Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18806, Joshua Durant, Mass. N.H.
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SERVICE 
Mass.                    
N. H.

Durant, Joshua

NUMBER   S. 18806

carded
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[Set.?]  Hon. Henry Hubbard
Sept. 9, 1835 = [?] to Same
[illegible] 10 Sept.
Jan 13 1837 - [?] to same [?]
P. Agt.  1837

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th March 1837 to 6 April 1838  Agt. notified 6 March 1841


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Vermont, 18,700
Joshua Durant
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont, who was a pr & Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the Regt commanded by Col. Bridges in the Mass [& Vermont?] line for 3 mo. 23 days  Ensign
20 [mo] 7 [days] private

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 105 Dollars 12 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept. 1833 and sent to R. Temple  Rutland Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33  $262.85
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar, '34  52.81
[total]  $315.66

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1932.

Recorded by Ele Brown, Clerk
Book E  Vol 3  Page 60
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
February 12th, 1841

Sir:  Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing this payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the child of Joshua Durant, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of One hundred & five Dollars and 12 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 6th April 1838.

Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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No. 3129

Joshua Durant 

[unknown]

Ensign 3 mos.

Private 21 [mos.]
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State of Vermont
I Robert Pierpoint Clerk of Rutland County Court do certify that Robert Pierpoint before whom the foregoing declaration was taken, is a Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Rutland, and that his signature thereto is in jis own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said County at Rutland this 25th day of July 1832
[signed] R Pierpoint
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STATE OF VERMONT
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.}
 On this 24th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before Robert Pierpoint, Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland district now, Joshua Durant, a resident the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 78 years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  In 1775 he being a minute man [illegible] [illegible] when the British troops came to [illegible] and and was in the Battle of Lexington and immediately after that battle he enlisted with Capt Benj Walkers company in Col.  Bridges Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, Lieut Col. Parker [illegible] Brooks Lieut Fitch for eight months and served out that time at Cambridge & in the vicinity of Boston he was [illegible] to Lt Col Parker, and before the Battle of Bunker Hill Lt Col Parker told him to stay with his baggage and when he needed him he would call for him, but Lt Col Parker & Capt Walker were both killed in the action[.] at the time his eight months expired he enlisted into Capt. Barns Company Col Robinsons Regiment and served until after the British Troops left Boston & our army marched in .  was there when a number of Scout troops were taken who were into Boston supposing the British had possession of the town and [illegible] in guarding the prisoners [.] he was discharged in June 1776 he thinks, having served fourteen months, a few days after he again enlisted for two months [with?] Capt John Fords Company, Col. Reeds Regiment Massachusetts Troops Leut [Helderek?], and served [three?] weeks  he marched for Ticonderoga went through Charleston N.H. & Rutland Co. to Ticonderoga, and served out his time there and was discharged, and returned to Massachusetts through Albant.  In 1777 he engaged in Capt Macks Company, Col Nichols Regiment New Hampshire troops to go and meet Burgoines army, and immediately marched to Bennington [.] he was attached to Gen Starks Brigade and was engaged in the battle at Bennington.  he marched from Bennington to Stillwater and was discharged the day before the battle of Stillwater.  The 31st of May 1779 he was appointed Ensign of 12th Company, 6th Regiment of N.H. Militia at Keene.  In 1780 he was detached for three months by order of the Gov of New Hampshire and served said term as Ensign at West Point , N.Y., he was at West Point when Arnold escaped, his Ensigns Commission accompanies this declaration.  Gen Gates commanded at Ticonderoga when he was there,  Col Reeds Continental Regt was there, he knows cols. Washington Stark, Putnam, Gates & others  and Arnold.  he was born in [illegible] Mass on the 13th day of April 1754.  he does not know that his age is [end of page]
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recorded anywhere, he lived in [Chesterfield?] Mass when he first enlisted  - he lived in Swansey N.H. when he engaged in Col. Nichols Regiment and in Keene N. H. when he was appointed Ensign, he does not know that he ever received a written discharge.  he has no evidence of his service except what accompanies the declaration.
He lived in Keene N. H. until about twenty years ago when he removed [to] Weathersfield Vt and resided there until about three years ago when he went to Surry N.H. & [stayed?] there until about two years [?] when he removed to Shrewsbury where he now resides.  There is no clergyman in Shrewsbuty

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.
Joshua Durant  X his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.}
[signed] R. Pierpoint Judge of Probate Court
The said Durant is [illegible] to write his name [signed] R. Pierpoint J P C

We Benjamin Needham residing in Shrewsbury and Joseph Needham residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Durant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be 78 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 
[signed] Benj Needham   Joseph Needham

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.}
[signed] R Pierpoint Judge Probate Court

And the said Judge does hereby declare his 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 he further certifies that it appears to him that Benjamin Needham  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Shrewsbury, and that Joseph Needham who has also signed the same, is a resident in  Shrewsbury, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And that the said Joshua Durant cannot [illegible
[signed] R. Pierpoint   Judge Probate Court

I Robert Pierpoint   Judgeof the Court of Probate, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Joshua Durant for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of July A.D. 1832. 
[signed] R. Pierpoint
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18806
INVALID

File No 18, 806
Joshua Durant
Ensign Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: -- Vol 1,      Page 441

[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
18806
The Government and People of said State.

To Joshua Durant....GREETING.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, courage and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute, and appoint you the said John Durant to be Ensign of the
Twelfth Company of the Sixth Regiment of Militia within the said State of New Hampshire

 
You are therefore carefully, and diligently to discharge the Duty of Ensign
in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; hereby commanding
them to obey you as their ensign and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Council and House of Representatives of said State for the Time being, and in their recess from their Committee of Safety, or any your Superior Officers for the Service of said State, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you.  In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed: Witness [blank[ Esq.
President of our said Council at EXETER,  the 31 day of May  Anno Domini 1777
[signed] M Weare

E Thompson Secry
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We, John P. Blake & Joseph Brown both of Keene in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire on oath say that we served as levies, in the year 1780, for three months, in the army of the Revolution, in a Company of Infantry, detached by the Authority of the State of New Hampshire, and commanded by Capt Nehemiah Houghton of Winchester, and that Joshua Durant then of Keene, served as Ensign in said Company during the whole of said Levies of three months
[signed]  John Blake   Joseph W Brown

Cheshire ss.  =  on the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen Hundred and Thirty one Personally came the aforesaid John P Blake & Joseph Brown and made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is in their belief true
Before me [signed] Stephen Harrington  Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am and have been for many years, well acquainted with John P. Blake & Joseph Brown the signers of the above affidavit and believe them to be creditable [credible] witnesses
[signed]  Elijah Parker
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Cheshire ss.  May 24, 1833
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Stephen Harrington & Elijah Parker are & for several years have been Justices of the Peace in said County, and that the foregoing official signatures are genuine & true.  In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature.
[signed] S. Hale, Clerk
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I Joshua Durant of Weathersfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, do depose and say, that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty I served as Ensign for three months in the army of the Revolution in a Company of Infantry detached by the authority of the State of New hampshire and commanded by Capt, Nehemiah Houghton of Winchester and Levi Pratt of Chesterfield in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nichols of Amherst and Maj. Webber of Walpole under whom I served as Ensign for three months as aforesaid

Joshua Durant X his mark

Signed in the presence of 
[signed] Ira Nichols    Charles Haywood}

State of Vermont  Windsor County ss}
At Weathersfield in said County, on the 20th day of May A.D. 1833 Personally appeared the above named Joshua Durant and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed to be the truth and nothing but the truth- before me
[signed] Joshua Upham  Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss}  
Woodstock County Clerks Office
May 30th A. D. 1833 -- I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Joshua Upham is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the within is his signature.

In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year above.
[signed] Benj Swan  Clerk
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Joshua Durant

Explanatory Declaration
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I Adin Halbrook of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged upwards of seventy nine years, do depose and say, that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I served as a Sargent [sergeant] in Capt. Elisha Mack's Company of Infantry, in the New Hampshire line in Col. Nichols' Regiment, in Gen, Starks Brigade, and was in the Bennington Battle, so called, at which time I was well acquainted with Joshua Durant then belonging to said Keene, and who now resides in Shrewsbury Vermont, as I have been informed by others & himself, and that said Durant served as a soldier in the same company with myself for the term of two months, at the time aforesaid.  And further saith not  [signed] Adin Halbrook

Cheshire ss.  October 15th, 1831
Then the above named Adin Halbrook personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, relative to the purpose for which it is taken
Before me [signed] Elijah Parker  Jus. Peace

I hereby certify that I am and have been for twenty five years past well acquainted with Adin Halbrook the signer of the above affidavit and know him to be a respectable and credible witness  [signed] Elijah Parker
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Cheshire ss.  May 24, 1833
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Court of said County certify that Elijah Parker is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, & that the two foregoing signatures are his.  In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature.

And I further certify that said Elijah Parker was a Justice of the Peace in 1831, was for several years before, & has been ever since
[signed]  S. Hale, Clerk
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I Asa Willcox of Surry in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Esquire of Lawful age on oath do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and seventy seven I served as a soldier in Capt Elisha Marks Company of Infantry in the New Hampshire [levies?] in Col Nichols Regiment in Gen Starks Brigade and was at the Bennington Battle so called at which time I was well acquainted with Joshua Durant then of Keene who served in the same Company for the term of two months and further the deponent saith not
[signed] Asa Willcox

Cheshire ss.  Surry  October 14th 1831 - Then Asa Willcox personally appearing and after being Carefully examined and duly Cautioned made solemn oath that the above deposition by him suborned contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth  before me
[signed] Elijah Knight  Justice of the Peace

Thereby certify that I am and have been for a long time well acquainted with Asa Willcox the signer of the above affidavit and that he is a respectable and credible witness.
[signed] Elijah Parker

Cheshire ss.  May 24 1833
I Salma Hale, clerk of the Judicial Court in said County certify that Elijah Knight & Elijah Parker are, and for several years have been Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that the foregoing signatures are true signatures.  In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
[signed] S. Hale, Clerk
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Sir  Enclosed you have 4 returned cases.  I believe this is the 20th parcel I have sent you since I was at Washington, & have received an answer to but one of them.  I suppose returned cases took precedence of others.  I hope mine may be examined soon, as the applicants are very impatient.
I wish you would make an order to pay Daniel Lincoln, who has omitted to draw for 4 [unknown] periods - he forwarded his application long since - his son has been to me to obtain the order 2 or 3 times lately.  There is no doubt the old man is alive - he has been confined is the reason he has not drawn his pension.
Respectfully, your obd. servant,
[signed] R. Temple

J. L. Edwards  Esq
Comm. Pen.
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I know that Joshua Durant is a reputable man and was living at the time I left home in [illegible]  I have no doubt of the correctness of his declaration to receive a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 from his character and reputation.  The witnesses who have deposed in his behalf are beyond all question entitled a full credit.  The Justices before whom his depositions were taken are known to me.  They are magistrates of good standing and their signatures I know to be genuine.  I also well know Salma Hale and Benjamin Swan.  The clerks who have given certificates as to the official character of the magistrates before whom the depositions were [illegible] and I know the signatures of sais Swan and said Hale to be genuine.
[signed] Henry Hubbard
January 19, 1837
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Hon. H. Hubbard

[illegible abbreviations]