Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2325, Peter Howe, Vt.
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Vt.|Howe, Peter|S.2325|
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CONTENT Carded
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5151
Ohio
Peter How of Athens in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt Allen of the Reg't commanded by Col. Herrick in the Vermont line for 6 months a private
Peter Howe
Records corrected
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Feb 1833 and sent Hon S. F. Vinton House of Reps
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832   $30.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  10.00
$40.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book D Vol. 10 Page 55

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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840 
Agt notified 16 June 1841.
Date of death not on AB.
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Peter Howe
Private 6 mo

Hon. S. F. Vinton
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BRIEF in the case of Peter How of the County of Athens in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 76 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank.(As a)|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.(Gen.)|]
In 1777 July|( - |6| - )|Private|Col. Herrick, Capt. Allen|
[blank]|(and on frequent calls for the next two years})|[blank]|[blank]|
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5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington, Mount Defiance
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Poultney, Vt.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Peter How's Declaration for Pension filed October 13th 1832
Henry Bartlett Clk
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State of Ohio
Athens County} ss
On this thirteenth day of October Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of common Pleas now sitting Peter How a Resident of Ames township in the county of Athens and state of Ohio Aged seventy six 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. The names of the officers whom I served are Colonel Herick of the Rangers Major Wait, Capt Ebenezer Allen. Lieutenant Isaac Clark, entered the service in the fore part of July in the year 1777. And left the served in december or january next following. At the time he entered the service he resided in the town of Poultney County of Rutland and state of Vermont. The first battle he was in was what has been called Bennington battle, Command by General Stark.  He listed as a volunteer into Herick's Regiment of Rangers for six months. His Company (Under Major John Brown of the Continental troops) he being with them Marched from Benning up to Lake Champlain crosed at a placed then called the Col Spring after crosing the lake Captain Allens company to which he belonged was sent on to Mount defiance was present at the taking of that place in the fore part of August 1777 When his company left Mount Defiance they went up Lake George to Diamond Island for the purpose of taking that, had a Skirmish there, Commanded by Major Brown, who was defeated and retreated out to fort Ann. From thence Marched on to Saratoga there joined General stark, was present at Burgoyne's surrender. From thence the company to which he belonged Marched to Paullett in Vermont when was at that time Herick's head Quarters. From thence we sent a scout under Captain Allen down Lake Champlain to Panton where we crossed the lake expecting to meet the enemy on the opposite shore but found they had left and gone down the Lake, ['and' crossed out] we overtook then at Gilmores Creek Where Capt Allen surround and took about thirty prisoners when my term expired. As a Militia man in the year '78 he went from Poultney to Castleton under command of Captain Holibert of the Militia where he was employed in building a picket fort about two weeks, In the same year be went as a Militia man five or six times on scouting parties to Ticonderoga & Mount independence once went down as far as Crown point - which service was continued much in a similar way for the two succeeding years -
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He also states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testifies to his services - 
I hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state - 
Questions by the court
1st Where and in what year were you born. Ans. I was born in New Marlborough Mass in the year 1756 - 
2nd Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it: ['I have Ans' crossed out] I have none
3rd Where were you living when called into service: Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Ans I lived in Poultney in Vermont when called into the service continued to live there untill the fall of 1801 when I removed into the state of Ohio on to the Muskingum River in the county of Washington where I resided untill six or seven years since when I removed into Ames township in this county where I still reside.
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute. Ans I was a volunteer; never was drafted, or went as a substitute.
5th Were you acquainted with any of the continental or Militia officers except those with whom you served and which you have heretofore mentioned? Ans I was acquainted with General Ethan Allen, Col; Seth Warner Lieut Walter Dean, Capt Eben'r Smith. &c. 
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? Ans, I never received any written discharge, but when our time of service expired we were permited to go home to our families.
7th 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 good behaviour, your services as a soldier of the revolution. Ans. Jason Rice, Levi  Trobridg, David Trobridge, Elisha Hibbard, George Walker, Esqr &c
/s/Peter Howe
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
/s/Henry Bartlett Clk, C.C.P.A. County
We Ebenezer Hebard a Clergyman residing in the county of Athens & state of Ohio and Elisha Hibbard residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter How. Who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six 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
/s/Eben'r Hebard
/s/Elisha Hibbard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
/s/Henry Bartlett Clk. C.C.P.A. County
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And the said court do hereby declare there 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 Ebenezer Hebard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the county of Athens and state of Ohio and that Elisha Hibbard who has also signed the same is a resident in the county and state aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. - 
I Henry Bartlett clerk of the Court of the court of compleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Peter How for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[court seal affixed] /s/Henry Bartlett C.C.P. Athens County
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[typewritten letter]

September 27, 1934
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PETER HOWE
S. 2325
BA-J/MLB [initials: own]

Ruth L. Sprague
211 Wooster Street
Marietta, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information relative to Peter Howe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War whose record you desire, and who you state was born August 1, 1756, at Marlborough, Massachusetts, married Orinda Fuller, settled in Rutland County, Vermont, where he lived until 1801, then moved to Washington County, Ohio, where he remained about twenty-five years, and died December 19, 1842.
The record of Peter Howe is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2325, based upon his service in the Revolutionary WAr.
Peter Howe was born in the year 1756, in New Marlborough, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not given. 
While residing in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, he volunteered in July, 1777, served as private in Captain Ebenezer Allen's company, Colonel Herrick's Vermont regiment of rangers, was at the taking of Mount Defiance, in the battles of Bennington and Diamond Island, marched to Saratoga and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, was in an engagement below Panton on Lake Champlain, in which about thirty prisoners were taken and was discharged in December or January, following, He afterwards served as private in Captain Holibert's (probably meant for Hurlbut's) Vermont company, and assisted in building a fort and went on scouting parties to Ticonderoga, Mounty Independence, Crown Point, etc., which service continued for the two succeeding years, dates not given. 
The soldier resided in Poultney, Vermont, until the fall of 1801, when he moved to a place on Muskingum River in Washington County, Ohio, where he lived until about 1825 or 1856, then moved to Athens County, Ohio.
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[typewritten letter] 

Peter Howe was allowed pension on his application executed October 13, 1832, while a resident of Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio.
There are no family data given in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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2325
Rev War INVALID.

File No. 2325
Peter How 
Pri. Vt. line
Act: June 7, '32
Index: - Vol. A, Page 176.
[Arrangement of 1870.] o.k.
Peter Howe 
Records corrected

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1894 Nov. 26 Hist. to Jno. A. Howe, Albany, N.Y.
Mch., 10, 1904 - His to Jas. A. Howe, Lynn
1906 June 22 History to Mrs. C. Z. Gould - 
1922 May 17 Hist. to Mrs. H.B. Howe
Letter in S. F. 44428 Peter Howe 
1934, Sept 27. Hist. to Ruth L. Sprague MLB
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[prestamped and cancelled]
[postmark: MARIETTA, OHIO JUL 25 1934 4:30 PM]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JUL 26 1934 DIV. REV. WAR. U.S.V.A.[illegible] 35]
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED SEP 22 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM. SENDER #69]
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Marietta, Ohio.
July 25, 1934.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of Peter Howe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly
/s/Ruth L. Sprague
Ruth L. Sprague,
211 Wooster St.
Marietta, Ohio.
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44428 N.H.
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV. ['illegible' crossed out]
MEMORANDA. [margin note: no w.]
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier: Peter Howe
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible)
Poultney Vt
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible)
Ohio
Date of death (as near as possible): [blank]
Christian name of widow: [blank]
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? [blank]
Remarks: [blank]
Your name and address:
John A Howe
Albany NY
Cassavant.
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[handwritten letter]

Commissioner Of Pensions
Washington D. C.  O.W. & N.

Dear Sir.
Will you kindly sent me the pension Record of Peter How? The Peter How whose Record I wish was born Aug. 14th 1756 - died in Ohio Dec. 12th 1842.
[receipt stamp: [illegible] JUN 19 1906]
address
Mrs C. Z. Gould
#2537. Davenport St.
Omaha, Nebraska.
June 15th 1906.
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Very respectfully,
/s/H. Clay Evans
Commissioner.

Mr. James A. Howe,
3 Highland Ave.,
Barre, Vt.

Full name of soldier, Peter Howe
Place of residence before service, (Town, county, and State.) Hopkinton, N. H. 
Place of residence after service, (Town, county, and State.)  "   "
Approximate date of death, [blank]
Given name of widow, Elizabeth
Did either soldier or his widow receive a pension? I do not know
Additional information, He is understood to have been a Sergeant in Capt. Joshua(?) Bayley's Company marching in July 1777 under Col. Stickney(?)
Signature,(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.) /s/Jas. A. Howe
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, 113 Franklin St., Lynn, Mass.

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 10th, 1841.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Peter Howe - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio - Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and ['Cents' crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832. has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March. to the 4th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Peter How
Hon'o S. F. Vinton
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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 Peter How 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? [blank]
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 so far as he claims
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made the 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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
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? yes
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? [blank]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
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? [blank]
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

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______; 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 accordingly 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 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 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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[VETERANS ADMINISTRATION LOGO]
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON

August 8, 1934
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IN REPLY REFER TO:
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[receipt stamp: RECEIVED SEP 22 1934
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS ADM SENDER 61]

Ruth L. Sprague
211 Wooster Street
Marietta, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Peter Howe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
With the data given by you it has not been possible for this office to identify the record of the particular soldier named Peter Howe in whom you are interested, should it be on file. 
In order to identify the record of Peter Howe, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him should be given: approximate dates of birth and death, places of resident at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 
Very truly yours
/s/A. D. Hiller
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

Peter Howe was born August 1-1756 at Marlborough, Mass. Died Dec. 19, 1842. Married Orinda Fuller.
He was in the Revolutionary War and after the war he was married to Orinda Fuller and settled in Rutland Co. Vermont where he remained until 1801 when he moved to Wash. Co. Ohio. Lived there about 25 years.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me I am,
Very truly yours,
/s/Ruth L. Sprague
211 Wooster St.
Marietta, O.
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3-525.
O. W. and N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., 

SLC.
Ser file 2325
Rev. War [margin note: OWN]

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Peter Howe, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
July 1777|6 mos.|[blank]|(Ebenezer Allen|Herrick (Rangers))|Vt.|
(78|2 wks|[blank]|(Holibert|building picket fort,)|[blank]|
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(same year scouting parties to Ticonderoga, Mount Indep. Crown Point etc. which service continued for two succeeding years)
Battles engaged in, Bennington Taking of Mt. Defiance Diamond Is 2" Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Poultney, Rutland Co., Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 13, 1832: allowed.
Residence at date of application, Ames Twp. Athens Co., Oh.
Age at date of application, B New Marlborough, Mass 1756.
Remarks: [blank]
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

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