Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,767, Philip Verback, N.H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
CONTENTS
Verback, Philip.


NUMBER
S.14.767

B.L. Wt. 26199-160-55
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No 18833
Vermont
Philip Verback
Orleans Co in the
who was a Private in the company
Captain Simpson of the Regt
by Col. Beals
in the N. Hamp. Troops
line for 15 months & 23 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 552 Dollars 55 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Oct
1833 and sent to Timothy
Derby

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833
Semiannl. allowance ending March 34 26 27
131.37
$157.66

Recorded by D. Brown
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Cle
Book E.
Vol. 3
Page 98
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April 7/55

Philip Verback
(Rev. Pensioner. ) Pois

Capt. Richardson

Rev. War.
June 32 No 18833

Boynton 17/56

no 26 is May 19/56

Claimant Derby
[illegible]

Vol V Page 125.
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Declaration of Philip Verback
16476
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State of Vermont, 
Orleans County  On this 14th day of August 1832 personally
  appeared before the Hon. Probate Court holding
at Derby in the District of Orleans, Philip Verback of Stanstead
in the Province of Lower Canada aged [illegible] years who being first
duly sworn according to laws 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 7 1832 That he enlisted into
the service of the United States under Capt.
Haverhill N.H. for the space of two months, he thinks in the
year 1776 and in the year he enlisted into Capt Luther
Richardsons Company and Col. Beedles Regiment for the term of
one year and served it out as a ranger or sent stationed
chiefly at Haverhill N.H. and Newbury Vermont. That he
volunteered and served about 8 or 9 days at the burning of Royalton
He thinks, that in the year 1778, John Wheelock was attempting to
raise three companies and was to be major that there were several
enlistment made that the applicant enlisted for three years and
went under Sergeant Jones to Fishkill, where he remained about
two months, when Lieut Wheelock came and informed them
that the companies would not be completed and that they might
enlist into some other troops stay there or go home and that they
all went home. He hereby relinquishes every claim for a pension
except the present and declares that his name is not the pension
roll of any of may in any state.
all my above named period of nine were
in the Newhampshin Mititia that my
Residence during the Revolutionary was was
at Franconia New hampshire the year before
the enclosed & removed the Bradford at where
I resided until I removed to Stansted where I
 resided 27 years - I hereby relinquish
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declare that my name
is not on the pension note of any agency of any
State sworn of wicked the day & year aforesaid
Philip Verbeck
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I Caleb Young at Franconia in the State of
Newhampshire do certify that in the
spring of his enlisted & joined the army of the
United States in the Newhampshire Militia in a
company commanded by lieut Luther Richardson
in at Bedes Regt for one year as a Sargent
and said period and that Philip Verback
who has subscibed to in the previous
declaration was enlisted for & served the above
named time in the same company
subscribed & sworn on the day year aforesaid
Caleb Young

I Samuel Cole of Stanstead
in the Province of
Lower Canada do certify that in the spring of
1777 I enlisted in Col [illegible] Regt & served in
Capt Ezekiel Ladds Company one year
that at the same time of my joining the rest
Philip Verback who has subscribed & sworn
in the declaration joined sd Mart & served
one year in Capt Richland Company & that
their lived in Hershel N. and was
acquitted with the said back previous
in his enlistment
subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Cole
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And the
said court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
and the court further certify that it appears to
them that Caleb Young and Samuel Cole are
Residents of Franconia and Stanstead aforesaid
and are credible persons and that their statement
is entitled to credit-
I John H. Kimball Register of the
Probate Court in the District of Orleans
aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application
of Philip Verback for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 14th day of
August 1832. John H. Kimbell Register
State of Vermont Before the Hon Probate Court holden at Derby in
Orleans District   said District of Orleans on this 4th day of September
A.D. 1833 personally appeared Philip Verback the same person who made the
foregoing declaration, who being duly sworn in open court depose and
say that by reason of old age and the consequent to of memory he cannot positively as to the precise length of his service, but according
the best of his recollection, he served not less than the pendent
below and in the following grades For two months as a private
one year as a private. For eight days at the burning of Royalton
private for at least a month and one half of a month as a private
and for which service I claim a pension
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written
Philip Verback
In testimony whereof I have set my official signature
hereunto and affixed the seal of said Court the
day and year aforesaid
John H. Kimball, Register of
Scribe Court
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16.376  N.H.
Philip Verback
Canada

Timothy Hinman
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
13 June 1833

Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement 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

[Chart] A statement, shewing the service of Philip Verback

Period when the service was rendered
1776
1777
Burning of
Royston
1778-

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years
1
Months
 2
2
Days
8 or 9

Rank of
the
claimant.
Private
ranger
[illegible]

Names and Rank
of the Company
ficers under
whom he served.
Capt Simpson
Capt Richardson

Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers.
Col Bedles

Battles in which
the applicant was
engaged.

Country through which he marched.
Stationed at Haverhill

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
72 years
Franconia N Hampshire

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
By living witness

I am, respectfully,
  
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
is 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.
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, claimstance
, 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
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territor of
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with andserved

in the
(e) regiment of the
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
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town or county and State in which he resided when he enered 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.]
A
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
& c.
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
and C. D. residing in (the same)
-
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& 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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I will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
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
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.
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
Town Oficer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he 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.
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 be
fore 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
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not a Canada
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 of
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
this
days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as and for such service I claim a
it is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, is the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular pace or place where the horse was period that the giant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au-
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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 be his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be for the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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P Verback

Declaration
State of Vermont
Orleans County SS.

On this 28th day of March
A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five, personally app
peared before me a Notary Public within
and for the County and State aforesaid
Philip Verback aged 95 years a resident
of Derby in Orleans County & State of Vermont
who being duly sworn according to law
declare that he is the identical Philip
Verback who was a private in the
Revolutionary War in the company commanded
by Captain Luther Richardson in the regiment
commanded by Col. Beedle that he enlisted
at Franconia NH on or about the day of
AD 1774 for the term of one year and
continued in actual service in said war
for the term of fourteen days and was honourably discharged at Concord on the day
A.D. 1775 or 1776, and that he now
a pension under the act of June 7th to
He makes this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the bounty land
to which he may be entitled under the
act approved March 3, 1855. He also
declares that he has not received a warrant
for bounty land under this or any other
Congress nor made any other
thereto
Philip Verback

We Wm Verback and William Sevwright
resident of Derby
in the State of Vermont
upon our oats declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged
by Philip Verback
in our presence and
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(and )
that we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant that he is the
identical person he represents himself to be
Wm Verback
Wm Sivright

The foregoing declaration and affidavit
were sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written; and
I certify that that I know the affiants to be
credible persons; that the claimant is the
person he represents himself to be, and that
I have no interest in this claim.
Levi Spalding Notary Public

State of Vermont
Orleans County  I Geo. W Hartshorn
Clerk of the County Court
within & for the County of Orleans & State of
Vermont, do certify that Levi Spaulding
whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate, was at the time of signing the same
, and now is a Notary Public within
& for said County & State, duly commissioned
and that as such, he is by law authorized
to administer oaths, take acknowledgments
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand and the seal
of said Court, this 30th day of
A.D. 1855.
Geo. W. Hartshorn
Clerk
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Revolutionary Claims
Free
Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Derby Sept 10th 1833
Hon J.L. Edward
Sir I here enclose the Declaration of Philip Verbeck
as amended with the accompanying Brief
that it may be satisfactory and that the be laid on
the Pension list Roll of the Vermont Agency
as to any of the Respect of good character

Saml Hinman
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N109

160 Any
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Feb 24./98. Mr. C. H.
Verbeck Grinnell, Iowa
1927 May 14, photos
delivered to A.W. deGosh of U.S. Shipping Board. Wash DC (see reciept for payment we an
Thos. May 40969.

Rev War
14767
INVALID.
File No. 14, 767
Philip Veback
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 1832.
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 389
Arrangement of 1870.}
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OFFICE
Supt. of City Water Works
Y.
Grinnell, Iowa, FEB 1 - 1998
189
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
my Grandfather, Phillip Verback for
many years drew a Pension
from the
U.S. Government
Will you be so kind as to
inform me in what capacity
he served in the Revolutionary
Army
Very Respectfully
Sate a Lieut C.H. Verbeck