Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,105, Salmon Goodenough, Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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SERVICE
Green Mt Boys Vt

Goodenough, Salmon

NUMBER
R4105
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29615
Salmon Goodenough
Pension papers

at bottom of page
P.A.A. Ensworth
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State of New York}
Otsego County}

On this twenty fourth day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court now sitting in and for said County, Salmon Goodenough a resident of the town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego and State of New York aged Seventy two 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 1933 that he entered the service of the United Sates under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he resided in the time of the Revolutionary War in the town of Guilford and State of Vermont that in June 1776 at Guilford aforesaid he volunteered in Captain Asa Rice company and marched about thirty miles to the town of Athort on the way to join the troops at Boston immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill and on receiving the news of the battle having been fought orders were countermanded and he returned home. this deportment was gone of the above expeditions eight days. He next volunteered to go on to the northern line under Col. Seth Warner and in his Regiment: his Company was commanded by Capt. Smith, he started from the town of Guilford aforesaid and marched within the vicinity of the St. Lawrence River in order to meet Governor Carlton, he left home the first day of Sept and returned the last day of December of the same year or the first of Jan. year, he was stationed some part of the time at St. Johns, and some part of the time at Montreal, where we laid in ambush for Governor Carltons Flotilla. This deponent was gone from home on this expedition four months. He next was drafted to go to Castleton in
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in Vermont in June 1777 in Capt. Asa Rich Company and Col. John Lageant Regt and March'd to Castleton and from there to Hubbardton and appeared at the latter place the day after the battle at Hubbardton. Staid there a while, returned to Castleton was there on duty a while and was ordered to return to Guilford aforesaid, this draft was made in consequence of an alarm - was gone two months and fifteen days. Immediately on his return as aforesaid he was ordered to Bennington in said state on the alarm given a day of two before the Bennington battle. He was there under the same officers in Seth Warner's Regt but his father Thomas Goodenough who was then (illegible word) in the Continental service had returned from White Plains on a furlough but a day or two before where his Regt was stationed, volunteered to take his place and was in the battle of Bennington but immediately after the battle aforesaid he joined his company and Regt aforesaid and was ordered and did march'd to meet General Burgoyne and then he was ordered by Gen Gates in the rear of Burgoyne an order to cut off his retreat and he march'd to Lake George and in this expedition he was frequently engaged in skirmishing with the enemy and on the day of the General engagement or battle between Burgoyne and Gates at Saratoga he was stationed about fifteen miles distant from the battle ground, between them and Lake George. This deponent recollects of seeing Gen Gates and Benedict Armold before and after the battle and Gen. Stark before the battle of Saratoga and immediately after the battle aforesaid and before he returns this deponent was ordered to Lake Champlain under Capt. Smith aforesaid and was stationed
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near a fort in the vicinity of the Lake the name of which this deponent does not recollect and continued there about one month and was discharged and returned home to Guilford in Vermont aforesaid - was out five months and twelve days.
In the month of May 1778 this deponent was drafted again for three months service, but hired one Giles Roberts to take his place, this deponent never received a written discharge
This deponent was born in the town of Holden in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1761 and since the war he has lived in Guilford aforesaid and New Marlborough in Berkshire County State of Massachusetts and Laurens in the State of New York County of Otsego and Oneanto in the last mentioned county where he now lives. This deponent has lived in the county of Otego aforesaid rising of nineteen years

This deponent has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who can testify to his service whose testimony he can procure other than what is hereunto attached and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state and 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 period herein stated and in the whole time not less than one year and during the whole time as a soldier and for each service I claim a pension
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Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open court
Salmon Goodenough
Horace Lathrop, Clerk


And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certify that it appears to them that Elijah King who has signed and sworn to the certificate herein to attached is a Clergiman resident in the town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego aforesaid, and that his statement is entitled to credit
J.C. Warworth}
Shon Page}  Judges
J.O. Moses}

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Otsego aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Salmon Goodenough for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of June 1833
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Interrogatories by the Court

Q. Where and in what year were you born
A. In Holden, Massachusetts in the year 17621

Q. Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it
A. I have a Record of my age at home in my Bible

Q. Where were you call'd into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
A. In Guilford aforesaid, I volunteered to go into the service, was never a substitute for any person

Q. 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.
A. I saw Gen. Starks, Benedict Arnold Col. Warner, Gen. Gates

Q. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
A. I never received a written discharge we were disbanded or dismissed

Q. 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
A. I am acquainted with the Rev. Elijah King, David A. A. Ensworth, William Angel, Eliakim R. Ford, Hiram Shepherd and others
Salmon  Goodenough
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State of New York}
Otsego County}

David A. A. Ensworth residing in the town of Oneonta County of Otsego and State aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Salmon Goodenough who has subscribed and sworn to the Declaration herein to attach'd and that I believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
D A A Ensworth
Sworn and subscribed 
this 24th day of June 1833
Before Me
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Otsego County
I Elijah King a clergiman residing in the town of Oneonta and County of Otego being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Salmon Goodenough who has subscribed and sworn to the Declaration hereunto attached and that I believe him to be seventy two years of ae, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion
Elijah King
Sworn and subscribed
this Eighteen day of June
1833 before me
Turner McCall justice of peace



State of New York}
Otsego County}
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Turner McCall Esquire, before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Otsego, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and Seals of Office this 27th day of June 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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29615
Solomon [Word Struck Out] Salmon Goodenough

D A A Ensworth
Oneonta, Otsego Co.
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

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 necefsary 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Solomon or Salmon Goodenough.

[Column 1]
Period when the service was rendered.
[1]  June 1775
[2]  1th of Sep.,
       last of Decb.
[3]  June 77    )
      drafted    )
[4]  out after that

[Column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.

[1]  time not stated
[2]  Vol returned home
        near  4
[3]             2          15
[4]             5 and more

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant.

[Column 4]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[1]  Cap Rice
[2]   Cap Smith
        Col. Warner
[3]  Cap Rice  Colo Sergeant
[4]  out on frequent alarms
      Served in all not lefs than 12 months

[Column 5]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
[1]  72

[Column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is support.
[1]  Born in Holden Mafs
      entered at Gilford Vt.
[2]  One living witnefs proves general service Credible
[3]  Certificate of Clergyman and Citizen
[4]  Papers Authenticated

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

State, Territory, or District of        )
County of                                     ) ss.

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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed Jun 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.  [drawing of a hand with finger pointing at the following sentence]  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 appliant 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 addivions, 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 credibe 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 suvh 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts statd 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 to you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafter, 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 an recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  (To a Soldier.  {Did you ever receive 
                            {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 if 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 inquiry 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.
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(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 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 of 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 places wheere 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 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 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.

[drawing of hand with finger pointing to the following]  The notes from (a) to (i) 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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In the matter of
Salmon Goodenough
a Revolutionary Pensioner
____________________________

Afftd
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State of New York  )
Otsego County      ) fs.
Town of Oneonta  )

I Salmon Goodenough of the town aforesaid being duly sworn depose and saith that the interlinetions made in his pension papers affixing difinitly the time of his services while in the revolution were pen'd by David A.A. ensworth as ordered, disected and dictated by this deponant and made at my solisctation and request.

And this deponant further swears that after the interlinations were so made, wrote and pen'd by the said David A.A. Ensworth this deponant carefully examined the same and the matter there set forth as to the period of time that this deponant served in the Revolutionary war, and in all and every other respect are just and true and further saith not.
Salmon Goodenough

Subscribed and sworn
Before me this 2d day
of July 1836.
Turner McCall justice

State of New York       )
Otsego County           ) fs.
Town of Oneonta       )

I David A.A. Ensworth being duly sworn depose and saith that Salmon Goodenough, Pension papers having been returned from the war Department to this deponant accompanied with a circular calling the attention of this deponant to certain expressions in the Declaration or affidavit of the said Goodenough in relation to his time of service in the Malitia during the Revolutionary War as being too indefinite.  this deponant call'd upon Salmon Goodenough the applicant aforesaid and read to him the circular aforesaid and enquired of him if he could swear to the time more definatly to which the said Goodenough answered that he could and he went to the office of this deponant and there directed this deponant what alterations and interlinations to make.

And this deponant further swears that he wrote nothing but what he was directed to
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write by the said Goodenough, and nothing but what was dictated by him and destincly and truely read by this deponant to the said Goodenough and also carefully read over by the said Goodenough and approved of by him and further saith not.

D.A.A. Ensworth

Subscribed and sworn     )
Before me this 2d day     )
of July 1836.                    )

Turner McCall justice

State of New York     )
Otsego County fs.    )

I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Turner McCall Esqr before whom the preceding Affidavits of Salmon Goodenough & D.A.A. Ensworth purport to have been severally sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly elected and qualified.  And that I am acquainted with the handwriting of of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Affidavits to be his proper handwriting & signatures.  Witnefs my hand & Seal of Office the 7th day of July 1834
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Salmon Goodenough

Pension papers
___________________________
39.613
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State of New York    )
Jefferson County     ) S.S.

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of said County do hereby certify that C. McKnight Esquire before whom the within affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace and first Judge* in and for the said County of Jefferson and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper handwriting and signature.  Witness my hand and seal of Office this 15 day of November 1833
P. Burchard Clerk

*and first Judge intentioned before signing
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State of New York     )
Jefferson County      ) S.S.

I Job Whitney of the town of Pamelia in the County of Jefferson and State aforesaid being duly sworn depose and saith that I have been acquainted with Salmon Goodenough now of the town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego and State aforesaid for about seventy years, he being about two years old when this deponant first new him, and this deponant resided in the town of Guilford in the state of Vermont with him in the year 1775 when the Revolutionary war broke out and was intimately acquainted with the said Goodenough while he resided there which was during the war aforesaid except when call'd out on service, and eight or ten years after the close of the war aforesaid and this deponant further swears that the said Salmon Goodenough belonged to the Malitia in the town of Guilford aforesaid and was frequently called upon and did go into the service of his country in cases of alarms during and through the whole of the Revolutionary war.  And this deponant further swears that the said Salmon Goodenough belonged to a Regt. of Malitia during the war aforesaid or the greater part thereof commanded by Col. Seth Warner and Col [crossed out] another commanded by Col. john Sergeant and that the said Goodenough as this deponant has been informed and verily believes to be true is a man of good moral character further saith not [last 2 words stricken out].  That this deponant is rising seventy seven years of age.
Job Whitney

Subscribed and sworn
this 15 day of November
1833. before me
Calvin McKnight first
Judge of Jeff Co

I certify that the above deponant is a credible person
C McKnight first
Judge of Jeff County

[All of the following has been crossed through]
State of New York    )
Jefferson County     ) S.S.

I                          a Clergiman and             both of the town of Pamelia and County aforesaid depose and say that we are well acquainted with Capt. Job Whitney whose name appears to the above affidavit and he is reputed and believed to be a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood where he resides and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this     day of
1833 Before me
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Onconta N.Y.  )
Sept. 21          )

Free

James S. Edwards Esquire

Washington City

[written vertically on right side of original]
D. Crumb

[written upside down at bottom of original]
Salmon Goodenough
see adl. evs.
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Salmon Goodenough
see adl evi

[following written vertically on left side of original]
Dr Crumb

[All the following written upside down on original]

Onconta N.Y.   )
Sept. 21           )

Free

James L. Edwards Esquire
Washington City
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Oneonta, Otsego Co.
New York  Sept. 20h. 1836

Dear Sir,

A letter received a long time since from the Department requiring Salmon Goodenough an applicant for a pension to answer certain interrogatories, the answer to which was forwarded to you by Mail shortly after its receipt, and no answer thereto has as yet been received from the Department and Mr. Goodenough being desirous of knowing the fate of his application requests an answer as soon as convenient.

Respectfully Yours,
D.A.A. Ensworth

James L. Edwards Esq.
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June 9
Salmon Goodenough

[following written vertically on original]

Oneonta N.Y.   )
June 4h            )

Free

James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Oneonta village
County of Otsego
State of N. York
June 2d 1836

Sir,

I return you the Pension papers of Salmon Goodenough together with the printed list you forwarded to me.  Mr. Goodenough has made some alterations in his papers will you be so good as to let me know the result as soon as practicable.  If any information is wanted I refer you to the Hon. Sherman Page of the house of Representatives

Respectfully Yours
D.A.A. Ensworth

James S. Edwards Esq

P.S.  The christian name of Mr. Goodenough is Salmon--not Solomon
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Oneonto N.Y.   )
July 9th            )

Free

J.S. Edwards Esq
Commifsioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

[following written vertically on left side of original]
N.Y.   July 14

adl. evi

[following written upside down at bottom of original]
Solmon Goodenough
Ad Evidence
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Solmon Goodenough
ad Evidence

[following written upside down]

Oneonta N.Y.  )
July 9th           )

Free

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commifsioner of Pensions
Washington City
D,C,

[following written vertically on right side of original]

N.Y.   July 14
adl. evi
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Oneonta village
Otsego County N.Y.
July 8th 1836.

Sir,

Enclosed are two affadavits explaining under what circumstances the alterations and interlinations were made in the Pension papers of Salmon Goodenough.  It is not necessary for me to add more than what is contained in my affidavit and Pls Be so good as to let me know the decision in this case as soon as practicable.

Am oblige Yours
D.A.A. Ensworth

J.L. Edwards Esq.

P.S.  The name of the applicant is Salmon and not Solomon
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JL Edward
Commr of Pensions

[stamped over the above]
FREE

D.A.A. Ensworth Esq
Oneota
New York

[stamp on left side with the following]
CITY of WASHINGTON
JUN 12

[following written upside down on original]

Solmon Goodenough
Adl Evidence
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Salmon Goodenough
Ad Evidence

[All the following upside down on original]

JL Edward
Commr of Pensions

[stamped over the above]
FREE

[stamp on lower right of original with the following]
CITY of WASHINGTON
JUN 12
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War Department
Pension Office
June 11, 1834

Sir

The papers of Solomon Goodenough have again been examined.  They now appear with various interlineations.  It become necefsary that it should be stated by whom, and under what circumstances these interlineations were made before any decision can be had on the case.

The papers are on file in this office.

I am Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J.L. Edwards
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New York

Revolutionary

Solomon Goodenough

Suspended

Let to D.A.A.
Ensworth  June 11. 1834

do 26 Sept 34

4105

Act of June '32
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4105

P.O._____________________________________

Solomon Goodenough

Service:_________________________________

REJECTED

Enlisted:____________________________, 18
Discharged:_________________________, 18

Application filed:____________________, 18

Alleges:___________________________________
___________________________________________
Re-enlisted:_______________________________
____________________________________________

Attorney:__________________________________
P.O.________________________________________
____________________________________________
_________Recognized.   ___________Contract.

______Cert. of Dis.  Searched for_________, 18