Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,404, Aaron Denio, Mass. Vt.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Mass. Denio, Aaron 
Vt.
 CONTENTS 
[carded]
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N. 18354 
Vermont 
Aaron Denio 
Bennington Co. in the State of Vermont 
[w]ho was a Private in the company commanded [by]Captain Childs of the Regt. commanded [by] Col. Woodbridge in the Mass. Troops [missing text] for 1 year & 1 day 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont [at] the rate of 40 Dollars - 10 Cents per annum [to] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

[Cer]ficate of Pension issued the 15. day of August 1833 and sent to Wm. Haswell Bennington Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 |80.20 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 | 20[.]05 ┃ $100.25 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 60
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{STATE OF VERMONT, County of Bennington.}
 ss. 
Declaration in order [to] obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed, [June] 7. 1832 

On this 14th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open [court before the Hon. the Court of Proba] Bennington, now sitting, Aaron Denio, a resident fore the Hon. the Court of Probate for the District County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged 76 years, who of Shaftsbury in the ing first duly sworn according [e, residing in declaration; that we believe him to be and that we concur in that opinion. ]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 July, 1776, at Greenfield, in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts , he volunteered in the company commanded by Capt Childs, in Col Woodbridge's regiment, Massachusetts line, for fill months, marched through Charlestown, N.H. (then called No. 4.) Springfield, H and Rutland & to Ticonderoga them to Skeensborough (now White Hall) stayed eighty, was then ordered to Mount Independence, then to Ticonderoga, served out his time, was dismissed, & went home, In March 1777, at Greenfield, As the applicant decree that he again volunteered under Capt. Childs, marched to Mount Hope, on lake Champlain, while there was drafted to remain at the hospital to take of one Asa Munn, a fellow soldier who had received a shot in his leg necessary, was detained five months rendered ampitation ● In September, 1777, the applicant declares that he volunteered at Greenfield marched through Charlemont, Mr. & Bermington, to Stillwater, from there to Tulls Mills on Hoosick River, thence to Tiff's Mills, thence to Saratoga Meadows on 1 across the North River, then recrossed the river marched to Fort Miller returned to Tiffs Mills, being out of health, was dismissed and went home, have ing been in service one month, that his officers were Col. Wells, Major David Dickinson, Capt John Will, and Lieutenant Isaac Newton. That in 1781, at Bennington, Vermont, he volunteered at three different time went once to Poultney, and twice to Castleton, in all more than one month was in Capt. Joseph Safford's company. That he has no documentary evidence.the hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state. In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court, the applicant declares 1st. That he was born at Greenfield, Ms. December 14 AD. 1755 2. That he has a record of his age at his residence in Shaftsbury, Vt. in an old count book of his father's, which record was made as he supposes, by his father That he lived in Greenfield M. until 1778; that he removed into Bennington Vermont, on the 15th day of August, 1778, and has lived in Bennington and Shaftsbury ever since 4th That he was a volunteer who were with the troops where 5th That he recollects among the regular officers he served Gen. Gates, Gen Poor. Gen Fellows Gen Lincoln, Gen. Schuyler --- Gen. Waterbury Col Wigglesworth, Col. Marshal, & Col. Wayne of the Jersey Blues 6th That he never received a written discharge Farm Denis Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid W Haswell Register
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Additional Declaration of Aaron Denio.
STATE OF VERMONT,
County of Bennington.}ss. 
On this 11th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington now sitting, Aaron Denis a resident of Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in addition to his declaration made on the 14th day of August A.D. 1832, 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 July, 1776, he enlisted as a private, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Capt. Childs, (Timothy, he believes,) Col. Woodbridge's regiment, of the Massachusetts line, for five months, marched to Northfield, Ms. tarried one night, thence to Chesterfield, N.H. tarried one night, thence to Walpole, N.H. tarried three days, thence to No. 4, (as it was then called,) now Charleston (Charlestown), N.H. tarried one week, thence crossed the Connecticut River to Springfield, Vt. thence to Rutland, tarried one night, thence to Otter Creek, tarried one night, thence to Shoreham, Vt. tarried he thinks two or three days, - thence to Ticonderoga, N.Y. tarried a few days, then went to Skeensborough, (Skenesborough) (now Whitehall, N.Y.) in bateaux on Lake Champlain, tarried there eight days returned by water to Mount Independence, tarried a few days, was ordered to the French lines, (as then called a little north of Ticonderoga, remained there until October, (as he believes,) when he was sent to Skeensborough (Skenesborough), with a Sergeant, and five men for provisions, remained there one night and one days on the evening of the second day, an express arrived, ordering us back to Ticonderoga, on account of the enemy's coming down on the lake, and taking Gen. Waterbury and our little fleet; that they rowed all night, and arrived at Ticonderoga, about day-break, does not recollect doing much duty after that time, but  knows that he served his time out faithfully, and received an honorable but not a written discharge. - The main Northern Army were stationed at Ticonderoga, under command of Gen. Gates. - That he recollects on his way to Skeensborough (Skenesborough) from Ticonderoga as above stated, he saw Gen. Arnold at a place then called "The Spring under the Pine Tree," about half way between the two places, that he had a barge and two men with him, he remembers seeing the Gen's two barrelled gun, mounted with silver. -
That in March, 1777, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, there was a call for volunteers, and he again enlisted
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as a private, in the Massachusetts line under Capt. Childs, for One Month, a company was immediately raised, marched to Mount Hope, N.Y. tarried first night at Rowe, Vt. second night at Bennington, Vt. third night at Dorset, Vt. fourth night at Granville, N.Y. fifth night at Skenesborough, N.Y. sixth night at the old fort at Ticonderoga, and the next  night at Mount Hope, on Lake Champlain. - That before his term of service had expired, he was drafted to remain at the hospital, as stated in his former declaration, and served faithfully five months, - That  he was permitted to return, a few days before the Battle of Bennington, but received no written discharge. - That he thinks there was but one regiment stationed at Mount Hope; and that but little duty was done, and his business being to take care of the sick, he does not recollect as minutely as his first term of service. - 
That in September 1777, at Greenfield, Ms. he enlisted for one month as a private, under Capt. John Wells of  the Massachusetts line, marched through Charlemont, Ms. Bennington Vt. to Stillwater, N.Y. from thence to a place called Tuttle(?) Mills, thence to a place called Tiff's Mills on the Batten kiln (Batten Kill) river, near where the Batten kiln (Batten Kill) empties to the Hudson River, thence to Saratoga Meadows on the west side of the Hudson, then re-crossed the Hudson, marched to Fort Miller, thence to Tiff's Mills, where our regiment was stationed at the time Burgoyne surrendered. - The applicant declares that he with many of the fellow soldiers stood on the east bank of the Hudson opposite Fish Creek, and saw Burgoyne surrender to Gen. Gates, was verbally and honorably discharged the next day, having service precisely one month. - 
That in the early part of the year 1781, he thinks in May, at Bennington, Vermont, he volunteered under Capt. Samuel Robinson, as a private in the Vermont Militia, marched to Poultney, Vt. served seven days. 
That in September, in the year 1781, he enlisted as a private at Bennington Vt. under Capt. Joseph Safford, in Col. Samuel Robinson's Regiment of Vermont Militia, marched to Castleton Vt. and served twenty four days; a part of which time he served as a waiter to Col. Robinson. - 
That he volunteered some time in the year 1781, in an alarm, went to Castleton, but cannot recollect particulars and makes not claim for s'd services. 
The applicant further declares that he resided in Greenfield, Ms. when called into service in the three first tours recited in this declaration, and that he resided in Bennington, Vt. in the other tours
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Bennington and Shaftsbury ever since. - 
The applicant declares that during all the times mentioned in this and his former declaration he was engaged in no civil pursuits, but served in an embodied corps (called into service by competent authority,) either in the field or in garrison. 
A Statement shewing the Service of Aaron Denio.
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years|Months|Days)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
1st service from July 1776 to Dec. 1776.|([blank]|5|[blank])|Private|Gen. Gates, Col. Woodbridge|77 years|Depositions of John Newton,|
2d service. 1777, From March to August,|([blank]|5|[blank])|[blank]|[blank]|Greenfield, Ms.|Frederick Denio,|
3d service 1777 In Sept. and October.|([blank]|1|[blank])|[blank]|Col. Wells|[blank]|[blank]|
4th service 1781, In May|([blank]|[blank]|7)|[blank][blank][blank][blank]|
5th service 1781. In Sept. and October.|([blank]|[blank]|24)|[blank]|Col. Robinson|Bennington Vt.|[blank]|
[end of columns]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court the applicant declares, 
1st. That he was born at Greenfield Ms. Dec. 11, 1755
2d. That he has a record of his age at his residence in Shaftsbury
3d. That he lived in Greenfield Ms. when called into service, in 1776, & 1777 and in Bennington Vermont when called into service in 1781. 
4th. That he was a volunteer
5th. That among the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, he recollects no others than those named in his declaration
6th. That he never received a written discharge
7th That he is known to Isaiah Matteson, a Clergyman residing in Shaftsbury and Solomon Safford residing in Bennington who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. 
/s/Aaron Denio
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
/s/Wm. Haswell Register
We, Isaiah Matteson, a Clergyman residing in the town of Shaftsbury and Solomon Safford residing in Bennington hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Aaron Denio who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
/s/Isaiah Matteson
/s/Solomon Safford
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
/s/Wm. Haswell Register 
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 Isaiah Matteson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Shaftsbury and that Solomon Safford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Bennington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
/s/Wm. Haswell Register
I, WILLIAM HASWELL, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Denio for a pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11th day of May A.D. 1833
/s/Wm. Haswell
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Sur File. 15404
Aaron Denio.
Company roll, dated Bennington May 21, 1781, signed Sam'el Robinson Captain has been removed from the case for the purpose of filing in the War Dept.
M.B.H.
Sent to War Dept. Jun 16, 1913
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[verso]
[blank] 15404
INVALID.
File No. 15,404
Aaron Denio
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 95
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
Jany 25-1900 Mrs. A. B. Engram Rutland Vt. Hist'y
May 25-1900 - L. F. Denio - Springfield Mass.
1927 Mar. 3. photos to Mr. J. F. Abel. aw
1928 Nov. 22 Photos to J. F. Abel A.D.Y.
1929 Mar. 13 Photos to J. F. Abel & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.
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claim of Aaron Denio
admit
12 mo's 1 day
40-10-
Wm. Haswell Esq
Bennington Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 19 April 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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of [blank]
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions. 
Mr. Aaron Denio
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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 et 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. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform; and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au 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 ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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1-681 [overwritten initials: CPS] [margin notes: own Rev. & 1812]
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[typewritten letter]
March 2, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 

Sir: 
J. F. Abel
Room 6017. 
Br. 90. 
I desire photostatic copies of ten pages, in duplicate and two certificates, from Revolutionary War pension claim of Aaron Denio, S. 15404. 
Signature above. 
Received payment, March 2, 1929. $3.50
[facsimile signature] Margaret M. H. Finch
[receipt stamp: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION BUREAU OF PENSIONS MAR 2 1929]
Cash - $3.50 [receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BOOKKEEPER'S DESK BUREAU OF PENSIONS MAR 2 1929]
[margin notes: to Law Mch-9 15x10=1.50]
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1-681 
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 27786 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
[margin note: Rev. & 1812 CPS]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. November 13, 1928. 
Please furnish work specified below. 
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033.
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 10 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Aaron Denio, Mass. Troops, S. 15404.
No. of copies 2 of each Shall form be kept standing? [blank] [blank] days 
For further information see M.M.H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541 
Approved: A. D. Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau. /s/Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch or Division 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering [blank] 
CHECK WORK DESIRED 
Duplicate 
Multigraph single of double space? [blank] Facsimile signature [blank] 
Mimeograph one side or both sides? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank] 
Folding once or twice? [blank] 
Assembling 
Stapling Once? [blank] Twice? [blank] Side? [blank] End? [blank] 
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? [blank] Dated? [blank] 
Addressograph from lists 
Envelopes, size [blank] Cards, size [blank] 
Proof list [blank] Pay rolls [blank] 
Labels (submit sample) [blank] Corrections [blank] 
Fill in letters [blank] Tabulation sheets [blank] 
[receipt stamp: DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED NOV 4 1828.]
Photostat x Size actual Official use? [blank] Repay? yes $3.00
Blue Print Size [blank] Official use? [blank] Repay? [blank] $[blank] Remarks [blank] 
(OVER)
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3-2233 15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Nov. 14 1928
Chief Rev. and 1812 Wars Section ['Division' crossed out]
I have this day received from J. F. Abel cash in the amount of $3.50, requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith. 
C. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division. 
H.C.L.
re CC Nov. 14 to Law. Nov. 21
Photos delivered & Fin. Div. ntfd. A.D.Y. Nov. 22, 1928.
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J. F. Abel
Room 6017. 
Phone Br. 90x

November 13, 1928. 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Sir:
Please furnish to the above, photostatic copies of ten pages, certified and copied twice, from Revolutionary War pension claim of Aaron Denis, S. 15404. 
Respectfully, 

Received payment, November 13, 1928, $3.50
[facsimile signature] Margaret M.H. Finch
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. 
Cash - $3.50
[receipt stamp: FINANCE DIVISION BOOKKEEPER'S DESK BUREAU OF PENSIONS NOV 14 1928]
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Feb. 25 1927
Chief Rev. War & War 1812 Division. 
I have this day received from James F. Abel 2025 H. St. N.W. Cash for $3.20, requesting photostat copy ['post-office addresses' crossed out] as per letter herewith. 
[overwritten: 1927 Mar 3. photos delivered to Mr. Abel in person & Finance Div ntfd AW OK & ctfd 2 sets.]
[facsimile signature] O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Division, M.L.C.
[margin notes: C26 L1]
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James F. Abel
2025 H St. N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 

Dept of Interior
Room 6017, 
Branch 90. 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Sir: I desire two copies each, of nine pages (certified) from Rev. War pension claim S. 15404 of Aaron Denio. (Eighteen pages, two certificates.)
Signed, 
As above. 
Received payment, 
$3.20 
February 25, 1927,
[facsimile signature] Margaret M.H. Finch
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AW
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1-681 
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 13082
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. February 26, 1927.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 9 pages from Rev. War pension claim, S. 15404, Aaron Denio.
No. of copies 2 negative copies of each page Shall form be kept standing? [blank] [blank] days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: [illegible facsimile signature] Chief Clerk of Bureau. /s/A. E. Wilson Chief of Branch ['or Division' crossed out]
[receipt stamp: DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED FEB 28 1927]
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering [blank]
[receipt stamp: DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED MAR 2 1929]
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single of double space? [blank] Facsimile signature?[blank]
Mimeograph one side or both sides? [blank] Facsimile signature? [blank]
Folding once or twice? [blank]
Assembling
Stapling Once? [blank] Twice? [blank] Side? [blank] End? [blank] Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? [blank] Dated? [blank] Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size [blank] Cards, size [blank]
Proof list [blank] Pay rolls [blank]
Labels (submit sample) [blank] Corrections [blank]
Fill in letters [blank] Tabulation sheets [blank]
Photostat x Size actual Official use? [blank] Repay? yes $2.75
Blue Print Size [blank] Official use? [blank] Repay? [blank] $[blank] Remarks [blank]
(OVER)
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[handwritten letter]
JOS. MERRIAM, Prest. L. F. DENIO, Treas.
TELEPHONE 711-2.
SPRINGFIELD WEBBING CO. 
MANUFACTURERS OF NON-ELASTIC WEBBING AND SURGICAL ELASTIC GOODS. 
235 MILL ST. 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE K MAY 22 1900]
[receipt stamp: O.W. & N. DIVISION MAY 24 1900 RECEIVED]
May 19th 1900
To the Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
Will you please give me the military record of Aaron Denio who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner 
He enlisted in 1776 either from the town of Shaftsbury Vt. or Greenfield, Mass?
If any fee is required kindly advise and same will be forwarded
Yours truly 
/s/L. F. Denio
279 Pine St.
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[margin note: Omit]
[logo: Eagle over shield]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
Jefferson County Clerk's Office,} ss. 
I do hereby Certify, That Alvin Herrick Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavit was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment A Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn and authorised by law to take the same:
And further, That I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. 
[county seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county at Watertown, the Seventeenth day of July 1832
/s/P. Burchard Clerk.
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The affidavit of  Frederick Denio of Le Ray in the County of Jefferson and State of New York who make oath and says he is well acquainted with Aaron Denio now of the Town of Shaftsbury County of Bennington and State of Vermont and am knowing to his serving five months in the year 1776 in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Childs' Company Col. Woodbridge Regiment at Ticonderoga, and served five months in the year 1777 under the same officers at Mount Independence and one month under Capt. Wells and Col. Wells Regiment at the surrender of Gen Burgoin (Burgoyne) at Saratoga
/s/Frederick Denio
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 17 day of July 1832 
/s/Alvin Herrick Justice of the peace
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I John Newton of Greenfield in the  County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty two years and upwards depose and say, that from the time I was twenty years of age I have resided in said Greenfield - I further depose that in the year of our Lord one  thousand eight (seven) hundred and seventy six, I enlisted as a soldier in the troops of the State of Massachusetts, as I have hither to supposed for the term of six months, but ['from' crossed out] by comparing the time of the commencement of the service with its termination, which I recollect to have been on the first day of December AD 1776 - I conclude it must have been only for the period of five months - I recollect that the company to which I belonged was embodied and commenced its march for Ticonderoga about the time of commencing mowing the first crop of grass, which is usually about the first day of July - The company started from said Greenfield, crossed the Connecticut River at Northfield Mass - and proceeded on the East side of the River to Charlestown (No 4) in New Hampshire, and again crossed into Springfield (Vt) and proceeded from
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thence to Ticonderoga where it remained stationed until two days before its term of enlistment expired, when it was discharged - the company was in no engagement during this time and was [illegible] with fatigue duty, building fortifications and and similar work - I do not recollect the names of the Lt. Col. and Major of the Regiment but the commandant of the Regiment to which I belonged was Col. Woodbridge of Hadley - The officers of the company were Timothy Childs of said Greenfield captain - Kemp of Shelburne (Mass) first Lieutenant Pannell of Colrain (Mass) second lieutenant - and Gates of Conway (Mass) ensign - I further depose that in the same company with me and doing duty all the time aforesaid as a private, was one Aaron Denio then resident in said Greenfield, and with whom I was then and am now well acquainted - 
I recollect that the said Denio started at the same time that I did and continued doing duty during all the time aforesaid until we were all discharged two days before the first day of December AD 1776 - The said Denio is I believe about seventy seven years of age - He removed from said Greenfield about fifty years since into Vermont and as I have always understood has resided in Bennington or its vicinity
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ever since - He now resides as I understand in Shaftsbury (Vt) - He is now living and is present while I am giving this deposition - I do not know that any person except the said Denio and myself are now living - One Jules White who removed to New York some years since was a member of the company some time - He was after wards a waiter to one Maj. Hays - 
/s/John Newton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss - Be it remembered that on this eighth day of August AD 1832 the before mentioned John Newton who is personally known to me as a credible witness personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me /s/Daniel Wells Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the county of Franklin do certify that Daniel Wells Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace of the said county, and as such legally qualified to administer oaths and take affidavits within the said county. And I believe his name subscribed to the above certificate to be his true and proper signature. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield, on the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 
/s/E. Alvord, Clerk