Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16226, for Asa Pratt, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass
N. H.

Pratt, Asa

NUMBER
S. 16226

Carded

CONTENTS
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17.474
Vermont

Asa Pratt
of Windsor Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stone of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nichols, in the N.York line
for 8 mo 21 days Mass & N.H.
Inscribed on Roll of Vermont at the rate of
28 Dollars 97 Cents per annum to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
22 day of Aug 1833 and Sent to
R. Washburn Ludlow
Arrears to the 4th of  March 1833 $57.94
semi-anl allowance ending Sept $14.48
[total] $72.42
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 83
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No. 5188
Asa Pratt

PO

3 mo 16 ds

On N H. Roll
1780 - 3 mo -
16 days -
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Declaration of Asa Pratt
State of Vermont District of Windsor ss.
On this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Probate Court within and for
the District of Windson and State of Vermont now sitting Asa Pratt a resident of Plymouth in the County of Windson and District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, aged Seventy three
years the eighteenth day of last March 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.
That in the year 1776 he lived in the town of Dublin in the County of Cheshire and State of New hampshire, and that he went in December to Springfield State of Massachusetts
where on 7th day of December 1776 he enlisted as a private for three months in the Massachusetts Militia, the name of
the Captain of the Company into which he enlisted, declarant has entirely forgotten neither does he remember the name of
the Colonel of the Regiment to which his company was attached: declarant marched directly to Providence remained there a short
time, and then marched to N. York and thence into New Jersey, where he spent the remainder of the three months.
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Received a discharge and returned to Dublin New Hampshire that in the month of May 1777, as declarant thinks, he volunteered to go and oppose General Burgoyne on his
approach of the Lake from Canada, proceeded to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, where declarant remained till the last of June, when he returned to Dublin. The declarant
further states, that in the month of July 1777 he was drafted for three months, and marched under Capt. Stone of
Rindge New Hampshire to Bennington Vermont was in the Battle of Bennington, and at the end of the three months was discharged, and returned to Dublin.
The Declarant further states, that in the month of July, as he thinks 1780, he enlisted at Dublin New Hampshire for three months into Capt Benjamin Spaulding's Company in Colonel Nichols Regiment marched to West Point, was stationed on Robinsons farm (so called)
remained there until his time expired: he was at West Point, when Major Andre was hung. He was discharged and returned to Dudlin subsequently moved to Plymouth in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont, where declarant has lived above
thirty years. He was born in Needham in the State of Massachusetts on the 18th day of March 1759, that there is a record of his age at Needham aforesaid.
He was living in Dublin aforesaid when called into the service. He received a written discharge in New Jersey, at the expiration of the said first mentioned term of three months, but has not seen it for more than thirty years, he has lately served among
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his papers for it, but cannot find it. He never
received any other written discharge. He has no documentary evidence of his service. He states the names of Asa Briggs and Jabez Wood, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Attest Reuben Washburn.
Asa Pratt
[his X mark]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid.
Jabor Proctor Judge
We Asa Briggs and Jabez Wood of Plymouth
in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont
residing in said town of Plymouth, hereby
certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa
Pratt, who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to
be seventy three years of age; that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a Soldier of
the Revolution, and that we concur in that
opinion.
Asa Briggs
Jabez Wood
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid.
Jabor Proctor Judge
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 Asa Briggs and
Jabez Wood; who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Plymouth aforesaid, and
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are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jabor Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court with in and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Asa Pratt for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Reuben Washburn.
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Mrs. T. W. [crossed out Whitney] Whiting
605 Columbia
Council Grove, Kansas
February 11, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB
Asa Pratt
S.16226
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16226, that Asa Pratt was
born March 18, 1759, in Needham, Massachusetts.
While residing in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire,
he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts in December, 1776 and
served three months as a private, no officers given.
He enlisted in April or May, 1777 and served two months, marched
to Ticonderoga to oppose General Burgoyne, no officers stated.
He enlisted in July, 1777 and served three months in Captain
Stone's New Hampshire company and was in the battle of Bennington.
He enlisted in July, 1780 and served three months in Captain
Benjamin Spaulding's company, Colonel Nichols' New Hampshire
regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1832, at which time he was living in Plymouth, Windsor County,
Vermont.
There are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of this soldier, the name and address of the person paid and possibly
the date of his death, you should address the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C.,
citing the following data: Asa Pratt, Certificate 17474, issued
August 22, 1833, rate $28. 97 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
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The foregoing history is furnished you without charge and your remittance of $1. 00 will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
Fin. Div. notified
to refund due remittance
of $1.00 
Feb 11-31
[illegible ]
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Cash - $1.00

Council Brooks
Jan. 27, 1931
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[stamped] FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK-KEEPER DESK
FEB 3 1931
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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The Pensions Dept.
Dear Sir-
I am enclosing our dollar and asking you to
send me the Revolutionary career of Asa Pratt. I would like the date of his birth, death etc. if you have it. He lived in Argyle, Washington County, New York, owned property
there. Served in the Rev. War and
drew a pension.
At one time lived in Nunda Olean
and died in Gainsville, N. Y.
His parents came for New Hampshire
and then settled in Massachusetts,
I am not sure where he enlisted
from. I think as sure thier he
lived in Cambridge & also in
Arlington or Bennington Vermont
Hoping for an early reply
I am very respectfully
Mr. T. W. Whiting
Council [illegible]
605 Columbia
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[stamped] JAN 30 1931
U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE
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16226
INVALID.
File No. 16226
Asa Pratt
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1 Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.)

[written sideways next page]
1931 - Feb 11- (illegible)
J. W. [crossed out Whitney] Whiting
Fin. Div. notified to refund $1.00
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5188
Asa Pratt

Admd by Commr.
8 mos 21 ds'

26.66
 2.31
$28.97

Reuben Washburn Es
Ludlow Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 3d 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.

A Statement, showing the Service of
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 declaration is supported
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Asa Pratt
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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.
State, Territory, or District of County of ss
On this___day of________personally appeared (a) before______________________
A.B. a resident (b) of___________in the county of___________and State, Territory or District of ____aged (c)_____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 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.
I ____________________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_____________and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_________________, who has 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 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 afterputting 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.
I, ____________________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 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?
6. To an Office - 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 must 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 person or persons 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 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 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 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 the service.  This form of 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 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 of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix 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.
[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 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. 
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 in note [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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Ludlow, VT June 18. 1833
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
At the request of the applicants
I enclose to you the Declarations, with the
amendments of Nathaniel Farr, Stephen
Reed, Asa Pratt, Benjamin Thacher, Joel
Davis, and John Giddings, for Pensions
If their cases are now satisfactory, please to
forward their Pension Certificates as soon as
convenient.
Yours with very great respect,
Reuben Washburn
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I Benjamin Hathorn of Reading in the
County of Windsor, and state of Vermont, of lawful age, depose and say that I enlisted from New Hampshire in the militia of the revolution for three months under Capt Benjamin Spaulding of Jaffrey N. H. and served at West Point and Robinson's farm under
Col. Nichols and Maj. Webber, was there at the
time Arnold gave up West Point, and was
acquainted Asa Pratt, then from New Hampshire now of Plymouth, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, was knowing to his serving the same company with me during the aforesaid term of three months, commencing I think some time in the month of July, in the year aforesaid, which I believe was in the year 1780.
Benjamin Hathorn
State of Vermont Windsor County} Reading August 3, 1832
Then Benjamin Hathorn personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed contains the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Before me
Samuel C. Lowland, Justice of the Peace, and
Councillor
I hereby certify I have been acquainted with the above name deponent about 12 years
and consider him a man of truth.
S. C. Loveland, Justice of the
Peace and Councilor
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State of Vermont Windsor County ss }
Woodstock County
Clerk's office. May 31st 1833
I Benjamin Swan, Clerk of the County Court
for said County of Windsor, Do hereby certify
that Samuel C. Loveland was at the date
of the within affidavit, and still is a
Councillor and Justice of the Peace
throughout the State of Vermont, and
that the within are his genuine Signatures
In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto affixed the Seal of said
Court, and subscribe my Name
the day and year above written
Benj. Swan
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Supplementary Declaration of Asa Pratt
State of Vermont
District of Windsor ss.
On this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont now sitting, Asa Pratt a resident of Plymouth in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy four year the eighteenth day of March now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following supplementary declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That in respect to his three months service in 1776 as stated in his original declaration hereunto annexed, he enlisted in Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
in December of that year for three months, and served out the full term of his enlistment
and was discharged in New Jersey. That he was enlisted by Capt. Battell or Battle of
said Springfield, but the name of the Captain who commanded the company
in which the declarant served the said three months, he does not recollect, nor does
he recollect the names of any of the officers of the company, or of the regiment to which
the said company belonged. He is confident, that it was in December 1776. that he
enlisted for the said term of three months, but thinks that he was under a mistake
in his said original declaration in stating that it was on the seventh day of
December that he enlisted. At the expiration of the said three months he received
a written discharge in New Jersey and he thinks his discharge bore date March 23, 1777
and is confident that he arrived at his home in Dublin, New Hampshire the third day of April 1777.
That in respect to his term of service in 1777, when he volunteered to go an oppose General Burgoyne, as stated in his said original declaration, he is confident that it was the last of April or first of May 1777 when he volunteered and went to Ticonderoga. He well recollects that there was then snow on the ground and that they were then making Maple Sugar in said Dublin. He is confident that it
was just about two months that he served at that term of service. The Captain who
commanded the company in which he served that Term belonged to Temple, New Hampshire, but declarant does not recollect his name, nor does he recollect the name of
of any of the other officers of the Company, or any of the officers of the Regiment to which
the Company belonged. After serving out the time for which he volunteered, he
was regularly dismissed with the rest of his Company at Mount Independence near
Ticonderoga.
As it respects the three months service for which he was drafted in July 1777, as
stated in his said original declaration, he recollects that one Perry was a Lieutenant in
the company in which the declarant served, and was killed in the Battle of Bennington
but he does not recollect the name of the Colonel or of any of the officers of the Regiment to which the declarants company belonged.
The declarant does not recollect any other facts or circumstances in addition to
what are contained in the said original declaration.
His memory, by reason of old age has become very much impaired. He does
not now recollect the names of any of the General officers, whom he knew while in
service. He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose
testimony he can procure who can testify to any of his services, except Benjamin
Hathorn whose deposition is annexed to the said original declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension, except the present, and
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Attest
R. Washburn, Asa Pratt [his X mark]
Jabez Proctor Judge
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[top portion of document seems to be faded or erased, however the same information appears on the following]
We Sewall Fullam, a clergyman, residing in the Town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont and Samuel Eaton, residing in the Town of Reading aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa
Pratt, who has subscribed and sworn to the above original and supplementary
declarations, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age and upwards,
that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood, 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
Sewall Fullam
Samuel Eaton

Jabez Proctor Judge

And the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to them, that Sewall
Sullam who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and that Samuel Eaton, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Reading aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to full credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of
Asa Pratt for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this first day of June in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight Hundred
and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn