Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,312, John Bemis, Mass. Vt.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                             NUMBER
Mass      Bemis, John S.     18.312
Vt..
carded
CONTENTS
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State of Vermont
County of Windham    Probate District of Marlborough
at the Probate Court within and
for said District. Present the Hon
Marshall Miller Esquire Judge - On this 2d day
Oct A.D. 1832 personally appeared John Bemis in this
court a resident of Dummerston in the County of
Windham and State of Vermont aged Eighty years
into 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 Jan
7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as
as stated - That between the 1st and 4th day of September
1777 he enlisted in the town of Westminster Mass into a company
of minute men under Captain Noah Miles & Lieut Samuel 
Lawin & Ensign Edmund Bemis- I kept myself equipped and was
drilled twice a week-- About the last of September [illegible] 
alarm of the British convey out & I am out with the company
often unto to Lancaster. From thence returned & still continued
equipped and ready to march until the 19th of April 1775
where an started on the alarm of the British came out to Concord
we marched first to Concord & the thru Lexington to Cambridge
where we remained till the forepart of July when we marched to
Charleston and remained there at Prospect Hill till the end
of July 1776 -- on the 1st of May 1775 at Cambridge. I enlisted
under Capt Edmund Bemis, Lieuts. John House and
David Foster for eight months, & served out the whole term
til July 1776 as before stated. The field officers under whom
I served were Col Asa Whitcomb-- Brig Gen Nathl Green
Major Sawyer Adjutant Jeremiah Gager - Again the
1st day of July 1777- at Brattleboro Vt I volunteered
under Capt John Sargent & Lient Timothy Church &
[illegible] to go to Ticonderoga. I was out on this
service two months. - Hereby relinguishes any claim
relative 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. In answer to the interrogatories
as prescribed by the war depart he explains
Bemis, John (Vt)
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Jany 1776 said Brigade was stationed in
the latter part of his time on Prospect Hill
near Boston

1st. that he was born in Westminster in the State of
Massachusetts in the year 1752
2nd That the town book has a record of his age
3rd that the 1st & 2 times that he was called into the service
he lived in Westminster afsd and & the 3d time in Brattleboro Vt
4th That since the revolutionary war he has lived in
Brattleboro about twenty years and in Dummerston
Vt. ever since & at this time
5th addition to the officers already mentioned to action
Gen Issac Putnam, Gen John Sullivan
6th He never received any written discharge
7th He refers to Stephen Greenleaf, Marshall William Joseph
Duncan, Asa Dutton as persons who know his
character for truth and believe that he served in
army of the revolution
John Bemis

subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate

We Francis Goodhue and Nathaniel Bliss residing in sd Brattleboro
within a short distance of the residence of the sd John Bemis
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
John Bemis who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration; that we believe him to be
eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Francis Goodhue
Nathaniel Bliss

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
Signed & Sealed anew July 3, 1833
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Court do hereby declare that 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 solder &
served as he states
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And the court further certifies
that it appear to them that Francis Goodhue and Nathaniel 
Bliss are residents in the town of Brattleboro of respectable 
standing and that their statements are entitled
to credit

I James Elliot Register of the Probate Court within
and for the District of Marlboro aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing and the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of John Bemis for a pension. In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office this 2d day of August, A.D. 1832.
James Elliott Prob. Regr

State of Vermont Windham County Court
Clerks Office, New Fane August A.D. 1832. I certify that
Jonathan D. Bradley, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the
Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and
that the annexed (below) is his signature. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the said County Court on the day and year
above written
James Elliot, Clerk

I [illegible faint]
and state of Vermont [illegible] of lawful age do depose and testify and
sat that my brother John Bemis town of Westminster
in the county of Worcester state of Massachusetts 
enlisted to do duty in a company of minute men commanded
by Captain Noah Miles - Lieut [illegible] 
Edmund Berris said company was sent to said town
of Westminster and said John Bemis enlisted on the 1
or one of the three or four first day of Sept 1774
and marched to the neighborhood of Boston on the
19th of April AD. 1777 and them on the first day
May - He then on the day of his returning the first
of May 1777 enlisted as I did to the Company commanded by
Capt [illegible] Lieut in and
and one Foster, in a regiment commanded by Col
Asa Whitcomb in Greens brigade and continued
in said Company in the first day of
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January 1776 said Brigade was stationed
in the latter part of said time on prospect Hill
near Boston
Joseph Bemis

State of Vermont
Windham County 
Brattleboro Then Aug 12
personally appeared the above name
Joseph Bemis and after being [illegible]
and duly cautioned made Solemn oath that the
above affidavit by him subscribed are the
truth and nothing but the truth
before me L J Bradley Justice of the Peace

[the remainder of this page is too faint to read}
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State of Vermont Windham County
Court Clerks Office New Fane July 
3, 1833 I certify that Jona Bradley
and Wm B. Hayes esquires are Justices
of the Peace within and for said County 
of Windham aforesaid, and that their 
signatures to the certificates of the declarations 
of Joseph Bemis and Salathiel 
Harris are genuine - in testimony 
whereof I have hereunto [illegible]
and affixed the seal of said county court
the day and year written above
James Elliot Clerk

Salathiel Harris of Brattleboro in the County of
do and State of Vermont do depose testify
That I am in my seventy third year
That about the 1st of July 1777 - John Bemis the
of Brattleboro & now of Dummerston in the State of
Vermont volunteered for the service of the United States
into a company of militia commanded by Capt John
Sergeant and Lieut Timothy Church and Black Smith
for the purpose of going to Ticonderoga - I know of
his being in the service at this campaign or two
months from the 1st of July to the 1st of September
and was in the same company with him
Salathiel Harris

State of Vermont
Brattleboro August 2d 1832
Then personally appeared Salathiel Harris
made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by
in subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the
the before me Wm R Hays Justice of the Peace

i hereby certify that the above named Salathiel Harris is a 
credible witness
attest Wm R Hayes Justice of the Peace

Bemis, John (Vt.)
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State of New York   I. Samuel S. Clark Clerk of the County
Franklin County   ⎬ of Franklin aforesaid Do hereby certify
that Henry Stevens Junior, before whom the 
within affidavit of Henry Stevens purports to
have been made, and who signed the certificate 
thereunto annexed, was on the day of
the date of said certificate a Justice of the
peace in and for said County, duly appointed
and sworn- And further, that I am well acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe
the signature to the said within certificate is the proper hand
writing of the said Justice and genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said County the 20th day of
July AD 1832.
Saml S. Clark Clerk
---
Bemis, John (vt)

Windham Co. Vermont
John Bemis Dec for
whom August 2 1832

No. 2.870
2.870
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No 18463
Vermont
John Bemis
Windham Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the company command
by Captain Miles
of the Regt commanded
by Col. Whitcomb in the Mass. Troop & Vt do
line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
 at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Sept
1833 and sent to J. Elliot
New Fane Vt

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   120.00
Allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 30.00
$150.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832       ⎬
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 53
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John Bemis's
New Declaration
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John Bemis of Dummerston in the County of Windham
State of Vermont aged eighty one years, make the following
in addition to his former declaration for a pension, his
former declaration was made August 2d A.D. 1832-
That he enlisted as a minute man, as stated in his former
declaration and did occasional service, such as exercising
in said company until the first day of May 1775 not 1776
as stated in his former declaration which was a mistake,
on the first day of May 1775, he enlisted at Cambridge Mass.
into a company commanded by Capt. Edmond Bemis Massachusetts troops as stated in
his declaration; for eight months, was immediately employed in
entrenching and building what was called Fort No 2 at said
Cambridge, was called every manner; and occasionally exercised
on the 17th day of June 1775 about the middle of the afternoon
Col. Whitcomb's Regiment, to which I belonged, Cols. Wends and he thinks & Colo, Sargent
Regiments were marched on to Charleston Neck, (Charleston was
then on fire), the Regiment remained there nearly an hour 
the British opened such a fire upon us that we retreated back
to Cambridge, were imployed there in building the Fort and
exercising until the latter part of July, when we there marched
to Charleston near Prospect Hill, where we were joined by a Regiment
from Virginia, he thinks, commanded by a Col, Thomson &
Major Morgan about the first of August was marched on to
Prospect Hill was employed there in exercising and building a line
of Forts and entrenchments which were nearly a mile in length, and entrenching
untill the first day of Jany 1776 at which time his term of service
was out and was there discharged, did not receive a written discharge
Recollects Colo. Wards Regiment was stationed with Col. Whitcomb's at Cambridge
Recollects Gen. Ward, Gen. Green, Gen. Putman, Gen. Washington,
Marion Brewer, Whitcomb, Vernon, Hitchcock & Dolittle
Voluntarily enlisted again the 1st day of July 1777 at Brattleboro,
Windham County Vermont, into a company commanded by
Capt. John Sargent, as stated in his declaration, for two months,
was called New York militia, marched from sd Brattleboro
through Charleston N.H. Springfield S. Cavendish Ludlow
to near Clarendon, orders came to return back to Brattleboro
from Brattleboro marched to Manchester was stationed there
until Sept. was the discharged Sept. 1. 1777 served two
months at that time, did not received a written discharge
He was a private during all his term of service. He states that
he was not employed in any civil pursuit, during his term of service from
the first day of May 1775 to the 1st day of Jany 1776 nor during his
months service from 1st day of July 1777 to the 1st day of Sept.
1777- He refers to the depositions of Henry Stevens, Joseph Bemis and Salathiel
Harris to prove his services which he herewith transmit to the War Department
Dummerston June 27th 1833-  John Bemis
State of Vermont      Dummerston June 27-- 1833 Personally appeared John
Windham County⎬  Bemis and made oath to the truth of the above declaration
by him subscribed Before me Marshall Miller Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont  Windham County Court Clerk's Office

New Fane July 3 - A.D. 1833. I certify that Marshall
Miller is one of the Justices of the Peace within
and for the County of Windham aforesaid,
and that the within is his signature
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said County
Court on the day and year above written
James Elliot, Clerk


John Bemis
New Declaration
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case of Johnn Bemis
New Declaration, &c.
Admitted
18 months
$60-
J Elliott Esq
New Fane Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
19 April 1835
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, showing the Service of

Period when service was rendered
1774 1775
1776
1777

Duration of the claimant's service
Years    Mos    Days
   -            8
  -            8
  -            2
               18 

Rank of the claimant
Private 

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Col. Whitcomb
Gen. Green-
Adj. Jeremiah Gage
Gen. Lee-

Age at present,
and place of abode
Aged 81
Westminster
Mass.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Joseph Bemis 
Henry Stevens
Salathiel Harris

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

Mr. John Bemis
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2 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, musicians 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. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District 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 pension 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 enered 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. [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 day 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 --- 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 expected. 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 Soldier 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 he 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 follow the rules laid down for his guidance 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were 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 clamant 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 worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----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 miliia, &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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that 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 opinion 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 in 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 once, 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 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 credibly of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. the notes [a] to [i] are 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 indispensible 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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information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Sept 1774
Apr 19, 1775
May 1775
July 1, 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
May 1, 1775
8 mo.
2 mo.

RANK.
Minuteman
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.Noah Miles
     "
Edmund Bunns 
John Sargeant

COLONEL.
Asa Whitcomb

STATE.
Mass
Vt
Battles engaged in, Retreated from the British at Charleston Neck 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at [illegible] Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 2, 1832
Residence at date of application, Dummerston Windham County Vermont
Age at date of application, born at [illegible] Massachusetts in 1752
Remarks: Soldiers brother Joseph was a resident of
Dummerston Vt in 1832

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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18312
INVALID.
File No. 18312
John Bemis
Pri Rev War
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Act: Jan 7 32
Index:--Vol. 1 Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]


1911 May 4 Hist to Mrs
E. M. Shaffner, S.L.M.
Letter in S. 18535 Joshua
Bemis
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State of Vermont     Brattleboro June 18th 1833
Windham County ⎬ Jonathan Huntley a clergyman
residing in Dummerston in sd County
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John
Bemis who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that I believe him him to be eighty one 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 I concur in that opinion
Jonathan Huntley

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year
aforesaid, Before
Wm R Hayes
Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
New Fane July 3 - A.D. 1833. I certify that
Wm R. Hayes Esqr is one of the Justice of
the Peace within and for the County of
Windham aforesaid, and that the above is
his signature - In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said County Court on the
day and year above written

James Elliot, Clerk