Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42393, for William Still, Vermont
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt.

[star stamp]
Still, William

NUMBER
S. 42393

CONTENTS
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Notification sent to Wm. Van Bergen, Esq
Catskill
Green County
New York
14 July 1820
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4,734
New York Roll

William Still Private
Capt Hopkins Vt
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 17th of April 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d of December 1818 and sent to the Honble D. Kirtland House of Representatives

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 mo. & 12/30  36:80
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 48:
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[signature] Warner. [illegible initials]

1776 - 3 yrs
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

Continued
Notification sent to Wm Van Bergen. 14 July. 1820.
[illegible] Catskill
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42393
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 42,393
William Still
Pri Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 489

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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William Still, private
Warners Regiment
1776 to 1779
April 17th 1818
Service admitted
Hon. D. Kirtland
H. of Rep-

[upside-down on bottom of second page] William Still
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State of New York
Green County SS
On the 17th day April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Green in the State of New York, personally appeared William Still aged Seventy five years years last July resident in the town of Durham in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war-
That he the said William Still inlisted [enlisted] in on the 30th of December 1776 for the term of three years in the Company Commanded by Captain Waight Hopkins who acted as Major at that time in Col Seth Warners Regiment that he  continued in said Corps or in the service of the United States until the said three years had expired, that he was sick and went home on a furlough about two months before his time of service expired, that he soon after received his pay in full for his said three year service
That he was in the battles at Bennington retaking Ticondiroga [Ticonderoga] & the taking of Genl Burgoyne
And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
And that he has no other evidence in his person of his said services - 
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - [signature] Thos L[?] Barker

I Thomas L[?] Barker Judge &c as aforesaid do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Still did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War. Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
April 17th 1818
[signature] Thos L[?] Barker
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I, William Van Bergan Clerk of the Court of Commons Pleas for the County of Greene and State of New York Do certify that Thomas E Barker was a Judge of said Court on the Seventeenth Day of April 1818 that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the Signatures of the
said Judge to the above affidavit or Declarations of William Still is genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 30th day of May 1818
Wm Van Bergen Clerk of said county

Durham Nov 23. 1814
This may Certify that by the oath of Daniel Brown and Lemuel Hotchkiss both to me known I 
have satisfactory proof that the within named William Still is in reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support
Thos E Barker Judge &c as within
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Wm Still certificate
of application under the
recent Law of Congress

con
4734
2 Dec. 1818.

letters to be forwarded to
Hiram Carter Durham
Greene County State of
New York
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Southern District of New York
Greene County ss
On this thirtieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court a court of Common Pleas for said County of Green being a court of record of unlimited jurisdiction William Still aged seventy years. resident in Durham in said County of Greene who being first duly sworn according both on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows

That he the said William Still enlisted as a Sergeant in Captain Wright Hopkins Company in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment of Green Mountaineers on the thirtieth day of November one thousand seven hundred and Seventy six and served untill the twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and Eighty that his Original Declaration was made on the seventeenth day of April 1818 and his certificate is numbered 4734. And I the said William Still do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with interest thereby so to diminish it as to being [illegible] within the provisions of an act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I
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have not has any person in trust for me any property of Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

Schedule & Inventory of William Still's property situation and value
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a pair of And Irons $1.00
a pair of tongues 12.
one old table 1.00
four for old chairs 1.00
1/2 Dozen Cups & Saucers .12
1/2 Dozen plates .25
one bed & bedding 10
one old Chest 25
one suit of Clothes only 7.00
one cracked bowl and tumbler .12
signed William Still

Sworn to & Declared on this 26th of May 1820 in open Court before me
Wm Van Buren Clk

Greene County 
William Still who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that his, this deponents family consists
himself and wife, that he this deponent is a cripple unable to walk without the assistance of
two crutches, that for two years immediately preceding the date of his this deponents certificate he, this deponent & wife were supported by the overseers.
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of the poor of the town of Durham and that unless he this deponent shall be continued on the
pension he must of necessity again seek public Charity
William Still [signature]
sworn before me
Thos Barker one of the Judges of Greene com pleas

I William Van Bergen Clerk of the County of Greene in the State of New York and of the Court
Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that the forgoing oath and schedule thereto annexed and truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one Dollars & Eighty seven & also unto exclusive of bed bedding & wearing apparel. 

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 28th day of June 1820
Wm Van Bergen