Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10638, John Evans, N.H. Vt.
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CONTENTS Carded.
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(20.523)
New York
John Evans of Monroe Co. in the State of N. York who was a Serg't &c in the Comp commanded by Captain Green of the Reg't commanded by Col. Beadle (Bedel) in the Mass* line for 3 mos Serg} $40
1 Yr. priv.} 15/$55
*Vermont & New Hampshire Lines Records corrected Aug 1 '03 a
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 55 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sep 1833 and sent to A. Say Rochester
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '23 $137.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 27.50
$155.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 55
(S.10638)
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State of New York
Livingston County } ss 
Elias Chamberlain being duly sworn according to Law before the undersigned a Judge of the County Court of Livingston County deposeth and saith that he is seventy nine years of age and upwards and has been acquainted with John Evans since he was a child and that he has no doubt from his acquaintance with him but that is upwards of 80 years of age - and that in the month of October or November 1775 the said John Evans enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Green in a Regiment commanded by Colo Timothy Beadle (Bedel)  - That the said John Evans lived when he enlisted as aforesaid in the town of Royalton in what is now ['called' crossed out] included in the State of Vermont and that he went from Royalton aforesaid to Thetford in the state of Vermont aforesaid - That this deponent enlisted into the same company about the same time at which the said John Evans enlisted as aforesaid and that they (the said ['This' crossed out] deponent and the said John Evans) marched with the said company from the place of enlistment aforesaid for the purpose of ['march' crossed out] joining the Army then in Canada - this deponent believes that this enlistment was under the authority of the state of New Hampshire - and that they marched as aforesaid from the house of General Bayliss (Bayley) in the town of Newbury in Vermont aforesaid on snow shoes by the way of Maseisco (Missisquoi) Bay to Chamblee on the River Sorrell (Sorel) in Canada and then was marched to Caughnawega and from thence to a place called the  "Cedars on the River St. Lawrence and there built a breast work and after having staid at the Cedars aforesaid until ['the' crossed out] sometime in the month of May 1776. was attacked by a ['com' crossed out] forced composed of canadians and Indians and
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after having fought them according to the best recollection of this deponent about 3 days capitulated and divested of all clothing by the Indians and treated with savage cruelty and were held in captivity some 12 or 15 days at which time there was an arrangement made so that they were released from captivity and ['they' crossed out] were marched to ['Fort' crossed out] Mount Independence and there served until the month of October or November cant recollect which month at which time ['this' crossed out] deponent was discharged - having served one year - the term of his enlistment - having the said John Evans in service by time of service ['being not' crossed out] not being quite completed - The said John Evans served as aforesaid as a private soldier - while at the Cedars aforesaid Colo Beedle (Bedel) left the command which then devolved upon Major -- Butterfield given name not recollected - when they arrived at Mt. Independence they joined the army that had retreated from Canada with General Arnold - can't recollect the time this deponent with the company to which he was attached arrived at Mt. Independence aforesaid but thinks it was not long after the arrival after army under commanded of General Arnold - this deponent recollects of seeing General Gates at Mt Independence - and further saith not
/s/Elias Chamberlin
Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of  June 1833} Before me
/s/Leman Gibbs a Judge of LIvingston County Court
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State of New york
Livingston County } ss
Jo Havens being duly sworn according to Law before the undersigned a Judge of Livingston county court deposeth and saith that he is eighty two years of age and upwards and that he was acquainted with John Evans when he was a youth and from that time to the present and from such acquaintance have no doubt that the said John Evans is upwards of eighty years of age - that this deponent and the said John Evans both resided in the town of Royalton now included in the state of Vermont and that in the month of October or November 1775 the said John Evans enlisted into the service of the United States for ['purpose' crossed out] which purpose he went from home in the town of Royalton and went to the town of Thetford in the state of Vermont and then enlisted as aforesaid - This deponent upon his oath aforesaid further says that he this deponent then understood that he the said John Evans enlisted as aforesaid for the term of one year and that he this deponent knows that he the said John Evans was gone the said year and supposed at the time and has no doubt but he was in the service under the above enlistment - further - this deponent then understood that he the said John Evans while in the above named service was taken prisoner at ['the' crossed out] as place called the Cedars in Lower Canada - and that ['the said' crossed out] the said John Evans returned from the said service in the month of October or November in the year 1776. having been gone one year from home in the said service - This deponent says he does not recollect the names of the officers under whom he the said John Evans enlisted or served during the above named service - That the above service was rendered as a private And further this deponent says upon his oath aforesaid that in the year 1777
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the said John Evans enlisted and served as a sergeant in a company commanded by Captain Safford & Lieutenant Zebulon Lyon cant recollect the time of the year that he enlisted but thinks it was in the spring of the year & that he the said John Evans served under such enlistment during the summer - until sometime in the fall of the same year - It was understood that such service was authorized under regulations that were made by the powers that then controlled that region which is now included in the state of Vermont - And further deponent saith not 
/s/X his mark Jo Havens
Sworn and subscribed this 7th day of June 1833 Before me - 
/s/Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court
I Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do  certify that Jo. Havens the deponent to the foregoing affidavit is a person of credibility & veracity 
Dated June 7th 1833 - /s/Leman Gibbs a Judge of Livingston County Court - 
State of New York
Livingston County }ss. I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of the said county of Livingston certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the two preceding affidafits purport to have been sworn and whose signature appears to the two preceding certificates of credibility was at the date of the same a legally authorized Judge of Livingston County Court, & dwelling in said county And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidafits and to the said certificates is his own proper hand writing and signature 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand and Seal of office at Geneseo this 8th day of June A.D. 1833. 
/s/Chauncey R. Bond Clerk by S. G. Haven Dep clk
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Monroe Common pleas 26.293.
In the matter of John Evans's application for a pension}
Original proceedings 
H. Gay Ag't Rochester [illegible] N.Y.
adm'd 3 mo. Serg't 12 mo. pri
110+27.50/
[margin notes: on Rolls-Beedle (Bedel) - Greene]
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State of New York
Monroe county ss } On this 12th day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before Samuel L Selden Samuel Castle & Ira Carpenter - Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said county of Monroe being a Court of common Law Jurisdiction having a clerk & Seal John Evans a resident of the Town of Ogden in the said county of Monroe and State of New York, aged Eighty one years and four months 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 at the time the applicant first enlisted in the service during the revolutionary war he resided at Royalton, which was then part of New Hampshire but is now included in the State of Vermont
That sometime in the month of October or of November 1775 but which month or the day thereof the applicant by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory cannot state, he walked
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from Royalton to Thetford which was twenty four miles distant from the former place and enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Green, Ensign Benjamin Chamberlin, Orderly Sergeant, John Powell - which company belonged to a regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Beadle (or Beatle) (Bedel) - applicant does not recollect the names of the Lieutenant Colonel or adjutant - recollects that the name of the Captain of one company was Easterbrooks (Estabrook) - another Captain Stevens, and another he thinks Captain Sullivan - applicant does not know whether the regiment belonged to the State Troops of New Hampshire or the continental line, but he believes it belonged to the continental line - The applicant enlisted for the period of one year - After his enlistment he marched with his company to Colonel Johnson's on the Connecticut river about twenty five or thirty miles from Thetford whom this applicant believes was either an army agent or commissary, & where they were supplied with provisions & then marched to join the army in Canada on snow shoes by the way of Macisco (Missisquoi) Bay to Chamblee on the river Sorrell (Sorel) in Canada, and then were marched to Caughnawaga, and from thence
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to a place called the Cedars on the River St. Lawrence where they joined some four or five hundred of the American force under the command of Major Butterfield of Westmoreland where they built a breast work & were engaged in scouting building fortifications & and staid there until the month of May 1776, when they were attacked by a force composed of Canadians & Indians and after having fought them three days they were obliged to capitulate, and were divested of their clothing by the Indians & treated with much cruelty. and after being detained by the as prisoners some twelve or fifteen days an arrangement was made by General Arnold of the American forces by which they were restored to their liberty and were marched to Mount Independence at Ticonderoga, and staid there till the expiration of the applicants years service which expired sometime in October or November 1776 - While at Mount Independence they were chiefly engaged in building forts, barracks fortifications &c The applicant is not certain
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which month whether October or November or which day thereof it was that he was discharged - but this applicant swears positively and distinctly that he served the full period of one year, being the period for which he had enlisted as aforesaid - The applicant does not recollect by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory & he cannot say positively whether he got a written discharge or not, but the best of his recollection is that he did get a written discharge & if he did get one it must have been destroyed by the fire when Royalton was burned by the Indians & where the applicants property & papers then were - After applicant was discharged he returned home to Royalton - That the above service was all rendered in the capacity of a private - 
That this applicants second service commenced on or about the month of May in the year 1777. at Royalton aforesaid, when the applicant enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Safford and Lieutenant Zebulon Lyon, Second Lieutenant Moses Evans and this applicant was
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made orderly Sergeant immediately on his Enlistment in said company. This applicant is not certain whether the period of his Enlistment was for three or four months, but the best of his recollection is that he enlisted for four months - The applicant does not recollect whether the company in which he enlisted belonged to a regiment in the continental line or State Troops of New Hampshire nor does he know the regiment to which it did belong, nor the name of the Colonel, but he thinks his name was Hazen - That the company to which applicant belonged were stationed at Royalton aforesaid during the period of the applicants service & during that time they were engaged in active service which was chiefly scouting. That the applicant was discharged to the best of his recollection in the month of August 1777 at Royalton aforesaid but was merely discharged by the Captain verbally and did not receive any written discharge - This applicant cannot say distinctly that his service was
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Four months or or what time between three or four months but he swears positively & distinctly that he served during the time last mentioned a period not less than three months and that in the capacity of Orderly Sergeant to the said company - Applicant was discharged at Royalton aforesaid - 
This applicant has no documentary Evidence of his aforesaid services & the only Witnesses that he knows of alive who know of applicants service aforesaid are Elias Chamberlain & Jo Havens both residing in Livingston county and State of New York whose affidavits are hereto annexed properly certified - 
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 - 
And the said Court here propound to the said applicant the following interrogatories prescribed by the war department - & to which he makes the following answers -
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To the first Interrogatory he Says
He was born on the 8th day of February in the year 1752 in the Town of Plainfield in the county he believes of Windsor in the State of Connecticut
To the Second Interrogatory
That he has no record of his birth but he believes that there is one kept by the clerk of the Town of Plainfield aforesaid where applicant was born
To the Third Interrogatory
That he was ['well' crossed out] living at Royalton aforesaid when he was called into service - That since the revolutionary war he has resided in the Town of Randolph Vermont, afterwards he went to reside in the town of Parma in the county of Monroe & State of New York where he has resided for the last twenty two years, Parma being now divided into two towns Parma & Ogden 
To the fourth Interrogatory
He says that each of the times he Entered the service as aforesaid he enlisted voluntarily -
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To the fifth Interrogatory
That the names of the  Officers in the companies & regiments in which applicant served, and the general circumstances of his service are as set forth in this applicant's preceding declaration
To the Sixth Interrogatory - 
He says he has answered this Interrogatory in the preceding part of his Declaration
To the Seventh Interrogatory
He says he is known to the following persons in his present neighbourhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief as to his services as a soldier of the revolution viz William Buell Esquire Justice of the Peace - Moses Hill - 
/s/John Evans
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
/s/J. Cutler Dep. clerk
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& in the immediate neighbourhood of the above applicant do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said applicant John Evans who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in the Eighty second year of his age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion
['Jo. Evans John Evans' crossed out]
/s/Wm Buell
/s/Moses Hill
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid} 
/s/J. Cutler Dep. clerk
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the  interrogatories prescribed buy the War department That the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certify that William Buell & Moses Hill are residents in the said
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Town of Ogden & county of Monroe - & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to perfect credit - And Said: Court further testify that it has appeared to them on said Examination that there is no clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the said applicant John Evans
/s/Sam'l L Selden }
/s/Sam'l Castle } Judges
/s/Ira Carpenter
I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Monroe & State of New York Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the regional proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas; in the matter of the application of John Evans for a Pension
[court seal affixed] In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court this 12th day of June 1833.
/s/L. Adams Clerk
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10638
Rev War INVALID. [initials: own]
File No. 10,638
John Evans Serg Rev War
Act: - June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]