Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,568, for Ephraim Rice, Massachusetts
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(3–1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

NUMBER
S. 18,568

Rice, Ephraim

carded

CONTENTS
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Vermont 18. [illegible]

Ephraim Rice. 18608
of Windham Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Knowlton of the Regt commanded
by Col. Dyke in the Mass. Ma
line for 14 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep
1833 and sent to P. White.
Partner. Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sp. 33                   $116.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 6 Mar. '34    23.33
                                                                  $139.98

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by EC Brown Clerk
Book E Vol. 3, Page 88
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No. 5. Windham County - Vermont -
Ephraim Rice - 
Decr. &c. for Pension.
July 30. 1832.

No 4283

Return to the made to
P. White
Putney Vt.
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County of Windham ss.     STATE OF VERMONT.

Probate District of Marlboro} 

At the Probate Court within and for the said District being a Court of Record, expressly to declared by statutes of this state, and [illegible] having a seal and Register or Clerk.

On this 30th day of July A.D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, [illegible] in said District
Present the Hon. Marshall Miller say - Judge of said Court.

Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting— Ephraim Rice a resident of Wardsboro in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy four - 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 entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated

He commenced his service in the Revolutionary War by enlisting on the 18th day of June in the year 1776 at the Town of Petersham in the County or Worcester and State of Massachusetts for the term of eight months and immediately went and joined the army at Cambridge near Boston and entered the Company commanded by Capt Holman does not recollect the name of the field officer was Huntchindon Winter Hill there I regularly served out  said term of eight months was a great portion of the time on fatigue, in entering for tipiation, and at the close of said term again inlited for the term of two months [illegible] in the company commanded by Capt. Syekidd Knowlton in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dyke and was stationed on Dorchester point during the two months service, and helped build the for on the point, near there then the British [illegible] Boston and was discharged at Dorchester Point in an month of April 1776 - but receiving no written discharge – and that afterwards, the first day of June 1777 he enlisted at said Petersham for the term of four months and entered the Company of Capt Woodbury in Col. Job Cushing's Regiment & May, Around that he immediately marched from there to Bennington, through [illegible] & Williamstown from there to Half Moon point from there up the River to Lake George - from there retreated to Stillwater and soon after his surrender was discharged. 

He does not know of any persons living who were out with him or were knowing to his serving - He further states that he [illegible] in a number of skirmishes listed in the [illegible] of service and in the [illegible] & Burgoyne's Armies - His services perfoermed were [illegible] 

[noted in margin: 8, 2, 4, 14 mos.]

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.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:

1. He was born at Petersham in the year 1758

2. He has no [illegible] in his [illegible] only what he made himself

3. He was living in Petersham when he entered his service at [illegible] inlistments - Moved from Petersham to Bennington Vt. more than fifty years ago - and lived there about 3 years then moved to [illegible] lived there a number of years & then moved to Wardsboro' where he now lives, - 

4. He inlisted voluntarily both times

[5. is illegible]

6. He received no discharge at the expiration of the first term of service - received one at his [illegible] of the term signed by Gen. Lincoln - which discharge has long been lost - how or when he knows not —

7. See names Dean Cheard Walke & Asa [illegible] [illegible] Clergyman being present - 

Ephraim Rice
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[illegible text in upper left margin, followed by numerical notations 8, 2, 4, 14 mos.]

 6. He received no discharge at the expiration of the first term of service - received on at the close of the second signed by Gen. Lincoln - which discharge has long been lost - how or when he knows not -

7. He names Dean Edward Walker & Asa Whelock Esq - no clergyman being present - 

Ephraim Rice


Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Marshall Miller Judge of Probate

We Dan. Edward Walker, residing tin the town of Wardsboro in said District - and Asa Whelock Esq. of Wardsboro in said District & County - hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Rice - - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four - - 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.

Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 

Edward Walker
Asa Wheelock

Marshal Miller Judge of Probate

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 Edward Walker, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Wardsborogh and that Asa Wheelock who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Wardsborough in said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Rice for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirtieth day of July A.D. 1832

James Elliot, Prob. Register.
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Evidence in 
case of Ephm. Rice
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The affidavit of Revd. James Tufts of Wardsboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont - Who testifies and says that he has been regular said Congregational Minister, in said Wardsboro for 38 years last past and that during the share of twenty years past he has been well acquainted with Ephraim Rice of said Wardsboro and that said Rice has been a member of his church during said term - and that he should suppose said Rice to be 76 years of age - and that it's the opinion of his neighbors that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War - and that he concurs in the opinion And said Tufts says that he is 68 years of age

James Tufts

State of Vermont
Windham County ss}

May 8th 1832 sworn to and subscribed before me

Phineas White Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the Revd. Mr. Tufts is in [illegible] Clergyman and a man of undoubted truth [illegible]

Phineas White Justice of Peace

State of Vermont - 
Whindham County Court Clerks Office,
New Fane, May 27. A.D. 1833.

I certify that Phineas White, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid are his signatures - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court as the day and year above written

James Elliot, Clerk
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The affidavit of Mrs. Marcy French, wife of [illegible] Asa French, aged 72 years of Battleboro in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, also testifies and says that in the year 1775 the year the Revolutionary War commenced, she lived in the town of Petersham in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, with her father Amos Rice and well recollects that her brother, Ephraim Rice, now of Wardsboro in the County of Windham aforesaid, inlisted in the spring of said year and left home for the army, and that she, Deponent, recollects of packing up her said brothers' clothes when he left - and also recollects receiving letters from his family while he was absent. and that according to her recollection he the said Ephraim, returned home the next spring following in the year 1776 - And that afterwards in the month of June in the year 1777. the said Ephraim went again into the Army, as a substitute for their father Amos Rice, as she understood, and as her mother and several other members of t he family were then sick - well recollects that she had no care and trouble of fixing and preparing his clothes, for his departure - and also, she recollects that the said Ephraim Returned home again the next fall, not long after news was received of the surrender of Borgoyne and his army some time the latter part of the month of October - and further saith not - -

Marcy French

State of Vermont
Windham County ss }

May 16th 1833 sworn & subscribed in due form - - -

Before me Thomas White Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that Mrs. Marcy French who subscribed the above affidavit is a person of undoubted truth and veracity

P White Justice of the Peace
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The affidavit of Jonas Rice of Brattleboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont who testifies and says that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Rice formerly of Petersham in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, now residing in the town of Wardsboro Windham County, Vermont - and that about the last day or first of June in the year 1775 he the said Jonas Rice and the said Ephraim Rice were living with their Father, Amos Rice, in the said town of Petersham, and well remember that the said Ephraim inlisted for the term or eight months, and left home to join the American Army, then near Boston, and was gone from home,  till about the last of January 1776 - after the said Ephraim returned home and informed that he came on furlough and that he had inlisted for two months longer and after staying three or four days left again for the army, as was then understood, and was gone till about the first of April following having been gone, from the time of his first inlistment ten months - 

And that afterwards in the summer of 1777, according to his best recollection, some time in the month of June, the said Ephraim again left home, at said Petersham, for the Army, at the north, as a substitute for his said Father, Amos Rice, who had been drafted - and was gone till about the last of October following - returned and after was surrender of Burgoyne and his Army - and well recollects of hearing that said Ephraim on his return, telling t hat he was in the last Battle fought between the Americans Army and Burgoyne's - and that he saw Burgoyne and his army march out and surrender to Gen Gates and his Army - - And further says that the said Jonas is now in the 39th year of his age - -

Jonas Rice

State of Vermont
Windham County ss}

May 24th 1833 sworn to and subscribed 
Before me Phineas White Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that Jonas Rice who has submitted the above affidavit is a man of 
undoubted truth and veracity —

P. White Justice of Peace
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Ephraim Rice
S. 18568

RECORD DIVISION

3—525

BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 18.568

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Rice a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.     LENGTH OF SERVICE.     RANK.     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.    STATE.
                                                                                                                                             CAPTAIN.                            COLONEL.
June 1st 1775                                                                                                     Priv.         Holman                                                                                   Mass.
                                                                                  April 1, 1776                                      [illegible]                              Dyke

June 1 1777                                                             4 months                                           Woodbury                            John Cushing

Battles engaged in, Surr. of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Petersham, Worcester Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, July 30 1832 His el. al
Residence at date of application, Wardsboro, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, born in 1758 at Petersham, Mass. the month January [illegible]*

Remarks: No date [illegible] family, see notation [arrow]

{Pages containing testimony
of Jas. Tufts Marcy French 
& Jonas Rice were found in 
claim of Daniel Breck S 7355
Said pages were placed 
in claim of Ephraim Rice 
subsequent to date this 
history was written.
w.c.s.}

Very respectuflly,

Commissioner
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P

18568

INVALID.

File No. 18,568
Ephraim Rice
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32

Index:—Vol. 1, Page 442

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Feb. 17/99  Mil Heisl & Mrs. C. B. Lawson
Brattleboro, Vt.       C

Oct. 18, 1902
Rev. Guy C. Lamson
Montpelier Vt.

Feby 23 - 1904, His to
Mrs. Earl O. Matlock
Indianapolis, Ind

1912 Dec to Hist. to Lilie M. Ware. V.L.M
1917 March 6 Hist. to Mr. H.H. Rice
1921 Oct. 15 Hist to Rena F. Armstrong.
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4283
Ephraim Reic

Amt - 
14 mos

P. White
Putney
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
April 25 1893

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, shewing 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 the declaration is supported.

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr Ephraim Rice
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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.
Sate, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.

On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before               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 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 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 exexpected. 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 Solder.
{Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. 
{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 for low in 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 period or periods 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 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 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 their service. This form of a declaration is 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 union 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.

[hand] The notes from [a] to [ ] 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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R

Brattleboro Vt. Feb 5 1894

Bared of Pension
of the Rev War
in reply to your Letter 
of Jan 27 will say & wish
that Ephraim Rice was
a Pensioner in the Rev 
War as proof from my [illegible]
will not do   will you [illegible]
look on the list and reply
at once to Mrs. C B Lawson
32 Washington at
Brattleboro
Vermont

PS

if his age is given will you please [illegible]
[illegible]
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This information is desired
that - I may prove I am a 
Descndant from a Partarait
that I may become a
Daugher of the Revolution
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P [illegible]

Brattleboro Jan 16 1894

Bureau of Pensions of
the Rev —  War

Will you please write me
on the enclosed sheet 
what Reckard you have 
of Ephraim Rice
who went from Vermont
I think he must have gone
from Brattleboro or Daummerston
please write all his reckard
you have and I want it.
at [illegible] to use

Mrs. C B Lawson
Brattleboro
32 Washington St Vermont

he was a Pensioner in the 
Revo-War and his pension went to
Wardsboro Vermont
where he lived
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[rectangular stamp as follows]

U.S.P.S. [one letter in each corner]
OLD WAR AND NAVY
JAN 19 1894
FILES

[circular stamp as follows]

PENSION OFFICE
G
JAN 
18
1894
US
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Brattleboro Vt Jun 27 1894

Bureau of Pension
of the Rev War

I wrote some time ago
and asked you for a
letter stating all you
had regarded of 
Ephraim Rice who 
was a Pensioner in the 
Revolutionary War and
enlisted from Brattleboro as Fort
Dummer I think    I wished
for this information before Feb 1
if possible   I enclosed stamp in last
letter for reply if there is a fee
for the information please let me
know (address Mrs. C B Lawson
32 Washington of Brattleboro Vermont
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[circular stamp as follows]

PENSIONS OFFICE 
O
JAN 30
1894
US

[rectangular stamp as follows]
OLD WAR AND NAVY
FEB 1 1894
FILES.
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CR

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Montpelier, Vt.
GUY C. LAMSON, Pastor.

9 Liberty St., Montpelier, Vt. Aug. 9th - 1902

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me the military record of Ephraim Rice in the war of the American Revolution? He was a pensioner. His pension was forwarded to him at Wardsboro, Vermont, I believe, where he died Jan. 18" 1858. I wish the record for my genealogical purposes. Thanking you in advance

I remain
Faithfully Yours
Guy C Lamson
Montpelier,
Vermont.

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Grafton, Massachusetts

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

I am a lineal descendant of Ephraim Rice who died at Wardsboro Jan - 1851. He drew his pension while living in Wardsboro.

Are you willing to certify to his drawing a pension as a revolutionary soldier. 

I am anxious to joint the society of D.A.R. and an early answer is desired.

Respectfully
Mrs. Lilla M. Ware
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GEORGE JEPSON, SIOUX CITY
W. G. SEARS, SIOUX CITY
J. W. ANDERSON, ONAWA

REPORTERS
H. D. HAMILTON, SIOUX CITY
C. C. HAMILTON, SIOUX CITY
C. J. HAMILTON, SIOUX CITY

JUDICIAL CHAMBERS
DISTRICT COURT, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

SIOUX CITY, IOWA. Feb. 20th 1917

Department of the Interior D.C. 

Referring to Revolutionary Soldiers records. am anxious to get as full a report of Ephriam Rice. (Grandson) as you can kindly give me - my information is that he was a private in the Massachusetts Militia; placed on pension roll Sept. 21st 1833. Am anxious to find out where frm and all other information you may have. 

As a vetren of the civil war am now quite interested in learning of family tree.

Thanking you in advance for a transcript as above asked I am

Most Respectfully
H.H. Rice
Deputy Sherrif Woodbery
Co. Iowa

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Plymouth; Died
Sept. 23 - 21.

Revolutionary War Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: - Will you please send me the Pension Record of Ephraim Rice of Vermont. He was a soldier of Rev. War who lived to be 95 years old & received a pension for his services. Brn 1756-1851.

I would like this information to establish my eligibility to membership in the D.A.R.

Yours Truly,
Rena Fulton Armstrong
226 Sophia Rt., 
Plymouth, 
Indiana.

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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,

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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Rice, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. June 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 8 mo.

RANK. Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Holman
COLONEL. not remembered

STATE. Mass

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Mch. 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 " [months]

RANK. " [Pvt.]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Knowlton
COLONEL. Dyke

STATE. " [Mass]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 " [months]

RANK. " [Pvt.]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Wooddary
COLONEL. Cushing

STATE. " [Mass]

Battles engaged in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Petersham Mass
Date of application for pension, July 30 1832
Residence at date of application, Wardsboro Vt.
Age at date of application, 74 yrs.

Remarks:

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

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Mrs. C.B. Lawson
Brattleboro
Vt.