Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,306, Samuel Bennet, Mass. Vt.
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Mass.      Bennet, Samuel    S. 18.306
Vt.

Contents                             Cardid
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Vermont  18.615
Samuel Bennet of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain ---------- of the Regt. commanded by Col. Carpenter in the [illegible] line for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 55 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1833 and [illegible]

Walter Palmer Woodstock

Arrears to the 4th day of Sept 1833 $137.50
Semi-ant allowance ending [illegible] $27.50
                                                            $165.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 3 Page 53
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3899
Saml. Bennet
Declaration
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STATE OF VERMONT
WINDSOR COUNTY SS.}

On this 4t day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Samuel Bennet a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers, and served herein stated in 1777 he lived at Middleborough in the State of Massachusetts sometime in the month of August in the said year he was drafted & marched to Rhode Island in Capt Isaac Woods Company in Colo Carpenters Regiment Staid about one month when he returned home, the first of October in the same year he was drafted & marched to Rhode  Island in Capt Nehemiah Allens Company in Colo Theophilus Cottons Regiment Staid the month of October when he returned home, tat in the year 1778 he entered for three months in Capt John Barrows Company in Colo Abijah Stearns Regiment Massachusetts State troops for the last of March in the said year he marched to Boston & staid there & at Roxbury until the second day of July when he returned home  General Heath had the command while he was at Boston at the last part of July in the same year returned as a [illegible] in  Genl Sullivans expedition onto Rhode Island in Capt Elisha Haskell Company in Colo Benya Harris Rebiment in Genl Solomon Lovell Brigade Staid there about six weeks during which time he was in the Battle on Rhode Island when he returned home in the year 1780 he removed to Woodstock in the State of Vermont in the year 1781 sometime in the month of February he engaged in the service under the authority of what is now the State of Vermont for ten months under Lieutenand Beriah Green that during the time he was some part of it scouting and the remaining part stationed at a small fort in Bethel in said state. After his time of service had expired he returned to said Woodstock where he now resides ------
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that in the year 1778 when he was at Boston & Rhode Island he knew Genl Sullivan La Fayette & Green & c that he has no Documentary evidence, having never had a written discharge, that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except the testimony hereunto annexed------that
he was born in Middleborough Massachusetts
21st November 1759 where it is [illegible] & he also recorded it in his Bible, having resided in the said town of Woodstock almost the whole of the time since the close of the revolutionary war is known to most of the inhabitants of said town & in [illegible] to
Revd. Seth Sterlin & Doct J.D. Powers who can testify to his character & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution

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.
Sworn to subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
Samel Bennet
Mann Register

We, Seth Stulin a Clergyman residing in Woodstock and John D. Powers residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 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. Seth Sterlin
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
J D Powers
L. Marsh, Register
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 Seth Sterlin who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Woodstock and that John D. Powers who has also signed the same, is a resident in
Woodstock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Bennett for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
fourth day of August
A. D. 1832
day of August
L. Marsh
Register
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Note: the below words have a large X across them

State of Vermont
on the 4 day of August 1832
Windsor County personly came Joseph Foster a credible witness after being duly sworn doth
depose & say that he is acquainted with Samuel
Bennet & was acquainted with him in 1781
knows that he served two months as state
by him in his declaration the deponant served
with him in the same company & on the same day personally came Philemon Sampson & Eleazer Wood both credible witnesses & after being duly sworn doth depose & say
that they are acquainted with Saml Bennet
& was acquainted with him in 1778 & know
that he served three months as stated in his
declaration
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3899
Samuel Bennet

Admit
1 year 4 months & 15 days
55
110.
27.50

Walter Palmer
Woodstock Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 23d 1833

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 show 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 Samuel Bennet.

Period when the service was rendered
1777
1778
1781

Duration of the
claimant's service. Years. Months. Days
1 4 15

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Colo Carpenter
Colo Cotton
Colo Stearns
Colo Horr

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.
Age 78
lived in Middleborough Mass when he entered the service

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Affidavit of
Eleazer Wood
Joseph Foster
John Ellis &
Philemon Sampson

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

Mr. Samuel Bennett
Windsor Vt_
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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.
Territor
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
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
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
in the matter of the application of
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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
{To a Soldier, and what has become of it?
office have you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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.
┃ The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
confirming to the rule.
at must make his declaration a
in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
very 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 s
service, and I
the different grades in which is saved, in language so
that man in
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
is
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he can
swear positively as to the precise length
recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--Foraccording to
the best of his
yearmonths
, and-
-- For -- months and --
- days, I served as aand
for such service I claim a pension."
in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
and
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
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;
particular place or place where the service
WES
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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Con
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always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 cuthenticating 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.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found a
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 my
runner 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.
☞ The
notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Saml Bennett
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State of Vermont Woodstock May 30th 1833
Windsor County ⎬ Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of peace within & for the County of Windsor, Samuel Bennett who being duly sworn deposeth & sayeth that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades
For one year four month & fifteen days
I served as a Private & for such service I claim
a Pension, & for the time during which the same was performed I was not imployed in any civil pursuit. That I served with an embodied Corpse called into service by competant authouty & performed the service as I have stated in my said Declaration which this is an addition or amendment thereto -
Samuel Bennet
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above written
Geo. C. Wales.
Justice of peace
State of Vermont} I Benjamin Swan Clerk
Windsor County} of Windsor County Court do
hereby certify that George E Wales who
has affixed his name to the above
is a Magistrate duly qualified &
that the above is his Genuine Signature, In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of said Court at Woodstock
this 30th day of May AD 1833
Benj Swan
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

April 1, 1924

Edgar R. Harlan
Des Moines
Iowa
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18306, it appears that Samuel Bennet was
born November 21, 1759, in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
While residing in Middleborough, Massachusetts, he enlisted in August 1777 and served one month as private in Captain Isaac
Wood's Company, Colonel Carpenter's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted October 1, 1777, and served one month in Captain Nehemiah Allen's Company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's Massachusetts
Regiment.
He enlisted late in March 1778 in Captain John Barrow's Company, Colonel Abijah Stearns' Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged
July 2, 1778.
He enlisted late in July 1778 and served six weeks in Captain Elisha Haskell's Company, Colonel Benjamin Hawes' Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of Rhode Island.
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Having moved to Woodstock, Vermont, in 1780, he enlisted in February 1781, and served ten months in Lieutenant Beriah Green's Vermont Company, at the Fort in Bethel.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 4,1832, while residing in Windsor County, Vermont.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above is the only Samuel Bennet who enlisted from Middleborough, Massachusetts, found on the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Ebenezer Wood
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I Eleazer Whttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngood of Woodstock County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify and say that that I was acquainted with Samuel
Bennett in 1778 that the said Bennett was in the service at Roxbury in Capt Barrolles Company in the Regiment do not recall that I was in the same company that the said Bennett served three months-
& further deponant sayeth not
Eleazer Wood

State of Vermont} 
Windsor County}
Woodstock County Clerks Office August 4th 1832 then Eelzear Wood
personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & I hereby say that the said Eleazer Wood is a credible witness.
Walter Palmer
Justice of Peace
---

State of Vermont}
Windsor County} 
Woodstock County Clerks Office 8th August 1832 I Benjamin
Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, Do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his signature-
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and
subscribe my name the day & year last above
Wiley or County ┃
Benj Swan
___________
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John Ellis                             Affidavit of John Ellis
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I John Ellis of Barnard County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify and say that I was acquainted with Samuel Bennett in the town of Middleborough in the State of Massachusetts that the said Bennett was with me in the service of the United States one month or Rhode Island in the year 1777 in Colo Theophilus Cottons Regiment Massachusetts State Troops in Capt Allens Company I was also knowing of the said Bennett being at Rhode Island once more the same year but the Regiment he belonged to do not ...
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Joseph Foster
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I Joseph Foster of Barnard County of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify & say that in 1781 I was acquainted with Samuel Bennett that the said Bennett was in Lieut Greens Company, that I was in the same company with him stationed at a small Fort in Bethel Vermont & as near as I can recollect he served two month

Joseph Foster
& further deponent sayeth not

State of Vermont
Windsor County
Woodstock August 4th A.D. 1832
Then Joseph Foster personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & I do hereby certify that the said Joseph Foster is a credible witness.

Walter Palmer
Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County
Woodstock County Clerk's Office
August 8th 1832, I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county and that the above is his Signature.

In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year last above.

Benj. Swan
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Philemon Sampson
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I Philemon Sampson of Woodstock County of
Windsor & State of Vermont of lawfull age testify
& say that in 1781 I was acquainted with Saml
Bennett that he was in the service at Bethel Vermont in Sergt Benjamins company in Colo Waite Regimt that the said Bennett served nine months that I was in the same company.

& further deponent sayeth not
Philemon Sampson

State of Vermont
Windsor County

Woodstock August 4th AD 1832

Then Philemon Sampson personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me & I hereby certify that the said Philemon Sampson is a credible witness.

Walter Palmer
Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County
Woodstock County Clerk's Office
8th August 1832, I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said county and that the above is his Signature.

In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year last above.

Benj. Swan
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TRUSTEES
GOVERNOR N. E. KENDALL
CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS ARTHUR
Judge William D. Evans
Judge Byron W. Preston
Judge Truman S. Stevens
Judge Frederick F. Faville
Judge Lawrence DeGraff
Judge Charles W. Vermillion
Hon. W. C. Ramsay
Secretary of State
Hon. May E. Francis
Sup't Public Instruction

Historical Department of Iowa
[Founded by Charles Aldrich]
Edgar R. Harlan, Curator

Des Moines, March 21, 1924

Gentlemen:

Will you please send us the pension record of
Samuel Bennett, enlisted first at Middlebourough, Mass.,
private, served through years from 1775 - 1778, and at
close of service was on pay roll of Rhode Island.
Sincerely yours,
ER Harlan
Curator

U. S. Pension Department
Washington, D. C.

Pension Mar 27 1924  S
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Mrs. D. C. Gebhardt's letters of Mar. 10 and Apr 8, '24, returned
v. & 1812 Wars Section

April 14, 1924
Samuel Bennett
S. 18306

Mrs. D. C. Gebhardt
Knoxville
Iowa

Madam:

In response to your letters of the 10th ultimo and 8th instant, herewith enclosed, I have to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on
file on account of the services of
Samuel Bennett he was born March 26, 1736.
Samuel Bennett, who died January 11, 1778.
Samuel Bennett who served as private in Captain Abiel Pearce's (2nd) Company which marched to Marshfield on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service two days.
Samuel Bennett reported on a return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Captain Abishai Tinkham's Company, Colonel Sprout's 4th Regiment, dated February 19, 1778, residence Middleborough; enlisted for town of Middleborough, aged 41 years, joined Captain Benson's Company, Colonel Putnam's 5th Regiment, enlistment 3 years,
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mustered by James Hatch, Muster Master.

All spellings of the name, Bennett, have been searched.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner