Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18428, John Hamblin, Continental (Conn.)
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Continental (Conn)
Hamblin, John
S.18428
[learded?]
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18-697
Vermont
John Hamblin
Rutland [illegible] in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [illegible] commanded by Col. [illegible] in the [illegible] line for [illegible].
Continental
Transcribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Sept 1833 and [illegible] R. Templer Rutland VT Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending [illeigible]1834 40.00
$240.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams Cle[illegible]
Book [illegible] Vol. 3 Page [illegible]

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W. Seymour [illegible] 1 April 1835
See No 948
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State of Vermont
Rutland County, SS.
On this 16th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Rutland John Hamblin a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont aged 72 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1777 and served in [First?] Regiment of the Connecticut line under the following named officers. Col. [illegible], Lt. Col. Sherburne, Maj. Bradford, Capt. Blackman, with Lt. Brown. He resided at [illegible], Connecticut, when he enlisted and [illegible] at [illegible] under Lt. Brown. He left the service in the spring of 1780, having enlisted for three years - joined his Regiment at [illegible] and wintered in Highlands [illegible] to Rhode Island, + was at the battle of [illegible] under [illegible] - marched to Morristown, New Jersey, where he was discharged by Gen. Jackson - has lost his discharged - [illegible] 1778. He worked [illegible] at [illegible]

Rhode Island Service
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. John Hamblin sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [Illegible] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I [illegible] of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of application of John Hamblin for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Rutland this 16th day of July A.D. 1832. [illegible]
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O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C., 189[blank]
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Hamblin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[table]
Dates of enlistment: Spr 1777
Length of service: 3 yrs
Rank: Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Blackman, Colonel Sherbourne. 
State: Conn.
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Capt Blackman was [illegible] but commanded a company in Col Sherborne's Continental Regt.
Battles engaged in: Rhode Island
Residence of solder at enlistment: [illegible] Conn.
Date of application for pension: July 16, 1832
Residence at date of application: Rutland County, VT
Age at date of application: 72 years
Remarks: [blank]
Very respectfully [blank]
Commissioner
7941b-3m
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John Hamblin
[illegible]
Proof of service enclosed
[illegible]
[admit?]
3 yeras
$80.-
R. Temple
Rutland
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Hamblin 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 amount of pension he is entitled? Yes, Not found on rolls and should therefore prove service by two credible [illegible]
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 services? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? No
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? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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? [illegible]
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 [blank] year [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 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.
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 a 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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Rutland [VT?] 26 June 1833
Sir
Enclosed you have 4 returned [case?] for reexamination.
I am [illegible], respectfully
[illegible]
R. Temple
J. L. Edwards Esq
Court of [Pensions?]
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P
18428
INVALID
File No. 18428
John Hamblin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 '32
Index: Vol 1, Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1894 Sept 20 [illegible]
Hon. H. F. Andrews
Audubon, Iowa
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John Hamblin
3 yrs
No 6719
Pension Office July 27, 1832
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State of Vermon
Rutland [illegible]
On this 17th day of June 1833, personally came before the undersigned authority, John Hitchcock of said county, aged 73, and a [illegible], who being [illegible] before [illegible] that he served three years in Col. [illegible] Reg of Connecticut, Capt Blackman's company, and the Revolutionary War, commencing in the spring of 1777 - and that John Hamblin enlisted about this same time at [illegible] Con. for three years, served out his time, and was discharged about the same time as the new [illegible] at [illegible] or Bear[illegible]below [illegible], about six [illegible], in the spring of 1780 - he thinks Capt [illegible] commanded the company when they were discharged. John Hitchcock [illegible] 7 June 1833. [illegible]

And on this 26 day of June 1833, personally came Nathan Palmer of said county and a [illegible] who being duly [illegible], that he was a soldier in Col. [illegible] Regt of Connecticut in the years 1777, 1778, and 1779, and 1780 - and was acquainted with the above named John Hamblin, who was a soldier in Col [illegible]'s Regt. during said years. He recollects J. Hamblin enlisted in the spring of 1777 and was discharged in the spring of 1780, and served in Capt. Blackman's company, Col. [illegible] Regt. of the Connecticut [illegible]. Sworn before the [illegible] R. Temple [illegible]
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State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint, clerk of Rutland County Court, do certify that Robert Temple, before whom [illegible] were taken, is a Justice of Peace for said County, duly commissioned and that his name [illegible] is in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I [illegible] leg my hand and [illegible] of [illegible] correct this 26 June 1833. R. Pierpoint