Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18799, Benjamin Deming, Mass.
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(8-1776)

Service
Mass.

Deming, Benjamin

Number
S.18799

carded
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2494
Vermont
Benjamin Deming
of Danville in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Nobel of the regiment commanded
by Col. Patterson in the m ap. troops
for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of November
1832 and sent to B. F. Deming
Danville, Vt.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M'ch 1833 13.33
$53.32

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J M Duffield Clerk
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State of Vermont}
District & County of Caledonia} SS

On this 10th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Benjamin F. Deming, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid Benjamin Deming a resident of Danville in the County and District aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz. That immediately after the intelligence of the Battle at Lexington reached Pittsfield in Mass. the then place of his residence in the latter part of April 1775, he together with others of his townsmen volunteered and marched to Cambridge near Boston and within eight or ten days after his arrival at said Cambridge he enlisted for the term of eight months in the Company of Capt David Nobels of said Pittsfield in the regiment of Col. John Patterson of Lenox in the County of Berkshire in said State of Mass the other officers of said regiment were Lt. Col. Reed, Major Cady, Adjutant Walker., -Childs, surgeon & Revd. W. [illegible] Chaplain. His regiment occupied the fort at Cambridge on the day of the battle of Bunker's Hill and were not in that engagement. He distinctly recollects however that battle and witnessed the burning of Charlestown, recollects the arrival of Gen. Washington to take command of the army in the early part of July. Being by trade a joiner he was employed in the fall of 1775 in the erection of barracks at said Cambridge continued in the service the whole term of said enlistment, and at the end of said term returned home some time in the winter
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following. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

That he was born at Weathersfield in Connecticut on the 15th day of September 1754 - that he has no record of his age - that he was living in the town of Pittsfield in the county of Berkshire & state of Massachusetts when he first entered the service, an apprentice as a house joiner and obtained leave to enter the service a short time before his engagement as an apprentice was completed. During the revolutionary war removed from said Pittsfield to Bennington, Vermont and from said Bennington to Danville, Vermont, the now place of his residence in the year 1800.

That to the best of his recollection he never had a written discharge.

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.
Benj Deming

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Benjm. F. Deming Judge Probate

I Elderkin J Boardman a Clergyman residing in the town of Danville in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Deming who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that I believe him to be seventy seven 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 I concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed July 11. 1832
before Benj. F. Deming Judge of Probate
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We Israel P. Dana, Samuel Sias & Augustine Clarke residing in the town of Danville Caledonia County Vermont hereby certify that we have been well acquainted with Benjamin Deming, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, for more than twenty years - that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 and further that said Deming is a man of truth and veracity.
Israel P. Dana
Saml Sias
A. Clarke

Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of July A.D. 1832
Before Benj. F. Deming Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elderkin J. Boardman who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Danville aforesaid and that Israel P. Dana, Samuel Sias and Augustine Clarke who have signed the above certificate are residents in said Danville and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I Amos Paul Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Deming for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of July A.D. 1832 -

Amos Paul, Resister

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No. 444
Benjamin Deming's
Declaration
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No. 444
Benjamin Deming's 
Declaration
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No 444

Admitted
Private. 8 months.
$26.66

Send to Benjn F Deming
Danville
Vt.
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Brief in the case of Benjamin Deming
of Danville in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 77 years

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

[4 columns] Period./ Duration of Service. - subdivided into Years, Months, Days./ Rank./ Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1775 April/ 8 Months/ As a Private/ Gen. Mas. troops Capt. Noble Col. Patterson

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pittsfield Massachusetts. 

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

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

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

J. M. Duffield
Examining Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

January 11, 1924

Mrs. Priscilla B. Suttle
1642 Pratt Boulevard
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18799, it appears that Benjamin Deming was born September 15, 1754, at Weathersfield, Connecticut.

While residing at Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted late in April 1775, and served eight months as private in Captain David Noble's Company, Colonel John Patterson's Massachusetts Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, while residing at Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont.

There is no data on file as to his family. [arrow pointing to 'family' and notation] Error: The Judge was his son

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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Danville Vt. July 11, 1832

Sir -

I transmit you herewith the declaration of Benjamin Deming made to obtain a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 - The declarant in this case is my father and the undersigned is Judge of the Probate Court before which the declaration was made - it was due to the Department that they should be apprised of this fact - There seemed a necessity of declaring before the Probate Court as no other court of record would be in session in the county until December next - In order however to obviate any objection that might arise in consequence of the relation of the court and the applicant I have forwarded the certificate of his Excellency Gov. Palmer which I trust will be satisfactory -

Respectfully yours,
Benj F. Deming

Hon Lewis Cass
Sec'y of War
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Mrs. David MacIlvaine Suttle
1642 Pratt Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, -

Will you kindly send me the pension record of [written in margin] S18799 Benjamin Deming [underlined], Caledonia County, Vermont. Pensioner of the Revolution, placed on roll November 28, 1832.

Yours truly,
Priscilla B. Suttle

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18799
Invalid.
File No. 18799
Benjamin Deming
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, page 95

(Arrangement of 1870.)

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1924 Jan 11, Hist. to
Mrs. Priscilla B. Suttle