Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14461, for Lazell Silsby, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776) 

SERVICE 
N. H. 

Silsby, Lazell

NUMBER
S14461

Carded
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CONTENTS








CONTENTS feet reverse 1000 4000 Susby, Lazell 15 000023 104694 NUMBER S.14461 needed Carded
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3074. 

New Hampshire
___________________________ 
Lazell Silsby of Sullivan in the State of NH 
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain________ of the Reg commanded by Col Wyman in the NH line for [illeg] 3 days 
____________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 23 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
__________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of 1832 and sent to Hon H. Hubbard [illeg]
_______________________
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832    $35.49
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33 $11.83 
                                                         $47.32

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832. 

_d by IH McBlair  Clerk
Vol. {1}? Page 185- 

Duplicate Certificate issued May 1842 and sent to Hon E Burke. House of Representative 

Date of death not on       NB -
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7023 
Lazell Silsby
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DECLARATION 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 

State of New-Hampshire,} 
County of Sullivan } ss.

On this thirtieth day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate for [illeg} County, now sitting, Lazell Silsby resident of Acworth in the County of Sullivan and State of N. H. aged 77 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-

He first enlisted in Capt Samuel Wett[illeg] company Col Wyman Regiment New Hampshire about the first of July 1776 for five months and performed his tour of duty according to his [illeg]ment at Ticonderoga - . I recollect that Genl Arnold was at that place while I was doing duty and I think Genl Stark of New Hampshire was then there.  —In the spring of 1777 I volunteer from the militia of Ar[illeg]th and a company was raised and our Captain was Abel Walker and we were marched to Ticonderoga [illeg] Ar[illeg}th and I did duty at Fort Independence for the term of seven weeks having remained one week [illeg][illeg]   my command take of the sick -  on lst of June 1777 an alarm was given [illeg] [illeg]after my return & again volunteered and did duty for two weeks under Capt William Keeger of Acworth 
I was born in Windham in Connecticut in 1755. I have not with me any record of my age   A record[?] was made in Windham.  I have continued to live  [illegible ] when I entered the service 
[three illegible lines]
Lazell Silsby

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,   the clergyman of Acworth is a young man and cannot [illeg]
Sworn to and subscribed, 
Frederick A SumnerJudge of Probate

We, James Campbell residing in Acworth and  Clement Corbin residing in Charlestown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted Lazell Silsby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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. 
James Campbell
Clement Corbon
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Frederick A Sumner 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 certifies, that it appears to them that James Campbell who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident of Acworth and that Clement Corbin who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Charlestown and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, F. A. Sumner Judge of the of the [illeg] Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Lazell Silsby for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 30 day of July 1832 Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate
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7023 

Lazell Silsby 
Private
W. C. E. 

On Roll of Service  
of Col Wyman Regr 

7 Mos & 3 days

Adm

 $23.66 
Hon H Hubbard 
H K 

(crossed out)
Thornton Betten Esq 
Derry H.
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7023
BRIEF in the case of Lazell Silsby of Acworth Sullivan Cy in the State of N. Hampshire 
(Act of 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   __a Court__

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

3. How old is he? __77__ 

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

Period. __July ‘76  __Spring ‘77.  June’77

Duration of Service. _5mos   __1 mos18 days  _15 days

Rank. 
As a private  “”.  “”

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Capt. Wetherill, Col Wyman 
Capt. Walker 
Capt Keyes

5. What battles was he engaged? 
None mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  __Acworth__

7. Is his statements supported by living witnesses, by documentary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls?
__No Clergy__. _2 living witnesses__

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

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

H.C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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April 4, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Annie P. Corson 
Derry Village 
New Hampshire 

Lazell Silsby-S. 14461 
BA-J/AWF 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin Balch and Lasell Silsby. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any Benjamin Balch. 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 14461, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Lazell Silsby, as his signature is found in the claim. 

Lazell Silsby was born in 1755 in Windham, Connecticut , names of parents not stated. 

While residing in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Lazell Silsby enlisted July 1, 1776, served five months as private in Captain Samuel Wetherbee's company, Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1777, served seven weeks as sergeant in Captain Abel Walker's New Hampshire company. He enlisted in June, 1777, served two weeks in Captain K[****]am Keyes' New Hampshire company. 

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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(exe)cuted July 30, 1832, then a resident of Acworth, New Hampshire. 

There are no data in this claim concerning the family of Lazell Silsby. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply  to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data: 
Lazell Silsby 
Certificate No. 3074 
Issued December 13, 1832 
Rate $23.66 per annum 
To commence March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New Hampshire Agency. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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Original Certificate destroyed by fire. See proof on file with the papers of Nathan Carr, NH [*]
Act 1832, No 3084
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I, Thomas Putnam of Charlestown [illeg[ age do depose & say that in the spring of the year 1777 I then was living in my father’s family in the town Acwith in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire.  at that time I was acquainted with Lazell Silsby then of the same Acwith -  the same man is now in my presence. I have been acquainted with him since 1777, having lived not but a few miles from him during the time - [said?] Silsby went out as a volunteer from the Militia of said Acworth as a Sargeant under Captain Abel Walker - I well recollect that he was marched to a Ticonderoga  and performed guard duty at  Fort Independence for  I served with him at that time for the space of six weeks and when I was  discharged [said?] Silby remained to take care of the sick and as I may understand continued one week
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longer than I did- said Selby afterwards and about the last of June 1777 —. again volunteered and went under Capt William Keyes, and was marched to Ticonderoga - I was of the same company & performed the same tour of duty - we were absent [adolescent?] at that time [illeg] to come in service- My age is now 74 years. I was young . with Mr Selby He was always a little the oldest 
Thomas Putnam

State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan ssJuly 30th 1832 
Then Thomas Putnam personally appeared and made solemn oath that [illeg] deposition by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Henry Hubbard Jus. Peace

 This may certify that I am acquainted with Thos Putnam the deponent. He is titled to full credit his character [illeg]
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Is good and he is entered a man of credit 
Henry Hubbard Jus. Peace
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3 -- 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 
________________,19___

 In reply to your request of_______ received.____ for a statement of the military history of __Lazell Silsby__ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau, S.14461 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
_July 1,1776____Apr1777___June,1777 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
_5Mos__7weeks__2weeks__ 
RANK. 
__Pvt____Sgt . 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. 
Samuel Wetherbee
Abel Walker
William Keyes
COLONEL.
Wyman
STATE
N.H. 

Battles engaged in, __none stated__ 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, _Acworth, _Sullivan Co__NH 

Date of application for pension, __July 30, 1832 _the claim was allowed__

Residence at date of application, __Acworth_
_Sullivan Co__NH__ 

Age at date of application, __born in Windham Conn. in 1755__

Remarks: __no family data on file__ 
___________________

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6-2856
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March 15, 1939

Veteran's Administration:  
Washington, D.C 

Gentlemen: 
If the following men were pensioners of the Revolutionary War will you please send me the date appearing on their application for Pension Lasell (Lazell) Silsby (Silsbee) of Acworth, N. H. 

Benjamin Balch of Keene, N.H. and Lunenburg, Vt. whose wife‘s name was Elizabeth I think. 

Thanking you for the same,  I am
Very truly yours, 
Annie P. Carson
Derry Village, N.H.
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[Imprint of Received Stamp]
March 17, 1934
[illeg]-DIV
READER 14
VETS.ADM.
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January 29, 1914.
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: 

What have you on record in the revolutionary war department of the military service of Henry and Lasell Silsby, especially the latter, Lasell? They were residents of Acworth, New Hampshire. 

Yours very truly 
(Miss) Letty E Marvin 
411 State Bank Bldg., 
Traverse City, Michigan
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14461 
INVALID
Rev War

File No. 14,461
Lazell Silsby 
Priv.. Rev. War

Act: June 7, 1832 
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 342 
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[HAndwritten text to left] 
1914. Feb 4, Hist to Miss Letty E. Marvin
1934 April 4 - Hist to Anne P. Corson [illeg]
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 James Campbell of Acwith in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire do depose and say that I am now Eighty years of age and have aways been acquainted with Deacon Lasell Silsby who is now before me. In July, I think about the first of the month in the year 1776 I recollect that [said?] Silsby at that time enlisted into Capt Saml Wetherbe’s, company in Col Wymans Regiment of the New Hampshire troops - I well recollect that the enlistment was for the term of five months and that [said] Sislby performed his full tour of duty according to his enlistment - The Regiment was marched to Ticonderoga and the whole five months duty was performed near that place. The reason why I recollect these partic
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 -ular is that I was in the same company & Regiment and performed the same duty — James Campbell 

I Jonathan Rogers of Springfield in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont do depose & say that I am now 76 years of age and do hereby full confirm the statement of [said] Campbell so far as it relates to the enlistment and service of [said] Silsby-- I was then an Inhabitant of Acwith a member of the same company and Regiment and performed the same tour of duty. 

Jon Rogers
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State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan County ss.  July 30. 1832 
Then James Campbell and Jon Rogers personally appeared and each made a sworn oath that the depositions by them respectively [required]  are just and true 
before me 
Henry Hubbard. Jus Peace 

This may certify that James Campbell and Jon Rogers are known to me they are both men of good  character for truth and are credible witnesses 

Henry Hubbard   Jus Peace
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7023 

Lazell  Silsby 

Thornton Betten Esq 
Derry
 N.H.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lazell Silsby which require further proof or explanation.  

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?     Yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?   Yes 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ______

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?     Yes 

V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?    Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?   Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?    Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?     Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?    Yes

X.  Is the Clerk’s seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?    Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?       No 

XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain ing it?     Yes 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
_______

XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  _Yes_
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?    No 

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _________ 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? 
And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. 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 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 ____ and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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. 


QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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. 

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Lasell Silsby 

Dep
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I   Lasel Silsby of Acworth in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy seven years do depose and say that I made application for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 on account of services rendered by me in the war of the revolution —-
At the time I made my declaration before the Hon. Fred A Sumner Judge of Probate for said County of Sullivan I did not procure the requisite certificate of a clergyman, because there was no settled Clergyman in Acworth and I know of no one in my vicinity who would be able to testify that I was a soldier of the revolution by common reputation --- 
Lazell Silsby

State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan  ss.  Nov. 1832 
Then Lasell Silsby personally appeared and made solemn oath that the aforegoing affidavit by him signed is true 
Before me Harry Hubbard. Jus Peace