 

Respectfully, 
Your Obedient Servt.
George C. Cahoon

P.S. It would be a great matter of convenience to the pensioner to be enabled to draw at the Vermont Agency at the next drawing - G.C.C.