Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 26263, for Amasa Ladd, Connecticut
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(3 - I776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn  Ladd, Amasa W 26263
Miller, Elizabeth
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
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6092
Burlington
Elizabeth Miller former
widow of Amasa Ladd,
Conn
who was a Private
in the Rev. War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
9 day of Sept 1844and sent to
Ira Ladd
Monkton
Addison Co
(Act of March 3, 1843).
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 28

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2 Certs.
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10142
No 6385 act 1843
Elizabeth Miller
Vt
Act 7. July 38

[illegible] 20. to No 13 pri 6 mos.6
Admd
6mo pri
$20
Also Act 3 March 43
$20

Ira Ladd Esq
-
Monkton
Addison Vt
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State of Vermont
District of New Haven
on this Eighteenth day of May one thousand
Eight hundred and forty three personally appeared
before the Probate Court for the district
New Haven Elizabeth Miller a resident
Mankton in the County of Addison aged Eighty 
one years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed July 7
1838 Entitled ""an act granting half pay and
pension to certain widows"" that she is the widow
of Amasa Ladd, who was a private soldier and
served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit
the said Amos Ladd resided in the term of
Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut 
(then I believe it was Windham County)
when some time in the year Seventeen hundred &
seventy six he inlisted into a company commanded
by Capt Hill his Christian name not known to me
his lieutenant was Ezra Root and was in Col. 
McClellan's Regiment and as I believe he served
full year the precise time of his entering the
service and leaving the same can not state he
stationed a part of the time at west point
in the State of New York and from there I think
he went to New London in the State of Connecticut
where I believe he served out the remainder of said
Enlistment and some time in the spring, was
discharged; I believe he performed more service 
than one years, but there and under what officers
am unable to state further states she has
further than I have; And further states she has
no documentary Evidence
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She further declares that she was married to the
said Amasa Ladd at Pittsford in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont in the month of October
Seventeen hundred and Eighty one by Ebenezer Drury
Justice of the peace for said County of Rutland (the
day of the month she cannot state). And that her
husband the aforesaid Amasa Ladd died on Grand Isle
in the State of Vermont in the latter part of May
or fore part of June Eighteen hundred and five
and that she was afterward married to Aaron
Miller who died in the winter of Eighteen hundred
and thirteen and that she has remained a widow
ever since. she was not married to the said Amasa
Ladd prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first day of January
Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the
time above stated  Elizabeth X Miller her mark

Witnesses
Harvey Munsell
Ira Ladd
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before
Harvey Munsell Judge

I hereby certify that the above
Elizabeth Miller formerly
Elizabeth Ladd is a credible
Person
Harvey Munsell Judge
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State of Vermont
Probate Court District of New Haven
I hereby certify that Harvey Munsill
Esq. is the Judge of the Probate Court for the said
District of New Haven & that the signature annexed
to the within paper is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my signature & affixed the
seal of said Court at [illegible]
in said District this 20th day of
May AD 1843-
J Pierpoint Register
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I Benoni Ladd, of Benson, in the
County of Rutland and State of Vermont of
lawful age, do make oath and say that some
time in the spring or summer of the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, and according 
to my best recollection, in the month of May
in that year, my uncle Amasa Ladd, who had
previously lived in Pittsford in the County of
Rutland aforesaid, died at Isle La Mott in the
County of Grand Isle and State aforesaid, and I
attended his funeral. I was then acquainted with
Elizabeth the wife of the said Amasa, and have
known her for nearly forty six years, and know
that she lived with the said Amasa as his wife
for several years previous to the death of the said
Amosa, and that the latter was always reputed
to be the first husband of the said Elizabeth I do
further say that the said Elizabeth now resides in
the town of Monkton in the County of Addison
and since the decease of the said Amasa married
a man by the name of Miller, who is also now
deceased. I do further say that I was twenty seven
years of age at the time of the death of the said
Amasa Ladd, and further I say not.
Benoni Ladd

State of Vermont,
Rutland County ⎬ I certify that at Benson in said
County of Rutland, on this 4th day of May A.D. 1843,
Benoni Ladd personally appeared, and subscribed the
foregoing affidavit, and made oath to the truth of the same
, before me and I do further certify that the
said Benoni Ladd is a credible witness
L. C. Kellogg,
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT 
Rutland County Clerk's Office, ss. , I Ambrose L. Brown Deputy Clerk of the
County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that
Loyal C. Kellogg was at the date
of the certificate to which this is annexed a Justice of the Peace
within and for said county, duly commissioned that his commission 
is dated on the 9 day of November
A.D. 1842, and will expire on the thirtieth day of November 
A. D. 1843; and I verily believe his signature to the same
is genuine.
In Testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
court at Rutland in said county, this 8th day of May
A. D. 1843,

A. L. Brown
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I Sarah June of Oswegatchie in the County of St. Lawrence
and State of New York, being Eighty two years of age do testify
and say, that I was present at the wedding of Amasa Ladd
and Elizabeth Cox, who were married in the town of Pittsford 
County of Rutland and State of Vermont, by Ebenezer Drury
Esquire, then one of the Justice of the Peace in & for the said County
of Rutland in the month of October in the year one thousand
Seven hundred and Eighty one (1781) and the deponant remembers 
him that the above named Amasa Ladd was reputed to have
died in the year 1805, leaving the above named Elizabeth the
widow of the above named Amasa Ladd, That this deponent
in the year following the death of the said Amasa Ladd 9in 1806)
was present at the marriage of the said Elizabeth the widow
of said Amasa Ladd to Aaron Miller. They were married
by Eleazer Harwood, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Pittsford
aforesaid. That this deponent attended the funeral of the above
named Aaron Miller in the winter of the year 1813, leaving the said
Elizabeth a widow so long as this deponent remained in Vermont 
which was six or seven years thereafter, and in so reputed 
to remain at the present time
Sarah X June her mark

State of New York
St. Lawrence County  
Town of Oswegatchie, March 21. 1843
Then personally appeared Sarah June and made
Solemn oath to the above affidavit and I certify that the said
Sarah June above named made her mark above, on her signature
being too infirm to writ
Before me 
James C Barter J.P..

State of New York
St. Lawrence County
I Alvin C. Low Town Clerk
of the County of St. Lawrence, and also Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do 
hereby certify that James Barter Esquire was on
the day of the date of the preceding certificate a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected
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and qualified. And further that I am well acquainted
with the handwriting of the said Justice of the Peace
and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine
In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal
of the said Court and
County this 22d March 1843
A C Low Clk

State of New York
St. Lawrence County
Town of Oswegatchie March 21. 1843
I, James C. Barter a Justice of the Peace of the
County aforesaid did in the Village of Ogdensburg
in the town of Oswegatchie. Do certify that I am personally 
well acquainted with the with Sarah Jane
that she is a person of sound mind and memory
and entitled from the church for truth and
Veracity to full and complete confidence and belief
James Barter JP
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.263
Elizabeth Miller
formerly Widow of
Amasa Ladd
Pri Rev War
Act Mar 3rd 1843
Index: Vol M, Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Aug 8th 1844
Resp Elizabeth Miller
Vt.

J.L. Edwards Commission
Pensions
Washington
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Monkton August 5th 1844
Honble J. L. Edwards Commissioner Pensions
Dear Sir,
I once more address you with
anxiety in behalf of a poor distressed Widow, she
was obliged in the first place to have money to procure 
her testimony & 2nd to get some person if responsible 
to sign with her and the money is called for & 
she is sick & that she has been for a long
time past and with great anxiety wants the returns
from your office
[illegible]
for Elizabeth Miller
Ira Ladd

N.B.Pllease to direct your communication to I Ladd 
and widow E. Miller  Monkton Addison County
State of Vermont
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Monkton Vt.
July 24

Eliz Miller
Vt.
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Monkton July 25th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
Widow Elizabeth Miller made her
declaration & sent it on to your
Officer together with other testimony
in hopes of obtain a pension
on account of the services of her first
husband Amasa Ladd in the Revolutionary War 
they were sent on the 9th June and
not having heard from you she thinks
possibly they were miscarried & have 
not arrived at your office please to 
inform her direct your letter to
Ira Ladd Monkton Addison County 
State of Vermont
For Elizabeth Miller
Ira Ladd
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Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

10,142
June 13 1845

Vt.
July 7, 1838
Elizabeth Miller
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Middlebury Vt. 8 June 1843
The enclosed papers, designed to substantiate
the claim of widow Ladd to a pension, and forwarded
at the request of Ira Ladd Esq. and he requests
that any communication connected with this
application may be made to him at Monkton
Vermont
Respectfully &c
Saml Swift
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I, Mehetable Warner of Middleburg County of
Cuyahoga State of Ohio now in Monkton
County of Addison & State of Vermont
being seventy four years of age do testify & say
That I was present at the wedding of Amasa
Ladd & Elizabeth Cox who were married in
the town of Pittsford County of Rutland
and State of Vermont by Ebenezer Drury Esq. 
then one of the Justices of the peace in & for the
said County of Rutland in the month of
October in the year one thousand seven hand
and and Eighty one (1781) I was quite young
at that time, but remember it as well as
if it was taking place this day, they were
married in the fort
Vergennes
further the deponent saith not
Mehetable X Warner
her mark
Stoddard Hullis
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State of Vermont
Addison County   Monkton August 17th 1843

Then personally appeared Mehitable Warner and made Solemn Oath
to the within affidavit and I certify that the 
said Mehitable Warner within named
made her mark within as her signature
being unable to write and I do further certify
that the said Mehitable Warner is a creditable
Witness Before Me 
Stoddard Hullis Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Addison County
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County
Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby
certify that Stoddard Hollis before 
whom the within affidavit purports to have
been made was at the time a Justice
of the peace for said County, and his name
subscribed to the above certificate is
his own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 7th day of October 1843
Saml Swift Clerk
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I Samuel H Kellogg Town Clerk of the Town of Pittsford 
in the County of Rutland State of Vermont, do depose
testify & say that I have faithfully examined the Records
of Marriages of this Town now in my office and I
cannot find there recorded the Marriage of Amasa
Ladd and Elizabeth Cox. neither do I find the
record of any Marriages of a date earlier than 1798.
and further this deponent saith not.
Saml H Kellogg T. Clerk

State of Vermont  Be it known that on this 2d day of
Rutland County  ⎬October 1843 before me the subscriber 
a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally
appeared the said Sam H Kellogg who hath subscribed
the preceeding deposition in my presence & made
solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify
that the said deponent is a credible witness
Abel Penfield Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
I Ambrose L. Brown deputy Clerk of the County Court for the County
of Rutland, do certify that Abel Penfield
Esquire was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a
Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and
qualified and that I verily
believe his signature to the same is genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Rutland in said
county this 2nd day of October Anno Domini the thousand eight hundred and forty three
A. L. Brown
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Decem 18 1843
Vt.
Elizabeth Ladd
add evidence

Miller
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Monkton Dec 11
the reason of not sending these
before is that the widow wanting
to obtain further proof 
husbands service but as it
not been able to obtain it
The further provisions made for
last Session of Congress that
would wish to obtain if for
worthy. Please to direct your
communication to to Ira Ladd Monkton
in Addison County State of Vermont
for the other papers did not arrive
here until after one month after they 
were sent from Washington

for wid Elizabeth Miller
Ira Ladd

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10142
Elizabeth Miller
VT
 let to S. Swift Aug 19 1844
  "  " I Ladd Aug 10 44

Act 7 Jul 1838
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[illegible] 20 no 13
Capt Hill Col
McClellan
6 mo. 78
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I Rufus Barnard of Bristol in the County
of Addison & State of Vermont being now Eighty
one years of age do depose & say
That I was born & lived in the
Town of Coventry then Windham County now Tolland 
County State of Connecticut one Amasa Ladd was
also born in the same Town I was well acquainted with
him we lived near such other our fathers farms
joined. In the year one thousand seven hundred &
seventy six (1776) both enlisted as solders into the
service of the United States for one year & said
Amasa Ladd served the full term of one year
& was regularly & honorably discharged
The Col of our Regiment was McClellan
the Captain of our Company was- Hill
& the Lieutenant name was Ezra Root
said Amasa Ladd & my self both served in one
company we were stationed at West Point and
the Hudson River Through the summer & in the
fall were ordered to New London in the State of
Connecticut where we staid through the Winter
until we were discharged
About the year 1780 said Amasa & myself
both moved into the State of Vermont said Amasa into 
the town of Pittsford & myself into the town of [illegible]
which [illegible] in which towns we were both
married said Ladd married one Elizabeth Cox
I was not present at the wedding but know that they
lived together ever afterwards as husband & wife
& further your deponant sayeth not 
Rufus Barnard
Bristol March 30th 1843
Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me Henry C Soper Justice Peace

Rufus Burnard the signer of the above affidavit is
a respectable citizen of said Bristol & has never been
doubted as to truth & veracity
Henry Soper Jus Peace
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State of Vermont
Addison County, 
I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the
said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Henry
C. Soper before whom the with affidavit purports  
to have been made, was at the time a
Justice of the peace for said County, and his
name subscribed to the within certificate, is his
own signature
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
5th day of June 1845.
Saml Swift Clerk
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8700
Vermont
Elizabeth Miller former 
widow of Amasa Ladd
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the in May or June 1805
of Addison in the State of Vt
who was a Pri in the Co 
commanded by Captain --- of the 
---- commanded by  ------ in
the Rev. War line for 6 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
at the rate of 20 Dollars-
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of 
Sept 1844 and sent to Ira
Ladd Monkton, Addison Co. Vt
Total Amount,
Act July 7,1838
Recorded by J. Swann Clerk
Book D Vol 1 Page 133