Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18769, John Colt, Conn. Conn Sea Service
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                        NUMBER
Conn.                   Colt, John         S. 18796
Conn Sea Service

                                                              carded.
CONTENTS
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[lon left side]
W. G. Wade May 25 1853
E. Tainton 8 Feby 1855.

[on right side]
18769
Vermont        Mont
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John Colt deceased
of _______ in the State of ________
who was a Teamster in the Cond'r of teams commanded
by Captain ________ of the ________ commanded
& Conn Sea Service
by _________ in the __________________
line for Revolution
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Montpelier
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 348 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Ending 10 July 1842
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of
Dec 1852 and sent to
                   W. G. Wade
                              Pres't
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Increased from   $315
                                           {Revolutionary}
                                         {   Act June 7  }
 [stamp] 
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

[Reco]rded by [signed] R. McRae
[Book] E   Vol. 3  Page
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Declaration
of No 6537.
John Colt

Please transmit the
Answer to this to
J. Y. Vail  Montpelier Vt.

By consent of his atto.
Stephen Haight Esq
aom'd
6 mo Teamster                       20
6 mo Conductor of teams     20
12 Mo. Sergeant                __60__
                                        $100.00
[signed] S. Haight
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[right edge is worn or torn and  some letters or words are missing]
Has no record of his age but that it is on [torn & illegible] said Lyme-
Lived in s'd Lyme when called into service each time has lived in
Connecticut New York & in Vermont since & the last 33 years
in Vermont & 15 years now last past in Fayston where he now [1 illegible]
volunteered first time & enlisted the [1 illegible] of his services
State the names of some other officers than those before mentioned 
never received a written discharge from any of his services 
He rec'd a commission as Captain of the [1 illegible] signed by Nehemiah
Hubbard Deputy Quarter Master General but the same
now lost. He also recieved a commission as ensign signed 
Goldsboro. According to the best of his recollection but the said
is now lost. He States the names of Elias Wells & Lynde Wait
who are well acquainted with him & can testify as to his
character for veracity, on their belief of his services as a Soldier
of the Revolution.--

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension, or anuity, 
except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any
state.
     Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.                [signed] John Colt
Attest [signed] J. Y. Vail Clerk 

We, Lynde Wait living near the Said Capt. Colt residing in the town
of Waitsfield County of Washington and Elias Wells of Duxbury
near Neighbor to Said Colt hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt. John Colt
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
78
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                               [signed] Lynde Wait
                               [signed] Elias Wells

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
                 [signed] Att. J. Y. Vail Clerk
                              
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 Lynde Wait, who has signed
the preceding certificate, is a Justice of Peace resident in the said town of Waitsfield
and that Elias Wells who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town
of Duxbury and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
                     Attest, [signed] Joshua Y Vail Clerk

Joshua Y Vail Clerk of the County
Court for the said County of Washington
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of
the application of John Colt for a
pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 9th day
of August A.D. 1832
                  Attest [signed] Joshua Y. Vail Clerk
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DECLARATION in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

STATE OF VERMONT.}
COUNTY OF Washington ss}  On this ___ of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open court, before the Honorable County Court, within and for the County of Washington
now sitting, John Colt a resident of Fayston in the
County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged 78 years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832: --
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers, and served as herein stated: That in the year 1775, he
volunteered as a soldier in Capt. Joseph Sweets company in April.
he marched to Lexington alarm [sic], so called, was there one month under
Genl Putnam, & was there released & came home the last of May 1775. He then
entered onboard the brig Minerva a government vessel of twelve cannon
guns & 12 swivels commanded by Capt. A. Hall of Middletown Court
He served as a marine in said vessel four months was discharged in [1 illegible] 
round Montauk point off the coast of Long Island & New York.
In the year 1776, he enlisted as a soldier in Capt Samuel Mathers
Company Connecticut troops in Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regiment on
the month of April cannot remember the day of the mounth was
stationed at New London served seven months & then discharged
in the month of November-- In the year 1777 in the month of May
he enlisted as a teamster in Capt. William Matsons, company in to
continental service & was discharged the last of December went to
Fishkill & followed the army enlisted for six months & served his time out 
In 1778 he enlisted as a Serjant in Capt Lee Lays company for one year
in the forepart May went to New London I was stationed there untill
August & then marched to Rhode Island under Col. Oliver Smith he
there came under the command of Genl. Sullivan was there about
three weeks - retreated from the south out of the island to the north
when a smart action insued but we kept the ground, the third night of
this the enemy retreated south and our army got off the island safe, from 
thence we marched to New London remained there untill our year
expired being in the month of May 1779. He then immediately, [1 illegible] 
1st of June 1779 engaged in the continental service for the term of 6 mos
as a teamster under Captain Adriel Ely joined the army at Packsfield
and followed it about wherever the [1 illegible] was wanted, served his time
out & was discharged at or near Newburgh the first of December
In the month of December 1779 he was appointed a captain & conductor 
of continental teams by Nehemiah Hubbard Dept Quarter Master 
Gen, with the same pay & rations as a Capt of the line, he served in the
capacity one year & was discharged the last of December 1780.
That in 1781 he served as a Serjant major of Militia under Major Richard
Wait 6 weeks commenced the last of
of September, went to Fort Griswold
in Groton soon after Arnold left there-- was discharged about the
middle of October-He [1 illegible] in the month May 1782. He recieved a
commission as an ensign in the United States Service signed by one Goldsboro 
& also received orders for recruiting men. Capt. John Chapman
was the Captain to command the company. He was in 
[from here to the end the part of the page is torn off]
-- ordered to enlist Troops with the privilege of enlisting one sergeant
one Corporal my Sarjects name was Nathan Huntley Corporal
name Eli Person, with a number of privates. My Rendezvous was in
Lyme Ct. I continued in the above capacity untill the army was
disbanded in November 1783. That he has no documentary evidence
 of his services & knows of no person who can testify to his service except Capt.
Phelps & Wm Niles whose affadavits he presents in answer to the
[que]stions put to him under the instructions of the Hon. Secretary at War
-- says he was born at Lyme Connecticut July 16th 1754.
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John Colt
            3
The service within
set forth was not on
the Continental establishment

Rejected

19 Sept. 1821-
See letter to
Hon. S. C. Crafts
Dec'r 18. 1821
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State of Vermont ss.     On this 6th day of February 1821
appeared in open Court, being a court of Record
to wit, the Hon Supreme Court of the State of Vermont
holding a session at Montpelier within & for the County 
of Washington, John Colt, aged 67 years resident 
in Fayston in said County, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served
in the Revolutionary war, as follows towit, That in
the spring of 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Samuel
Mathers Company & Col Erastus Woolcotts Regiment
of the Connecticut line for the term of nine months
& served therein the full term & was discharged
in the winter of 1777- in the spring of 1778 he enlisted
as sergeant in Capt Lee Lay's Company & Col
Oliver Smith's Regiment of the Connecticut line
& contin'd therein until the spring of 1779.- during 
the remainder of that year he commanded the
life guard of Gov. Griswold.-- That about the first
of January 1782 he was duly appointed & commissioned  
as an Ensign in Capt J. Chapman,
Company & Col Motts or Gordon's Regiment of
the Connecticut line of the continental army &
continued therein until the end of the war in
1783 when he was discharged by General orders by 
the commander in chief. That a Commission
was distroyed about six or seven years ago, so that
he cannot now produce it-
The s'd John Colt served in 1775 on Brig
Minerva-- the most of the year 1777 as a waggoner
& 1780 as a conductor of teams. My original
declaration was made before the Hon. Stephen Pittkin, 
Judge, on the 26 day of March 1818, & no certificate 
of pension has issued thereon.
And solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
that I have not by gift, sale or in any manner
disposed of my property or any part thereof with 
intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within
the provisions of an act of congress entitled "an 
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land & naval service of the United States
in
the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day
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of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person
in charge for me any property or securities, contracts 
or debts due to me, nor have I any income
other than what is contained in the the schedule
hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
one cow              $15.--
one broken cart    10.
6 Chairs              ___1.50___
                              26.50

That I am by occupation a farmer, but by
reason of my age & infirmities, being afflicted
with the Rheumatison, I am unable to labor.
My wife Susannah of the age of Sixty two
years is very feeble & unable to do but little.
I have no other family & am dependant
almost entirely on my friend for support.-
                              [signed] John Colt

Sworn to & declared in open court on this 6th
day of February A.D. 1821.
              Before the Court,
                        [signed] Geo Rich Clerk

State of Vermont}    
Washington  ss   }   I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme
Court for the County afores'd do hereby
certify that the foregoing oath & the
schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the Record of the said
Court.-- And I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the total amount in
value of the property exhibited in
the afors'd schedule is twenty six
Dollars & fifty cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & official seal of the said Court
this 21 day of June 1821.
              [signed] Geo. Rich   Clerk
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I do hereby certify that sometime in the month
of February last, I forwarded to the Hon Samuel
C. Crafts Member of Congress from the State of
Vermont, the original Declaration of the afores'd
John Colt, together with a copy of his schedule
similar to the annexed, for the purpose of
having the same presented for the allowance of pension 
at the Department of War - that said origional
declaration was made before the Hon 
John Pitkin, [1 illegible] one of the Judges of Washington 
County Court, on the 26th day of March 1818,
that said Judge is not now in commission.
June 21. 1821
                     [signed] George Rich, Clerk
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Declaration

State of Vermont}
Washington County ss}   On this 20th day of April AD 1846,
Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the
assistant Judges of the County Court within and for
the County of Washington aforesaid, Selinda Wells, a
resident of Duxbury in the County of Washington &
State of Vermont, who being first duly 
sworn according 
to law doth on on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain an increase and arrears
of Pension due John Colt at the time of his decease
under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, or
any Subsequent act applicable to his case.
     That the said John Colt was a pensioner a pensioner [sic]
of the United States under the act of Congress of 
7th June 1832, receiving the sum of One hundred and
ten dollars per annum under said act; That she
considers him to have been entitled to a larger sum 
than $110.00 per annum having been informed that 
he  Served as as a Conductor or Captain of Teams in 
the Connecticut State troops, the particulars of which
Service Declarant thinks was Setforth in the matter of
the original application of said John Colt, under the
act of 7th June 1832, to which she refers & also refers to 
the evidence herewith transmitted; That the said
John Colt departed this life on the tenth day of July
Eighteen hundred and forty two at Duxbury aforesaid,
That the said John Colt, did not leave any widow
and that the Declarant (Selinda Wells), and Charles B. Colt,
are the Children and only surviving Children of the
said John Colt deceased.
                              [signed] Selinda Wells

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first
above mentioned
Before me   [signed] Joseph A. Curtis {Assistant
                                                        {Judge of
                                                        {Washington
                                                        {Co Court
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State of Vermont}
Washington County ss}   I, Joseph A. Curtis one of the assistant
Judges of the County Court within and for the County
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence
has been exhibited to me that John Colt late of Duxbury 
in said County was a Pensioner of the United States that he died at said Duxbury on the 10th day
of July A.D. 1842, without leaving any widow, and
that Selinda Wells and Charles B. Colt are the children, 
and only surviving children of the said
John Colt deceased.                         
[signed] Joseph A Curtiss {one of the assistant
                                      {Judges of Washington
                                      {County Court

State of Vermont}       
 Washington County ss }  I Shubael Wheeler, Clerk of the
County Court within & for the
County aforesaid do hereby certify that
Joseph
A. Curtiss is the first assistant Justice of the
County Court, within & for said Washington County
duly commissioned and qualified that his commission 
was dated on the first day of December
AD. 1845, and will expire on the 30th day of November
AD 1846, and that the signature above written purporting
to be his is genuine.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto
     set my name and affixed the seal of
     said Court this 2 day of May
     A.D. 1846, at Montpelier in the State
     of Vermont
                [signed] Shubal Wheeler Clk W.C.C
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I Charles B. Colt of Montpelier in the County of
Washington & State of Vermont aged thirty nine
years do testify & say that I well recollect
of having seeen my Father John Colt, Commission 
as an Ensign in the Army of the United 
States in the Revolutionary War. He had also 
commission & warrants in the State Service, but
his Ensigns commission was very different & contained 
a handsome picture different from any 
other he had. I also recollect that my 
Sister's
Children about sixteen years ago got to my
Father's trunk & got these papers & used
 them to play with, and they tore them
to pieces & destroyed them.-I well remember
that his Ensign commission was among them
as the picture on it designated it from the other
papers & made it more pleasing to the children who
tore & destroyed it. This was done while my
Father lived in Newhaven in the County
of Addison State of Vermont
& further say not.
                        [signed] Charles B. Colt 

State of Vermont }
Washington County ss.}  at Montpelier this 22d day of
July AD. 1828. Then personally
appeared before me Charles B. Coult above named and made Solemn to the
truth of the foregoing affidavit by him
        [signed] Joseph Howes   Justice of Peace

I also certify that said Charles B. Coult is
a person of truth & veracity & of a good
reputation-
         [signed] Joseph Howes Justice Peace
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I Selinda Wills of Duxbury in the County of
Washington & State of Vermont aged thirty seven
years do testify and say that I well recollect of having
seen my Father John Colts Commission as an Ensign
in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary
War. He had also a commission & warrants in the State
Service but his Ensigns Commission was very different
Contained a handsome picture different from any other
he had, I also recollect that my Children about sixty
years ago got to my Fathers Trunk & got these papers & used
them to play with. And they tore them to pieces & distroyed
them. I well remember that his Ensigns Commission was
among them as the picture on it designated it from the other
papers & made it more pleasing to the Children who tore it and
destroyed it. This was done while my Father lived in Newhaven 
in the County of  Addison State of Vermont
   & further say not.-       [signed] Salinda Wells

State of Vermont}
Washington County ss} At Durbury this 24th day of July
AD 1828 Then personally appeared before
me Selinda Wells above named and made solomon 
oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her signature.
            [signed] Horace Griffith Justice of Peace

I also Certify that the said Selinda Wells is a person
of truth & veracity & of a good reputation.
               [signed] Horace Griffith Justice of Peace
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1537
John Colt

Aomd

Joshua Y. Vail
Montpelier
Verm't
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BRIEF in the case of John Colt of Fayston
of Washington County in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he?  78

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

| Period.  |  Duration of Service.  |  Rank.  |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
|          |  Years,  |  Months, |  Days  |  As a  |  Gen.
|Voluntered}  |          |        |        |          |
| April In 1775} |         |  1  |        |   Private  | Capt Joseph Sewtt [Sweet]  
|  Entered and served 1775  |        |  4  |        |  Marines  | Brig Minerva  Capt A Hall
|  Entered 1776 April  |          |  7  |       |  private  |  Col Erastus Wolcott Connecticut
| Entered May 1777  |        |  6  |        |  Teamster  |  Capt Sam. Mathers  troops
| Enlisted May 1778  |  1  |        |        |  Sarjent  |  Col Oliver Smith}  Conn't troops
|                                 |       |        |        |               |     Capt Lee Lay  }  
|  Enlisted 1 May 1779  |      |   6     |        |   teamster  |  Capt  Adriel Ely 
December 1779 was appointed Capt  & Conductor of teams & served 1 yr with the same position & rations as a Capt in the line.
1781 Served as a Sarjent Major 6 weeks under Maj Richard Wait
1782 May, received a commission as Ensign & serv'd until March 1783 --Capt John Chapman

[Query #5 crossed out]

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Lynne [Lyme]  Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By living witness & by traditionary evidence 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not properly attached

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

             [signed] Chas. Wilcox   Examining Clerk
                               22 Jany 1833
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'48
[pointy finger] W. G. Wade Aug 26 1852

[horizontal & in center]
8108.
Vermont north
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John Colt

Washington in the State of Vermont
a Teamster &c in the Co. commanded
by Captain Jewett-- of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Wolcott in the Coun't troops
line for 2 years service
& Conn Sea service
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont,
at the rate of 305 Dollars --- Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 183
and end 10 July 1842.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of
Jan'y. 1847, and sent to L, T. Pease, Present
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annl. allowance ending

                           [stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
                                         {Revolutionary Claim,} 
                                         {   Act June 7, 1832   }
                             [signed] E. W. Robinson Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 2.  page 3

[on right side]
Let to Hon. L. B.
Peck August 4

[Vertical on right edge]
Special Notification sent, Jan 21, 1847 
Notification of addl increase sent Jan. 27, 1847
See Letter Book
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COLT, JOHN
(CONN,
SEA SERVICE)
S. 18769
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Declaration
      of
Selinda Wells
June 19 1848
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      Declaration under the act June 7 1832
State of Vermont}     At a Probate Court holden
Washington District ss}  at the Probate Office in
Montpelier within and for the District aforesaid in the
29th day of June A.D. 1848 Personally appeared
Selinda Wells a resident of Dunbar in the city &
District of Washington & State of Vermont Aged Fifty Seven
years who being first Sworn according to Law doth on
her Oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain an increase & arrears of Pension due her
late Father John Colt deceased under the 
Act of June 7th 1832. That her Father John Colt
deceased was a Captain and Conductor of Trains in the
War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States
upon the 
roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate of Three
Hundred & fifteen dollars, (or thereabouts), per annum under the
act of June 7 1832 That she considers him to be entitled to a larger sum than $315.00 pr Annum and having 
been informed that the Department here allowed in such 
cases at the rate of $600.00 pr annum That the declarant 
the said Selinda Wells & Charles B. Colt. are the children
and the only surviving children of the said John Colt
deceased for further proof in the case she refers
the Department to her former declaration and accompanying Documents as on file in the Pension Department.
                          [signed] Selinda Wells
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Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the day
and year first above written.
                              By the Court.
                                Attest Lyman Briggs Regr

State of Vermont,}  I Lyman Briggs Register and 
Washington District ss} Clerk of the Probate Court with
and for the District of Washington aforesaid do hereby
certify that satisfactory Evidence has been shown to
said Court that Selenda Wells the above declarant
and Charles B. Colt. are the children and the only
surviving Children of John Colt now deceased and
that the said John Colt was a pensioner of the United States
under the act of Congress June 7 1832.

     In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix
     the Seal of said Court, and Subscribe
     my official hand in Probate Court at
     Probate Office at Montpelier in said district  
     this 29th day of June in the year
     of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
     and forty Eight.
          Attest [signed] Lyman Riggs Regr & Clerk
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
FREE AND INDEPENDENT:

[to the left is the Seal of the State of Vermont]

To all to whom these Presents shall come, or may concern,
                            Send Greetings

KNOW YE, That Lyman Briggs whose official signature appears
to the foregoing Certificate of attestation is the duly constituted and now
acting
in the Office of Register and Clerk
of the Probate Court, for the County and District of Washington and that his
Signature [1 illegible] is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I  have caused the Seal of said Court to be
hereunto affixed in Probate Office at Montpelier
in said District, this 30 day of June
A.D. 1848.
Attest, [signed] J. G. Marston Judge.
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Power of Attorney 
from 
Selinda Wells 
daughter of 
John Colt 
of Vermont.

[2 illegible pencil]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims,

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Selinda Wells of 
Duxbury in the county of Washington and 
State of Vermont
hereby constitute and appoint Erving Taintor of Hartford New York  
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of John Colt 
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said 
Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said Claim, on file in the Departments at Washington 
City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for 
said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself 
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or 
could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall 
lawfully do in the premises.
     WITNESS my Hand and Seal this day of January eight A.D. 1855.
                               [signed] Selinda Wells

Signed and Sealed in the presence of 
Samuel Pierce}
Hiram S. Corning}

State of Vermont  } ss
County of Washington}
On this eight day of January, A.D. 1855 
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared 
___________ and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be 
act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, }
the day and year aforesaid}
         [signed] Samuel Pierce Justice Peace.
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CLAIM OF John Colt of Vermont
ACT OF June 7th 1832.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STATE OF Vermont} ss
COUNTY OF Washington}

Be it known, That on this 
day of January  A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty five before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Selinda Wells a resident of Duxbury in said County, and made oath
according to law, that she is the daughter of John Colt late of
Duxbury aforesaid deceased
in said County, and made oath
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum; that she has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a Claimant in said Pension,
and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting
said Claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year
                                        [signed] Selinda Wells
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year}
             aforesaid, before me,                      }
       [signed] Samuel Pierce Jus. Peace.             }

Samuel Pierce Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that
Salinda Wells who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident
of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth. And I further certify, that I
have no interest whatever in said Claim, or the prosecution thereof.
        [signed] Samuel Pierce Justice Peace

I, ___________ Clerk of the __________ Court in the County and State aforesaid,
do hereby certify, that _________ before whom the foregoing papers were
executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to
administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is __________ signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this ____ day of
__________ A. D. 185__.
                        __________ Clerk.
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[a blank form with no information filled in]
STATE OF     }
COUNTY OF} ss

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me,
that                                    was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States at the rate of $        per annum, and that
died on the
              day of      eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving

and that the

only surviving child               of the aforesaid.


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office, this     day of
one thousand eight hundred and fifty -
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[on left side]
Let. to Hon. W. L. Marcy
Jan'y 12, 1847. -

[on right side]
No 8108
Vermont
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John Colt
of Washington in the State of Vermont
who was a Teamster & Serg't in the company commanded
by Captain Jewett of the Reg't commanded
by Col. Wolcott in the Connecticut troops
     for 6 months Teamster - -     20.00
        6  " Conductor of teams -- 30.00
       12 " Sergeant-                 ___60.00___
  & Conn sea service                $110.00
==========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 110 Dollars ---- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
=============================
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of March
1833 and sent to Hon. S. Haig
=======================                              
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                220.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833    __55.00__
                                                                    $275.00 
                                                                  ========
                                            {Revolutionary Claim}
                                            {   Act June 7,1832    }
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk [signed]
Book D.  Vol. 4   Page 98
Page 27

District of Vermont. ss       On this 6th day of February
1821 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of
Record to wit the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont
holding a session at Montpelier within & for the County of 
Washington.     John Colt aged 66 years resident in
Fayston in s'd County, who being first duly sworn acording 
to Law doth on his oath declare that he served
in the Revolutionary War as follows viz
That in
the spring of 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Samuel Mather's
Company & Col. Erastus Wolcott's
Reg't of the Connecticut 
line for the term of nine months & served
therein the full term & was discharged in the winter
of 1777 -in the spring of 1778 he enlisted as Sargeant
in Capt Lee Lay's Company & Col. Oliver Smith's reg't
of the Connecticut line, & continued to serve therein until 
the Spring of 1779, when he was honorably discharged.
During the remainder of that year, he had the command 
of the lifeguard of Gov. Griswold. That about
the 1st of Jan'y 1782 he was duly appointed & commissioned 
as an ensign in Capt. J. Chapman's
Company & Col Motts (or Gordon's Reg't of the Connicuticut
line, & continued therein until the end of
the war in 1783 when he was honorably discharged.
That s'd Commission was destroyed about six or
seven years ago, so that he cannot now produce
it. The S. John Colt served in 1775 on board
Page 28

the Brig Minerva - the most part of 1777 as a waggoner
& of 1780 as a conductor of teams.
     My original declaration was made before 
the Hon. Judge Pitkin on the 26th day of March
1818 & no certificate of pension has issued thereon
      And I solemnly do swear that I was a resident
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of 
March 1818 & that I have not since that time
by gift sale or in any manner disposed of
my property or any part thereof with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled
"an act to provide for certain persons ingaged in the land & naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War" passed on
the 18th day of March 1818; & that I have not 
nor has any person in trust for me any property 
or securities contracts or no debts due to me
nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & 
by me subscribed.
                        one Cow                $15.00
                        one broken cart.      10.00.
                        6 Chairs very old.  ___1.50___
                                                      $26.50
Page 29

     That I am by occupation a Farmer, but by reason
of my age & infirmities, being afflicted with the Rheumatism
I am unable to labor. My wife Susannah of the
age of sixty two years is very feeble & able to do but
little. I have no other family & am dependant almost 
entirely on my friends for support.
                                    [signed] John Colt

     Sworn to & declared in open Court on this 6th day
of February A.D. 1828.
     Before the Court
                              [signed] George Rich Clerk  

State of Vermont }
Washington Co  ss}
I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme Court,
for the County of Washington in the State 
of Vermont, do hereby certify that the
foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Records of the
s'd Court. And I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the s'd Court
that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the afores'd schedule
is twenty six dollars
& fifty cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the seal of the s'd. Court on this 6th day
of February A.D. 1821.
                                 [signed]  Geo. Rich, Clerk
Page 30

John Colt
Vt -  at 1832
Page 31


         Washington D.C. Jan. 16, 1855,
Sir:
       You are hereby requested to examine
 the papers of John Colt deceased 
of Vermont, under Act of June 7, 1832.
     There is evidence on file in this case
that he served as Conductor of Teams
13 months under Nehemiah Hubbard
D.Q.M.G and was paid for said service
at the rate of [British pound sign]15, or 50 dollars per month.
      The pension for this service has
only been allowed at the rate of 40
dollars per month for two years service
I respectfully ask an increase of the
pension to the amount of his full pay
in agreement with the express terms
of the law.
     That the sum of [Brit pound sign]15. was the regular
pay of the Conductor of Teams during 
the Campaign of 1780 is clearly shown
by the Hubbard Books: as the following
list of Conductors were all paid at
that rate, Viz.
Nathan Baxter, [signed]       Oliver Olmstead [signed]       
Samuel Northam, [signed]   Ebenezer Coleman [signed] 
Bissell Phelps [signed],         Solomon Phelps: [signed]
Page 32

Noah Reisley, [signed]      Roswell Ransom, [signed]
Langford Carty, [signed]   Peter Phillips [signed]
Theodore Root, [signed]    Jabin Strong [signed]
Gershom Tuttle,  [signed]   John Feradway, [signed] 
and John Colt
       And I would here say that one of the
above number namely Bissell Phelps
was pensioned at the above rate, and
if I have been correctly informed his
widow is now in receipt of the same
amount of pension
The amount now claimed as due
in this case is 65 dollars per year from
March 4th 1831 to July 10, 1842, when
he died.
                               Very Respectfully &c
                                [signed] Erving Taintor
[signed] Hon L.P. Waldo
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 33

Power of Attorney
of an heir of
John Colt Pens'n act
32  Vermont


W. G. Wade
Rose, N Y  atty
Page 34

State of Vermon }ss     I Selinda Wells of
Washington County}   said County, being first
                                    duly sworn according to
Law, depose and say, that she is interested in the
presentation of and investigation of the claim
for increase of or arrears of pension due the
late John Colt  deceased.
                                     [Signed] Selinda Wells
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 
this 23rd day April1856.
       [signed] O. C. Howard Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that I
Selinda Wells above hand,
do hereby constitute and appoint Willis G. Wade
of Washington D.C. my true and lawful
attorney for me and in my name to prosecute
an investigation for me, of a claim against
the United States, for arrears or increase of pension
due on account of the Revolutionary services
of the late John Colt, deceased.
In presence of                Selinda Wells[signed]
J. G. Sherburn [signed]

Acknowledged and subscribed before
me this 28th day of April1852,
[signed] O. C. Howard Justice of the Peace
Page 35

[on left side]
Ensign John Colt
 

Commissioned in [crossed out: May]
Jun'y [sic] 1782 - Capt Jo'n
Chapman's Company
  [1illegible] on
Col Motts Reg't of
the Connecticut line
left the service
at the end of the war

[on bottom right side upside down in pencil]
Rec'd
4th May
Page 36

John Colt of Fayston in the County of
Washington & State of Vermont being 
duly Sworn doth depose & say that I was
born in Lyme, State of Connecticutt I have ever been a citizen of U. States
was at Lexington alarm in 1775 & Served one
month. That about 1 Sept 1775 I inlisted
as a Marine abord the Brig Minerva of 12
9 pounders & 12 swivels, commanded by
Capt Hace of Middletown Connecticut [1 illegible]
of which I served 4 months - that in
April or May 1776 I enlisted as soldier in 
the Company under command of Capt Sam'l
Manther [Mather], in Col Erastus Wolcott's Regiment
& served during the term for which I enlisted
which I think was 9 Months, when
the Regiment was discharged - in 1777 I
enlisted under Wm Matson, as teamster in
the Continental Service, for one year &
plied with teams from Hartford to Peekskill
to Litchfield to Saratoga & elsewhere as
ordered-- in Spring of 1778 I enlisted for
Sargeant for one year in Capt Leclays [Lee Lay's]
Company, Col Oliver Smith's Regiment
& performed duty at New London, & at Rhode
Island at the attempt to take Newport, under 
General Sullivan - returned to New London &
tarried there during the winter untill my time
expired in the spring of 1779. I enlisted & [1 illegible]
command of the life guard of Governor 
Griswould [Griswold] at Lime [Lyme] Connecticutt, is
Page 37

the term of nine months.
In the spring of 1780 I enlisted for one year as a
Waggon master or conductor of teams
with pay, rations & rank, as a Captain
in the line & served during the year except
a time in the winter when the teams were
recruting, this service was performed from
Hartford Connecticut to New Windsor in N. York
& Pompton New Jersey, received directions
from Nehemiah Hubbard Quartermaster
at Hartford from [1 illegible] at Danbury
& from Quartermaster Mitchel, at Newburgh
N. York - in 1781 was out a short
tour as Sargeant Major under Major Wait
at Fort Griswould at Groton.
That a short time previous to information
being received of the cessation of Hostilities, I
received the appointment & commission of
Ensign in the Contential Army in Cap. John or Joseph Chapman's Company
& orders to recrute a quota of men. I 
did enlist the quota required but before
joining the regiment, cessation of Hostilities
took place we never had orders to
join the regiment this Commission held
& acted under untill the war was closed
& peace established - I further State
that I kept the said Commission untill 
about four years ago when my daughter
Page 38

handed it to one of my grand children 
to play with & the child tore it & wholly 
destroyed it. That by reason of his reduced circumstances 
he is in need of assistance from his 
country for support. 
The aforesaid services were performed 
in the Connecticut line.
                             [signed] John Colt

State of Vermont }
Washington County} 
Montpelier  March  26th 1818

Declared, sworn, & subscribed by the 
above named John Colt on the day 
& year above contained.

[signed] Stephen Pitkin    Justice of the
                                              County Court
Page 39

I, Bissell Phelps of Waitsfield in the 
County of Washington & State of Vermont 
of the age of sixty four years do testify 
& say that during the 
revolutionary war, while I was in the service as
conductor of teams. I know John Colt & 
that he was a teamster in the public 
service & afterward for one year was 
conductor of teams, & that said Colt 
now lives in Faystown in Washington 
County & is the same John Colt who 
hath  subscribed the annexed.
March 27th 1818
                               [signed} Bissell Phelps

Sworn & Subscribed Before me this 27th day of March 
AD 1818 & I further certify that the above deponent 
is in my opinion a credible witness.
  [signed] Stephen Pitkin Judge of County Court
Page 40

State of Vermont}
Washington County, to wit}

I Stephen Pitkin one of the Judges of the County 
Court, within and for the County aforesaid, Do certify, that it appears to 
my satisfaction, that the said John Colt 
did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, 
against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and 
testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, passed on the 18th of
March, 1818, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."

Given under my hand, at Montpelier this 27th day of March AD 1818.
                      [signed] Stephen Pitkin

I further certify that the above named 
applicant is in reduced circumstances 
and stands in need of assistance from his 
country for support.
                                   [signed] Stephen Pitkin
Page 41

John Colt             Ensign-
Conn line

Vermont

{very light pencil}
Inv [Invalid] File no. 18,769
Page 42

1828 papers
to be filed
with A'd
ow [sic] In'd
File #
18,769

[vertical on lower left]
John Colt
Page 43

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

Under the act, entitled "An act for relief of certain surviving Officers and 
Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                         3d Sept 1828

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Colt 
under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War. with a 
request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any 
records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive,
the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Armyof the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the 
termination of the war, or in what other manner.
                          [signed] Richard Rush

The Hon. the Secretary of War

[verey light pencil]
Ensign--Conn't line continental army

                        War Department
                            Bounty Land Office
                                   9th Sept 1828
Ensign John Colt of the Connecticut Line, is
not returned, as being entitled to land from the
United States, nor has a warrant issued for
him.
                          [signed] E. Stephen
Page 44

            765
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                  Aug, 23 1828

     John Colt, of Faystown, in the County of Washington, in the State of Vermont has applied to the Secretary 
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving 
officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. 
He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until the
end of the war, 
at which period he was an Ensign in the ______ regiment of the Connecticut 
line; and he has no recollection that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve
 of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing      [crossed out: dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of] 
     The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated 
by the records in this office.
            [handwritten] By order of the Secretary
                                 [signed] A. Dickins

                    TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                                Third Auditor's Office
                                        27th August 1828

[crossed out: It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to      in
the         line, amounting to        dollars.]
     It further appears that John Colt is not now on the pension 
list of any agency, and has not been since the 3'd March 1826. 

The Revolutionary records in this office 
furnish no information whatever in relation to
the services of Ensign John Colt of the Connecticut 
line.
                              [signed] Peter Hagner Aud
Page 45

Application
     of
John Colt
Page 46

                       Declaration of John Colt

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act 
entitled "an Act for the relief of certain Surviving 
Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution 
approved on the 15th of May 1828." I John Colt of 
Fayston in the county of Washington in the 
State of Vermont, do hereby declare that I was 
an Officer in the Continental line of the Army of the 
Revolution and served as such in the manner following, to wit, in the forepart of the Summer 
of 1782 I received an Ensign's Commission in the 
Army of the Revolution was attached to the 
Company commanded by Capt. John Chapman
or to be commanded by him  when recruited & called 
into Actual Service. That I at the same time, 
or immediately after, received United States 
Enlisting Orders, with directions to enlist one 
Sergeant, one Corporal, and as many privates 
as I could. I immediately proceeded on duty & opened a recruiting rendezvous at Lyme in the 
State of Connecticut, where I enlisted a Sergeant, 
a Corporal, & a number of privates. That I continued 
on the recruiting Service until I was 
disbanded with the rest of the Army in Nov. 1783. Our Company belonged to the Regiment 
commanded by Col Mott, as near as I can now 
recollect, not having Joined the Regiment I may 
not remember the Col's name rightly but believe 
it was Mott, of the Connecticut line. My 
commission was destroyed about sixteen years 
ago, by a small child Who found it among some 
of my papers & took it as a play thing, without my 
knowledge & tore it to pieces. I had previously 
served in the State troops of the State of Conecticut
Page 47

Connecticutt every year Since 1775 in various capacities 
in 1775 & 76 as a private Soldier in 1777 as a Teamster 
in 1778 & 79 as a Sargeant in 1780 as a Conductor 
of teams and in 1781 as a Sargeant Major under 
Major Richard Wait Stationed at Fort Griswold 
and in beginning of the summer of 1782 I received 
an Ensign Commission in the Army of the United 
States for the remainder of or during the war as 
before stated.   I also declare that I have no recollection of ever receiving any Compenstation 
certificates for a sum equal to five years 
half pay, nor have I ever been on the pension 
list of the United States.
     Witness my hand this 23d day of July 
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight  and twenty Eight.
                          [signed] John Colt

Before me Lynde Wait a Justice of the Peace 
within and for the county of Washington and state 
of Vermont personally appeared this day 
Ralph Turner & Edmund Rice of said county 
who did Severally make oath that John Colt by 
whom the foregoing declaration was Subscribed 
is generally reputed and believed to have been 
an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in 
manner as therein stated.
        Witness my hand, this 24th day of July 
        in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight 
        hundred & twenty Eight.
                [signed] Lynde Wait Justice of Peace

I hereby Certify that Ralph Turner & Edmund Rice Esqu'rs are of lawful age and are 
considered men of truth and veracity & I further State that I have been well acquainted
with John Colt in Connecticut and Vermont for forty years last past and I have always 
Considered him a man of truth and veracity.
                  [signed] Lynde Wait Justice of Peace
Page 48

State of Vermont}
Washington County ss}   I Joshua Y. Vail Clerk of the 
County Court within and for the county 
of Washington aforesaid do hereby 
certify that Lynde Wait Esquire before 
whom the affidavits of Ralph Turner 
& Edmund Rice were taken by 
Joseph Howes Esquire before whom 
the affidavit of Charles B Coult [Colt] was 
taken & Horace Griffith before 
whom the Affidavit of Selinda 
Wells was taken are each & all of them Justices of 
the Peace duly appointed & acting under the authority 
of this State, and being well acquainted 
with the hand writing of said Wait & Howes their 
names to said affidavits as Such is their proper hand writing, & Said Griffith's appears to be so & 
no doubt is.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court
 this 19th day of August AD 1828.
                    [signed] Joshua Y Vail Clerk
Page 49

Amherst Colt's deposition 
having 1 year service 
of John Colt as a Sergeant 
and his service as Ensign
Page 50

I Amhurst Colt of the town of Lime [Lyme] in the county of Grafton 
and state of New Hampshire do depose and say that I 
well know that my brother John Colt enlisted a sergeant 
in Capt Lee Lay's company in the Connecticut line in 
the spring of the year 1778 for one year which he served &
 was discharged in the spring of the year 1779- during which 
time he was with the continental troops under Gen Sullivan 
in the expedition against the enemy on Rhode Island this
I personally know being with him. I also recollect that up 
on the Lexington battle in 1775 he marched with the troops 
from Connecticut to Cambridge Mass and after one month 
service there, returned & entered the sea service in a State armored
vessel where he continued till discharged as I think in the 
month of January 1776. The most part of the year 1777 
he served as a waggoner and was a conductor of teams in 
in [sic] the continental service most of the year 1780. 
Also I knew that he was appointed and commissioned as 
an Ensign in (I think) Capt Chapman's company of 
Continental line about the first of January 1782 which he 
received and acted under till discharged at the end of the 
war in 1783.
                     [signed] Amherst Colt

State of Vermont}
County of Grafton}  The above affidavit sworn to and 
subscribed by the said Amherst Colt on this 
9th day of February Anno Domini 1821 
and I certify the said Deponent to be a man of my 
particular acquaintance and a credible witness in 
my opinion.
               [signed] John Fairfield Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss      Superior Court Clerks Office February 19th 1821
I Stephen P Webster Clerk of said Court for said County 
do hereby certify that John Fairfield Esq before 
whom the forgoing Deposition was taken was on 
the 9th day of February inst & since hath been an 
acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County 
of Grafton.    Witnes my hand & the seal of said 
Court,
                     [signed] S. P. Webster Clerk
Page 51

                                       Rose, New York
                                       June 24th 1832
Sir.
At the solicitation of the representative 
of John Colt pevs'd act 7th June 1832, 
from Vermont, I ask for a reexamination
of the papers upon which this claim was 
adjusted. Of the service claimed by 
John Colt to which I ask particular attention 
is,-
1777 12 mo Teamster Capt Wm Matson
1779  9 mo as Capt of Gov'r Griswold Life Guard
1780 9 mos as Teamster Capt Adriel Ely Co
1780-81 13 mos as conductor of Teams
see Bissel Phelps aff't
13 months as C'r and 11 Months as Sergeant 
is computed in the adjustment after claim. 
It is requested that the service as teamster 
or Capt of Gov'r Griswold Life Guard 
may be computed instead of the 11 mos as 
sergeant.
                               Very respectfully 
                                Your ob't serv't
                   [signed] W. G. Wade

[vertically along left edge]
P.S. Record evidence that Capt  Wm Matson was conductor 
of Teams may be found with papers.
WGW
Page 52

Hon J E Heath
Comm of Pensions
Page 53

[a blank form]
Payment to be made
at
by
Agent for paying pension
as, in the Agency of

Recorded in the Pension 
Office, in Book   Vol=
ume   Page   by
                            Clerk
Page 54

                      WAR DEPARTMENT
                    Revolutionary Claims.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United 
States, of the 7th June, 1832, the pension of 
John Colt, who was a pensioner at the 
rate of One Hundred and Ten Dollars 
per annum, is increased to the rate 
of Three Hundred and Fifteen Dollars 
per annum, from 4 March '31 to 10 July 1842, when he died, 
per annum, subject to the deduction  
of all previous payments, and that 
the same is due and payable to 
Selinda Wells and Charles B Colt, 
only surviving children.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20th day of January 
one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.

Examined and }                  Secretary of War.
Countersigned.}

                           Commissioner of Pensions.

Examined and Countersigned}
Page 55

[on left side]
18769
INVALID.
----------------
File No. 18,769
John Colt
Teamster Rev War
--------------------
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 440

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[on right side]
Oct 14 1907
Inglis Stewart
N.Y. City
Dets of John B. Colt's  death
not shown
--------------------------
May 6-1902
to above - Date of
Com. & [1 illegible] of pension
We allowed to children
what soldier would been
paid had he lived

[upside down]
Oct. 28/98
Inglis Stewart
N.Y. City

Dec 1998
as above
Page 56

      [stamp]
[2 illegible] Division
       SEP 30 1898
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR,
42 WEST W  44th STREET.   September 23/98
Chief Bureau of Pensions
War Department
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
     (1) Have you any record of a pension
granted to Selinda Stewart of
Addison or Washington County, Vermont
as widow of Aaron Stewart soldier in
the War of 1812 who died at Lundy's
Lane?
     (2) Did the same Selinda Stewart
receive a pension from her father
John Colt who served in the War
of the Revolution?
                             Very truly yours
   [stamp]           [signed] Inglis Stuart
   PENSION
      SEP
 U    26   S
      1898
     OFFICE.
Page 57

US
Revolutionary

           [stamp]
O W & N DIVISION
       OCT 10 1901
          RECEIVED

    [stamp]
  PENSION
        O
     OCT
U.    8    S.
    1901
   OFFICE




PENSION
Page 58

3 Broad Street
New York City Oct 8th 1901

Pension Office
    Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
John Colt of Duxbury, Washington 
County, Vermont was a pensioner of the U.S.
In services in the Revolutionary War. He died 
July 10th 1842 leaving a son Charles B Colt. I 
have been informed that Charles B Colt was in 
receipt of a pension and suppose that it was 
connected with his father's in some way.
     Will you kindly examine the records and 
let me know when he died? He lived at 
either Duxbury or Fayston (the adjoining 
town).
                     Yours truly
[signed] Inglis Stuart
Page 59

O.W. & N Div                 L.W.B.
Revolutionary                I. 18769

                                   611 Fifth Avenue N.Y. City
                                   November 1st 1898

Hon. J. L. Davenport
Acting Commissioner
Pension Department

Dear Sir:-
I am much obliged for the information contained in your letter of 3[illegible] regarding John Colt, Revolutionary Pensioner. I would like however to learn in addition how long the pension continued after he applied for it August 1st 1832. I am trying to find where and when he died and the date of the last payment of pension money will help me to locate him I think he died in Duxbury, Washington county Vermont but it [illegible] records do not show his death.
Very truly yours
Inglis Stuart
Page 60

Should the name of the 
applicant not be found 
on the Roll, proof of service 
as an officer will be forwarded 
to the pension office.
Page 61

John Colt
Vermont-Revo
Susp'd see letter from 
Hon E Paine respecting 
Geo Rich

Ap'l 13 1821
Page 62

John Colt, dec'd
Conductor of 
Teams 13 mo
Sarg't 11 mo
         --
Increase to 
$315 per ann. 
deducting former 
payments, payable 
to Selinda Well 
& Charles B Cole 
only children, up 
to July 10, 1842, when 
he died.
     Payable at the 
agency of Montpelier
                           Vt
             ----
Cert: to 
L. T. Peace  Present
Page 63


1775 pri   Jos Jewett's co    1 Mo
   "    Minerva   Capt Hall's  4  "
1776 pri    Capt Mathis'      7  "
1777 teams "   Matson's     6  "
1778 serg't    Lee Lay's      12  "
1779 Team   Ely                    6  "
79 & 80 "   Hubbard           12  "
81 Serg   Maj Wait           1 1/2 "
82&83 Ensign

Bessel Phelps swears Colt
enlisted in 77 as teamster &
served to Dec 1779, & in 1779
enlisted in same capacity in the
spring & served to Dec or Jan'y [1 illegible]
& then was appointed Cap & Conduc
teams under same [1illegible] 1780. 1 yr
Page 64

Mr Colt's papers taken 
out 22 Feby 1830 & 
sent to the Hon. S. A. 
Foot. Senate State
Page 65

                   War Department
                      Pension office
                         22 February 1890

Sir,
I will thank you to examine the rolls of 
service of the North Carolina line 
and 

[nothing more was written]
Page 66

[upside down, bottom left]
Hon Richard Rush
Sec'y of Treasury U States
Washington

[on right side]
Chase
for
John Colt 773
Rec'd Feb 1829.
[1illegible] 1153--2061
Page 67

Brief in the case of John Colt dec 
County and State of Vermont 
act June 7 1832

Claim, ([crossed out: "origiinal," or "for]  increase")

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
     The evidence upon which he was admitted 
     for 13 months on teams & 11 mos sergeant 
     clearly shows at least 11 mos teamster.

(If for increase) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
                       [signed] Thornton Triplett
                                            Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent
[signed] W G Wade    
                    Present
Page 68

John Colt
J.L. Edwards' letter 
to George Rich.
March 
28th 1821. enclos'g 3 aff'ts
return'd

2'd copy enclos'd
Page 69

                                  War Department
                                      Pension office
                                          March 28th 1821Sir,
Sir
I herewith return to you the affidavits of Selinda 
Stewart, Lucy Colt, and Amherst Colt, made in support of 
the claim of John Colt, and have to state that it does not 
appear from our records, that any person of his name in 
Vermont has ever exhibited a declaration of his services, 
to this Department.
                                            I am respectfully
                                                Y'r Obt. Serv't
                                      [signed] J.L. Edwards
[pointy finger] War Dept. pension
office, 9 April 1830. It appears 
that some papers in this case 
were received in the Dept. 
in 1818, but they were not 
notes at that time on the 
record of the 
Dept. Hence 
the above remarks.

George Rich, Esq'r [signed]
Montpelier, Vt.
Page 70

The Honorable,
                  W Foot
                    Chairman Committee on 
                             Pensions
Page 71

In Senate of the U.S.
February 4th 1830

Resolved, that the committee 
on Pensions be instructed to enquire into the 
expediency of placing the name of John 
Colt a Revolutionary soldier on the Pension 
list.
                           Attest,
Valten Lawin Secretary
Page 72

[envelope]
Mar 13/80

[vertical]
W. Avery

   240               ___192__
___96__                   91
   336

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm Pensions
Page 73

House Repre's March 11 1852
Sir
          In Aug 1848 I had the honor to lay 
before you the closing of the Mrs Sarah Phelps & Mrs 
Salinda Wells for increase of the pension of Bissel 
Phelps & S Colt. The papers are still upon your 
file under the act of June 7 1883.
     On the 25th of Feb'y last, other papers were 
also filed on this case but as yet no report has 
reached me.
     Will you do me the favor to cause this 
case to be examined.
                                       I am Respectfully
                         [signed] Lucius B. Peck

Hon. J.L. Edwards [signed]
Commis'r Pensions
Page 74

Pension Office
     Dec 20 1852
Page 75

[on left side]
13 mos Cp     325.00
11 mos En   __110.00__
                       435
                       348
                         87

[on right side]
John Colt-dec
Increased Vt
aom'd June 7 1832
13 mos con teams    260
11  "  teamster       ___88__
                                 348$
per annum from
4 March 1831 to 
10 July 1842 
when he died
deducting former payments 
at 315$ per 
annum, payable to 
Selinda Wells &
Charles B Colt
only surviving children

Cert to
W G Wade
Present
Page 76

Affidavit in the case of 
John Colt deceased
Act June 7th 1832
Page 77

I Eli Bruce of Faystone in the County of 
Washington & State of Vermont aged 51 years 
depose & say that I was personally 
acquainted with John Colt late of Duxbury 
in Said County deceased, that in his
life time he was a Revolutionary Pensioner 
and that I am also personally acquainted 
with Charles B Colt of Faystone & Celinda [Selenda] Wells of s'd Duxbury & they are the children 
& only Surviving Children of the Said 
John Colt deceased.
                        [signed] Eli Bruce 

Subscribed & sworn to this 18th day of February 
AD 1850 Before me. And I further certify that the above affidavit is a credible 
witness.
                        [signed] Charles G Eastman
                                       Justice of the Peace
Page 78

State of Vermont
        Secretary of State's Office
        Montpelier February 18th 1850

     I hererby certifiy that Charles G. Eastman whose name is subscribed to the foregoing 
certificate is and was at the date thereof, a 
Justice of the Peace within and for the county of 
Washington in said state, duly appointed and qualified, and that full credit is due to his acts and attestations as such.
       Given under my hand and the seal 
       of this office this 18th day of February 
       A.D. 1850.
                    [signed] Ferrand F. Merrill
                                  Secretary of State
Page 79

Hartford Jan'y 25 1846

I herewith return the certificate made to the 
surviving children of John Colt.
You will preceive on comparing it with 
your minutes that there is a material 
error.
     The actual increase in amount, as 
you computed it with me, was agreed 
to be $205 per annum whereas in the 
certicate forwarded to me former payments 
are to be deducted from that am't.
     You will recollect that you
 agreed to allow 13 month as Conductor of 
Teams amounting to $260 and then, according 
to my recollection, for [1 illegible] as 
Sergeant $55 
making $315. The error probably arose from your clerk misapprendending your 
instructions. What the pension was to be increased $205 he supposing that it was to increase to that sum only.
Please forward me a corrected certificate at your earliest convenience.
Very respectfully yours
                             Most obet Serv't
                        [signed] L T Pease

[signed] Hon J L Edwards
Comm Pensions
Page 80

Washington D.C.
12th January 1853

Sir,
                    I request as the attorney 
of the heirs of John Colt pens'd 32 Vt 
that the papers may be reexamined and 
his pension computed at the same rate
 (of $600) per annum, that was allowed his 
associate in service as Conductor, see 
Bissel Phelps pens'd act 32 Vermont, 
allowed by the Secretary, this increase for service 
as a Wagon Conductor is claimed upon
facts shown in the papers of the claimant 
that his pay as Wagon Conductor 
was the same-- $2.66 per day-- as that of 
Bissel Phelps which rate of pay 
will also appear to have been the 
same from papers, filed in the Phelps 
claim. It is asked that this claim 
may be adjusted for services as follows,
 viz      13 mos Wagon Conductor =    325.
           11  "   Teamster                   = ___88.__
                                                           $413.--

                  I am Respectfully 
                        Your Obt Servt
                [signed] W G Wade

[signed] J E Heath Esq }
      Comm of Pensions}
Page 81

Hon. Mark Richards
John Colt  Ent'd
Rec'd 27 Feb. 1821

one George Rich's 
cases  

[vertical]
James L Edwards Esq're
Office of Pensions
Page 82

                Washington 27th Feb'y 1821
James L Edwards Esq'r

                            Sir the enclosed are
rec'd since Mr Crafts left this City (for home).
I found they relate to Pension & land bounty
for John Colt & am forwarding by George
Rich Esq of M't Pelier Vt.
Will you hand over the application for land
to Mr Cutting-- & in due time report to
S'd G. Rich the result - & also the [1 illegible]
                 Yours very respectfully
           [signed] Mark Richard
                            for Mr Crafts
The papers relating to the
Claim of John Colt for
Bounty Land referred to
Nat Cutting Esq[signed]
March 14th 1821
Page 83

James L Edwards
letter on John Colt's
case April 9th 1830
Page 84

                       War Department
                       Pension Office
                        April 9, 1830
Sir,
     This morning I received a letter from you, bearing yesterday's date, asking me "to examine the papers in the case of Isaac Pinney, and the report therein, hastily drawn 
up, and favor the Committee with" my "views of the merits 
of the case." On referring to the papers which you enclosed, 
I find that they relate to the case of John Colt: so that I 
am at a loss to know on which of the two cases you wish me 
to report. I have therefore deemed it most advisable to make 
such remarks on both cases as they seem to require. My letter 
to you of the 18th of January 1827, a copy of which is herewith 
enclosed, will show you what my views are respecting Pinney's 
case. In relation to both, I can only say that neither from the evidence 
exhibited, nor from the records of this Department, does it 
appear that he served nine months as a soldier, sailor, or marine, 
on the continental establishment. He is not therefore, under the act 
of March 18, 1818, entitled to a pension.
                        I have the honor to be,
                             Very respectfully 
                                    Your Obt Servt
Hon D. Chase       [signed] J. L. Edwards
Senate U.S.
Page 85

                              Washington
                              Senate Chamber Feby 6th 
Sir                                                       1829.
     I am requested by Ensign John Colt 
of Fayston in Washington Co Vermont, to present 
for your examination the enclosed affidavit 
proving satisfactorily, I hope, that he was a 
regular commissioned officer (consigner) and 
in the Revolutionary Army of the United 
States at the close of the War. 
     Ensign Colt informed me that his application 
for a pension under the Act of last 
Session has already been made, and that 
some evidence of services was required.
     Please have the goodness to inform 
me of your decision, as soon as convenient 
and oblige. 
                              Your Ob'd Serv't
                       [signed] Dudley Chase

Hon Sec of Treasury
Page 86

[on left side]   
      765
J. Colt
rec'd   1838
Aut    23'd

[on right side]
[postmark]
MONTPELIER
      AUG
        3
      VT

Hon. Richar

Revolutionary} 
      Claim ---  }
Page 87

          Montpelier August 2, 1828

Hon. R. Rush
       Sir,
            I herewith forward my application 
as an officer of the Revolution. 
My commission has been destroyed & 
I forward such proof of it as is now 
in my power. Please forward an 
answer to my application to the 
care of J Y Vail Montpelier Vt. If 
allowed a draft on the bank of Burlington 
Vt would be acceptable.
                         I am most respectfully your 
                                          obt Serv't
                                        [signed] John Colt
Page 88

Selinda Stewart's 
       app'l.--
Page 89

State of Vermont}
Washington ss}

I Selinda Stewart of Fayston in the County 
aforesaid of the age of thirty two years, being 
duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that I am 
personally acquainted with John Colt, and well recollect 
that I have frequently seen his commission as an Ensign 
in the Connecticut line of the continental army.
    The Commission was destroyed by one the said 
Colt's grandchildren, six or seven years ago. I have 
a perfect recollection of seeing the child have the commission 
as well as his tearing the same in pieces.
                        [signed] Selinda Stewart

Sworn to & subscribed by the said Selinda Stewart on this 
17th day of February AD 1821. 
        [signed] Edmund Rice, Justice of the Peace

And I further certify that the same deponent is a credible 
& disinterested witness.
         [signed] Edmund Rice Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont}
Washington, ss   }

I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme 
Court for the County afores'd do hereby
                      certify that Edmund Rice Esquire
[seal]              above named is a Justice of the
STATE OF       Peace duly qualified, acting under 
VERMONT     the authority of this State & that
 SUPREME      his name above subscribed is his
  COURT         proper hand writing.-
Given under my hand & the seal of s'd Court, on this 17th
day of February 1821.
                         [signed] Geo Rich Clerk
Page 90

Lucy Colt's aff't
Page 91

State of Vermont}
Washington ss}

I Lucy Colt of Fayston in the County aforesaid 
of the age of twenty six years, being duly sworn 
according to law, depose and say, that I am personally acquainted 
with John Colt of said Fayster, and do recollect that I have 
frequently seen his commission as an Ensign in the Connecticut line of the Connecticut army, and that the said commission 
was destroyed by one of the said Colt's grand children, six or seven years ago, that I well recollect seeing the child have the 
commission and tear it in pieces.
                            [signed] Lucy Colt

Sworn to and subscribed by the said Lucy Colt, this 17th
 day of February AD 1821.
         [signed] Edmund Rice Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the said deponent, is a credible and 
disinterested witness.
     [signed] Edmund Rice Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Washington ss

[on the left of the text below is the seal of the Vermont Supreme Court]
I George Rich Clerk of the Supreme 
Court, for the county aforesaid do hereby 
certify that Edmund Rice Esq is a 
Justice of the Peace duly qualified f
or 
administering oaths & that his name 
subscribed above is his proper hand 
writing. That full faith & credit 
is due to his acts & attestations of 
such.

Witness my hand & the seal of s'd Court, this 17th day of February 
AD 1821.
                               [signed] Geo Rich Clerk
Page 92

Bissell Phelps
affidavit &
W'm Niles
Page 93

I William Niles of Monkton County of Addison 
and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and 
say that I was a soldier in the revolutionary 
War 
and served in Samuel Mather's company in 
the year 1776 seven Months and during that 
campaign there was a soldier by the name 
of Colt and I presume it was John Colt now 
residing in Duxbury in the county of Washington 
and State of Vermont I have a perfect recollection 
of the name and know that he served during that campaign with me in the same company 
I have heard his name called often on [1 illegible] and 
it being a regular name is the reason why it 
has made a lasting impression on my mind 
I further testify and say that I served with the 
Company commanded by Capt William Matson 
and further say not. Monkton 5th July 1832
                   [signed] William Niles

Sworn before me at Monkton this 5th day 
of July 1832.
               [signed] Luman B Smith Just of Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with
 William Niles who subscribed the above 
affidavit and that he is a man of faith 
and veracity.
                         [signed] Luman B Smith
Page 94

for John Colt
William Niles
Affidavit
Page 95

             State of Vermont
                     Secretary of State Office
                      Montpelier Aug 7, 1832

     I hereby certify that Luman
 B Smith Esq was on the 5th day of 
July AD 1832 a Justice of the 
Peace within and for the county of 
Addison in said State, duly 
constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith 
and credit are and ought to be 
given.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of this 
office this 7th day August AD 1832.

[signature is cut off and illegible]
Page 96

I Bissel Phelps of Waitsfield County of 
Washington State of Vermont aged 78 years 
do testify & say that I have been acquainted 
with Capt John Colt of Fayston County 
of Washington aforesaid more then Fifty years 
& I know that he was enlisted as a teamster 
in Captain William Matson's Company 
of Teams under the Quatermaster  Gen'l department 
on the Continental Establishment
 in the year 1777, and Served therein 
until the last of December 1777.
     That in the Spring of the year 1779 the 
said Colt again enlisted as a teamster in Capt Adriel Ely's Company of Continental 
teams and Served until about the first 
December, where Said Ely having 
resigned his Command said John 
Colt was appointed a Captain & Conductor 
of the Same Company which Capt 
Ely had commanded and continued
 for one year, that is to December 1780
 and as Captain Conductor Received the 
Same Pay Rank & Rations as a Captain 
of the Continental Establishment & 
further say not.
                             [signed] Bissel Phelps

State of Vermont}
Washington County ss}

At Montpelier Aug 7 1832 Bissel Phelps 
personally appeared and made oath in 
due form of Law, that the above affidavit 
by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth. 
Before me    [signed] Paul Dillingham a Jus't of Peace

I certify that Bissel Phelps who subscribed the above affidavit 
is well known to me & that he is a credible witness.
          [signed] Paul Dillingham Justice of Peace
Page 97

Stateof Vermont}
Washington County ss}

[an illegible seal is placed on the left of the text]
I Joshua Y Vail clerk of Washington 
County Court do hereby 
certify that Paul Dillingham Jr
Esq'r before whom the written affidavit 
was taken is a Justice of the 
Peace duly appointed and 
acting under the Authority 
of this State and that his name 
to the same as such is his own proper handwriting. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and Seal of Office this 9th day of 
August AD 1832.
                       [signed] Att. JY Vail Clerk

I hereby certify that the two affidavits here together
attached were used in the case of John Colt before
the Court.       Aug 9th 1832
                              [signed] Att. J. Y. Vail
Page 98

[top left]
George Rich
to
S.C. Crafts Feby 15, 1821

[upsidedown right to left] 
Hon Samuel C. Crafts M.C.
Washington City
Page 99

                Feb 15 1821
Dear Sir,
     I this day send you the claim of Ensign John 
Colt for a pension-- you will preceive by the 
remarks in pencil on the original declaration 
"remarks in Phelps case applicable to this also," 
that it was never read through-- you will recollect 
that Capt Phelps perform'd no service 
except as teamster-- Mr Colt states he was commissioned 
in January 1782 & served to the end 
of the war-- I enclose the pension law of 
the 18 March 1818, that you may see that if 
he was in at the end of the war-- though 
not having ser'd nine months that he is entitled. 
M'r Edwards I think once wrote me on 
the subject but I have lost his letter. 
   Please make a thorough examination in this case 
& also for his County land; in case you have time 
before leaving Washington. He is a worthy old man but most miserably poor.
     I shall forward to the pension office sundry affidavits to support his claim, in case his name 
is not found on the rolls, the affidavit I 
have sent to be certified by the Clerk of Grafton 
County New Hampshire.
    If possible I wish you to enquire of M'r Cutting for 
the warrant for bounty land of Jabez Dixton 
late of Capt James Payton's [Peyton's] Comp. 30 Inft'y-- 
his agent has run away with his discharge & he can 
not prove his either without or within the
 U.S. as required by M'r. Cutting. 
The patent for Ana Blanchard has been rec'd--
there is Mr Blanchard the back & extra pay 
of John Blanchard last of C. W. Niles Comp. 11 Reg't. 
I think I sent you the papers, 2 or 3 years ago-I wish the acc't settled if possible.
                                      Yours
                                      [signed] George Rich
Hon. S. C. Crafts
Page 100

[top line covered or blurred out]
eight hundred & twenty nine.
John Bell Governor 
of the State of New Hampshire

[vertical] 
Application of 
Amherst Colt
in case of
 John Colt
Page 101

I Amherst Colt of Chester in the County 
of Rockingham State of New Hampshire 
Lawful age do testify  & say that I am known 
to the services of John Colt, now of Fayston 
County of Washington State of Vermont is 
applying for a pension, during the Revolutionary 
War. That he was out in 1776 
5 or Six months as a Militia Man, that in it 
he served as a Teamster in the Continental Service 
that year. In 1778 & 1779 he served 
as a sargeant in the State Troops & 1781 acted as
a sargeant major of militia. That in the 
Spring of 1782 he received a commission 
of Ensign in the Continental Army and 
was ordered in the Recruiting Service, to recruite 
a Regiment to be commanded by Col Motts. 
     That he entered upon the Recruiting Service
 & continued in the Service untill the 
army was disbanded in 1783 in the 
month of November. I was a Surgeon 
in the Army & served as such. 

His service as a Militia Man was in
 the State Troops of Connecticut and further say not.
                             [signed] Amherst Colt

Rockingham ss  State of New Hampshire Chister [Chichester?] Jany 30th [1 illegible] 
then personally appeared the aforesaid Amherst 
Colt & made Oath that the afors'd affidavit 
by him subscribed is just & true.
     Before me Daniel French Justice of 
                  the  Peace & Quorum through the
Page 102

To all persons to whom these presents 
shall come.
   Know ye
     That Daniel French is 
a Justice of the Peace and Quorum 
through the State of New Hampshire. 
     Given under my hand at 
Chester in said State the thirteenth 
day of January one thousand 
eight  hundred & twenty nine.
                    [signed] John Bell Governor 
               of the State of New Hampshire

[vertical at bottom]
Affidavit of
 Amherst Colt 
in case of 
John Colt
Page 103

[paper is in landscape position]
John Colt Conductor     Dr     P't Contra

[1st row, left side] 
1780                               
Octo 25       To cash paid Wm Matson on acct of wages pr Rect    $6000 00
Nov 13th     To ditto ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~  per ditto       489.00
Dec 5           To ditto this day   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~        613.00   
                    To a Certificate to ballance   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~ __49754.10__
                                                                                                       $56856.10
[1st row, right side] 
1780
Nov 14       By his Bills MG & C G F                         251.10
Dec'r 5th     By his pay Roll & bill of expense    __56605.00___
                                                                           $56856.10

[2nd row, left side] 
1781
Jany 13th    To 1 Tar Bucket sometime past   20 Dolls          6.00
Feb 10        To Cash at sundry times                                7102.00
                   To pay table orders this day to ballance  __68443.14__
                                                                                     $75551.14 
[2nd row, right side]
1780
Nov 1st     By his Bills 2MG & CGF                                251.10
Dec 5th     By his Pay Roll & bil of Expense            __56605.00___
                                                                                 $56656.10 
256856. 10.    
D4
or
Contra
275551. 19 -
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-
the foregoing is transided from the Hubbard Ledger Page 55 and subjoined are the pay all
of Decr 5th 1780 and Feb 10 1781. referd to above, as extended on the Hubbard day book of 1780-
the large day book bound in parchment which has often been submitted to the inspection of the Comm

Pension Agent
By his pay roll rendered in this day
By his bill G & C F
75300, -
1251 10
Hartford State Counciticut Dec 4th 1786
Carter Master General
D
To paid John Colt Cond
Bill
for the wages of his Company Teams Viz
William Matson 5 years 198 days each 23760
Adriel Ely
Elestia Ely
3 do 198 do a 24 do 14256.
2
do 198 do a 24 do 9504 ..
Roger Bulkley de
John Colt Cond
198 do a 24 do 4752
198 do
------ 2716
Samuel Cone Cook 198 do
---
1188
Hartford Conneticut
L 56176.
July 7th 1846
I certify that I have carefully
Examined & Company the foregoing accounts with the
originals on the Hubbell books. that is to say, the act
stated, with the Hubbard Ledger and the two pay rolls
extended with the Hubbard Day Cook of 17881
and hid them to be truly & accurately transcribed
the footing on right hand page, to wit, 27500 blotted & rewritter
H. Goodwin 2
do
Hartford State Connecticut Feby 10th 1781
Quarter Master General
De
To paid John Colt
Bell
for the service of 11 Team 198 days each @ 16/1741, 18
John Colt Cond 6 months & 14 days a 215
Sam Cone Cook 6 months & 14 days 16
97.0
38. 16
Time horse heir & Expenses to Settlement
4. 14
1882, 19
Adam forty for and
40