Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11462, for David Stoel, New Hampshire
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(3-1776) SERVICE N.H. Stoel, David, NUMBER S.11462 Carded CONTENTS
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20,983
New York
David Stoel
of Essex Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by E Weatherley of the Regt commanded
by Col. Wyman the New Hamp
line for 13 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 23
day of Oct
1833
and sent to Claimant
Schoone

Arrears to the 4th Sep 33 $104.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M '34 21.66
$126.66

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Goe Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 81

Let to H.G.C[illegible]
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23387
David Stoel
Application for a Pension
Clark Reuran Agent
Schrom
Essex Co
N.Y.

The last affidavit annexed to the pension papers is the same as this
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Sate of New York
County of Essex
On this Twenty Sixth day of September
in the year of Our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Essex & State aforesaid, now sitting David Stoel a
resident of the Town of Schroone in the County of Essex and
State of New York aged seventy [?] four 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 7th 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named Officers and served as herein after
That the latter part of June in the year 1776 I entered the service
in a company of New Hampshire Militia as a substitute
for One Asahel Bander Under Captain Weatherby of Charleston
, to be as gone nine months of the Company one
John Kilburn of Walpole & One Nowles of Kingstown Lieutenant
he served in Colonel Wiman Regiment of Keene NH
[illegible] the name of the Luntenant Colonel or
Mason, even the company of Walpole New Hampshire
and marched with the company on Walpole through
Charleston and [illegible]Rutland & Shonham
to Mount Independance post TIconderoga on the
[illegible] there during his whole time of
service, he there first to the tement, this were employed
most of the time in erecting a Breast work & fortification
[illegible] between the Mountain & Lake
and the remainder of the time they were employed in cutting
carrying [illegible] to establish Winter quarters at the
Expiration of his five months he was discharged at Mount
Independence about the first Dec. 1776. and returned home he
did not receive a written discharge the company was paid
dismissed by the Captain
In the forepart of July in the year 1777 he was Drafted for
two months service in a company of Militia in Walpole
New Hampshire Under Captain Weller of Walpole Lieut Waldo
not recollect the Ensigns name, he served the company
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Walpole and marched with his company from Walpole
though Charleston Rockingham at & Manchester to Bennington
Vermont when he found Colonel Herricks Regiment of Militia
does not recollect the names of the Lieutenant Colonel
Major & of the Regiment was stationed at a short distain
from Bennington frequently moving there quarters, one
marching through Matoomsehook toward Cambridge
& back again to the quarters were there until the Battle
Bennington on the Sixteenth August 1777 between the
New Hampshire & Vermont Militia under Genl Clark
a party of General Burgoyne any other command
of Colonel Baun was in the first Battle in the
garrison & saw the first gun fired, he was too sick
to bear the [illegible] of the day and after the first Engaged
was one he was ordered by Captain Webb to go to
the c[illegible] & stay he did then to the Camp being about
a mile from the Battle ground & heard all the firing in
the engagement in the light which resulted in the
defeat of the British after the Battle he still being
unabled to do duty he was sent to Bennington to
get Quarters in some House, and a few days after Capt
Wilber came to see him & seeing he was not likely
[illegible]  soon and his wanting but a few days
of have out he got a Discharge from General Clark
and he returned home after the Battle the next day the
late Servant Phillip Carman died of his wounds record
in the Battle he kept his discharge untill about two
years since who he gave it to Esqr Gardner Stow of
Elizabethtown for the purpose of making application
for a Pension & persuance it is now in the Pen Office
as he has not had it retuned to him he was not in
any other Battle during this term of service
The latter part of May in first of June in the year 1780
he again entered the sworn in a company of the Hampshire
Militia & on the Ranging Service for Six Months Under Captain
Aldridge of Westmoreland as a substitute for one Amos
Butterfield he does not recollect the Lieutenants name
Euston Odell of Amherst New Hampshire and served
in Major Whitcombs Regt were called Colonel Bates
Rangers to them saw the Colonel he not taking the command
under the command of the Whitworth and the
Company & Regt at Peacham Fort not having started from
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at home until a day or two after the company marched on his
annual at Postham Fort he have his chance to remain
Fort & keep Guard or to Join one of the scouting or
Range parties that he continnally going out his pursuit
of the Indians of Tories that infested the County & [illegible] being committed by them they and to  [illegible] on or toward Lake Champlain
North through the wilderness to Davis Lake he chose to
remain of the Fort & did remain, was stationed of
the fort untill the fall of the year when they marched to
Newbury &   at Newbury & Haverhill
alternating as directed  by the committee of Safety of Newbury
Howell untill then service had expired at the expiration
of his service he was discharged by Captain Aldridge
at Haverhill about the first December 1780 and returned
home, he did not receive a written discharge was
dismissed by the Captain, was not in any Battle
during this period of service, a resident of Walpole
New Hampshire when he entered the service each fined he
continued to under them untill the year 1783 removed
there to Camden not under them until the year 1805
when he removed to Schoon Essex County NewYork &
has remained there ever since  now resides there he was
born at Willington Connecticut Dec 25th 1754
has a record of this age at home in his Bible and
is also recorded in the town when he was born
he has no Documentary evidence in his possession
and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure Except the Affidavit of
Daniel Cashmen herewith said he hereby relinquishes
every right  whichever to a pension or annuity except the
present and declares that his name is not on the roll 
of any Agency of any State
[signature] David Stoel
Sworn and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
in open Court [signature] Leonard Stow Clerk of the court of Com Pleas of Essex County

Essex County Personally appeared in Open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
is now Sitting Daniel Cushman and of none
in the County of Essex and State of New York and County
aged seventy seven who being duly sworn say that he
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a soldier in Colonel Motts Regiment in Captain Sharps Company
of Common Militia Station at Mount Independence in
the town of Gorham or Orwell in the State of Vermont on Lake
Champlain in the year 1776. That while stationed then
in the said Stoel who belonged to Colonel Hymans
line of N Hampshire which Regt was stationed
Close by his own and knows that said Stoel was
in said Regent for some time understood
from him at the time that he was engaged for
months serve thinks he is [illegible]
on them there months
wither saith not
[signature] Daniel Cushman
subscribed & Sworn to the
day & year aforesaid
in open Court
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk of Coos County &
of the Court of Common Pleas of said County

Mr Wolcott Tyrell and Thomas Leland both residents
of the town of Schroon in the County of Essex and
State of Newhampshire do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with David Stoel who has subscribed and
sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to
be seventy four 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 & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
in open Court
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk ofCom Pleas 
[signature] Thomas Leland
[signature] Wolcott Tyrrell

and the said Court do hereby declare there opinion of
the investigation of the matter and after putting the
Interrogatories presented by the war department, that the
above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states, and the Court further certifies
them that Wolcott Tyrrell Thomas Leland who have [illegible] the preceding certificate are both resident in 
the Town of Sharon in the County
of Essex and that they are both credible persons
that the statement is entitled to credit
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David Stoel
Application for a Pension
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[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk
Signed by order of the Court
O Leonard Stow clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the Original
proceedings of said Court in the matter of
the application of David Stoel for a
pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this
Twenty Sixth day of September AD 1832
[signature] Leonard Stow clerk

[illegible] the above or foregoing Declaration affidavit certificate
was made and authenticated Subscribed & sworn to before
the Court the above applicant had examined in the
Clerks office & has found the affidavit of Daniel
Carhinan and of Jemima Landford & Molly Stoel Taken
before Wilcott Lyall Esq a Justice of the peace in Schoone
in the year 1829 for the purpose of making an application
for a Pension and also his Discharge from the
Sevice in the year 1777, and the affidavit of Moses
Will Taken before [illegible] Cook for a Just of the Peace of
Herkimer County all which papers he believe or in
the War Office of Else lost that he has proved the certificate
of the Clerk to the two first mentioned Affidavits and hath
Subjoins & send them to the Department
[signature] David Hoil
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Personally appeared before me GemimaLSanford and
Molly Stoel and being duly sworn deposeth and
saith that they were well acquianted with David
Stoel ever since the year 1776 in the month of June on
July of the same year he inlisted in to the five
months service to go to Ticonderoga and he went
away and was gone five months and returned
with other soldiers that was listed at the same
time. And in the year 1777 he went in to the
August under
American service for two month July
General Starkes to go to Bennington and was for
that length of time. in the year 1780 he inlisted for
six months to go to the North part of Vermont and
and returned the last of November or first of
all the above statement is according to our his
revolution and hereof - We understood
that the
said said Stoel served under Maj. Whitcomb
and was with his ranger from Connecticut river
to Lake Champlain and further these deponents
saith not
[signature] Jemima Landford
[signature] Molly Stoel

the above affidavits
Sworn to before me
on this
28 day of December 1829
[signature] Walcott Tyrrel Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Essex County
I Leonard Stow clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County do certify that Wolcott Tyrell before whom the within
affidavit purport to have been sworn was on the day when the
day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for his
County duly appointed and sworn And further that I acquainted
with the writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signature to said
affidavit or part of said affidavit is in his own proper handwriting Witness my hand seal of office this 27th
of September 1832
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk

We Jemima Lockwood and Jabez K Platt residing in the town of Schroon in the county of Essex and State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jemimah Lanford and Molly Sloat who have
sworn and subscribed to the foregoing 
affidavit and we know them to be credit
Witnesses
[signature] Jemimah Lockwood
[signature] Jabez H Platt
Sworn and subscribed before me
[signature] Walcott Tyrell Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted
with Jemimah Lackwood and [illegible]
who have sworn to the foregoing affidavit
and I know them to be credible witness
[signature] Walcott Tyrell
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State of New York
Herkimer County
Be it known that before me Atwater Cook Jr a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid personally appeared Moses Witte and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with David Stoel and that the said deponent [illegible] David Stoel enlisted both in [illegible] month of June or July in 1776 for five months and served 
in a company
Commanded by Capt Nathery in Col Wynn
Regiment in the hampshire troops the
in said reserved in said
[illegible]
ber 1776 and
in the which day said
and in the service at the United
the deponent has no doubt that
he served b[illegible]
[signature] Moses Witt
Sworn Subscribed this 22 day 
of June 1833
[signature] Atwater Cook Jr Justice of the Peace
-
Janna Griswold Alvah Jales
[illegible]
Sworn & subscribed to before me June the 22nd 1833
[signature] Atwater Cook Jr Justice
[signature] Janna Griswold
[signature] Alvah Jales
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State of New York
Herkimer County
Clerks Office
I Francis E Squire Deputy Clerk
of the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that Atwater Cook Jr
before whom the two foregoing affidavits purport to have been
a Justice of the peace in
and for the County aforesaid & duly qualified & authorised to
act as such and that I am well acquainted with the ham
writing of the said Justice & believe the signature of "Atwater
Cook Jr," to be his own proper hand writing  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said County of of the Courts thereof this
twenty second day of June 1863
[signature] F E Squire
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State of New York
Herkimer 
County
Be it known that before me
Atwatter Cook Jr a Justice of the peace
in and for the County aforesaid, personally
appeared Moses Hitt and made oath in due
form of law that he is well acquainted with
David Stoel & that the said deponent & said David Stoel
enlisted both
or Seventeen Hundred
& Seventy for five months & served
under Captain Weatherly & under Col
Wiman in the New Hampshire troops
that he the said deponent served
in said
Company till the 18th day of October 1776
& then recd discharge signed
by H. Gates
which day
David Stoel was
had continued in
the Service
of the
United States
& the deponent has
no doubt but that he
served
out
his time  
[signature] Moses Witt
sworn and subscribed this 2nd
day of December 1829
before me
[signature] Attwater Cook Jr Just. Peace
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3302

admitted
Private 13 months

Commissioner War Department
Washington City
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Lebenon 1st July
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office

N.Y.
July 6
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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, showing the service of Daniel Stoel
Essex County State of N York
[Chart]
Period when the service was rendered
Sub 1776
draf 1777
sub  1780

Duration of the
claimant's service
Years.
Months.
3
2
6
Days

Rank of claimant.
private
--
Ranger

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
 Capt Weatherby
Col Wyman
Genl Starke
Capt Webber
Col Herrick
Capt Aldridge
Col Batle

Age at present and place of abode when he entered
The service.
74 years
Walpole
New
Hampshire

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Documentary
Evidence and
Living Witnesses
papers not authenticated
credibility of the
Witnesses not Certified

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Schoon Essex County N.Y. July 8th 1833
as soon as may be an answer to the within claim of David Stoel
will be thankfully acknowledged directed to Schoon P.C. my case, as in common with 
Mr Stoel is anxious & no draft meritorious & to dress of the errors pointed out
has made him tedious [illegible] Journey & of course increases his anxiety as to the expiration
enquiry & Respectfully your very Obdt Svt
Clark Raivean
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.
The Regular Troops.
2.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
States
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Con
Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. 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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
of" has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
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
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of 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, I served as a-
--For--
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 to which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement
the parties are place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent
thority; 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must after 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 pubthat
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
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which tertherefore
one or more the
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witness
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 the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note I applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the net
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[illegible] discharge
David Stoel
s nile 18462
N.H.
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David Stoel was discharged from my Brigade by reason of his infirmity during this campaign - By order of Brigadr Genl Start
John Carvey Mil

Bennington Ver '20 1777
December 25 1780
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11462
revy war
INVALID
File No. 11,462
David Stoel
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. C, Page 360
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[illegible - below is from the extract]
and before me the sun at
Sulman and on duely she left with and saith
that he was a solder in 1776 in the mantine
in the five months service and that the same to
which he belong was stationed on Mount on the
22
Seconding house with the
the Newhampshire Coment was sent
and for the time at the
has it became personally acquainted with
her at that time and
in the
here ment in
ust relation and the said that served
the Regiment for the term of five months
not in the mentioned
shall man now next
[illegible]
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State of New York
Essex County I Leonard Stow clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County do certify that Alcott Tyrell before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the
of the date of the said Justice of the peace in and forfrom me and for said County
duly elected & sworn And further I am well acquainted with
the handwriting of the Justice and truly believe his
said officiant is given and in his hand writing
wife
unto set my name and office the
said Court this 27 day of September 1832
[signature] Leonard Stow Clerk