Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5591, Lemuel Hubbell, Vt.
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VT.  Hubbell, Lemuel or Hubbel. S. 5591
carded.
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14308
18069 New York
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Lemuel Hubbel*
of Otsego Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company command
by Captain Hopkins of the Regt command
by Col Robinson in the ha
line for 9 mo. 29 days.

Lemuel Hubbell*
Records corrected. New York
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 20 cents per annexed
by commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May
1833 and Sent to N. Gill.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833         |$16.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept -|$16.60
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                                                                   $83.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book C   Vol. 4    Page 10
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18069
Lemuel Hubbell

admitted
9 mos. 29 days Private

3.19

Harry Sill
Burlington (illegible
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War Department
Pension Office 
183

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 needing 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.

STATEMENT, showing the Service of Lemuel Hubbel Ostego (Otsego) County New York

Period when the Service was rendered              Rank of
                                                                           Claimant         Names and Rank of the
                           Years    Months      Days                                 Company officers under
                                                                                                   whom he served
Entered                  --            --                                                         Captain
Jan 1776                                               7              Private                 Hopkins
to June 1776         --               1          21              not sure                 not sure
to Oct. 1776           --              1          15              not sure               Stafford
to Oct. 1777          --               3          15              not sure               not sure       
to Oct. 1778          --               2           --              not sure                Buggs
to Sept. 1779          --               1          --             not sure                  Robinson
to Oct. 1779           --                -          1               not sure                        --

Names and Rank of the General              Battles in which the              
       and Field officers                             applicant was engaged        
Colonel
Brashes 
                                                                              none
Robinson 
--
--
Robinson

Country through which he marched
Johnstown 
New York
onion river
(illegible)
Castleton
Ruttan
Blanchard 
Mills

Place of abode when he entered the service, 
and age at the present period.
Bennington, Vermont
77 years

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
Document and (illegible)


I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. 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, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
                       DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate Territory, District 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 following declaration, in order to obtain he benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed served in the _______(a) 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) 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.
[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 the application of__________________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the______ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after the stories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I_________ Clerk of the Court of__________
do hereby certify that the foregoing:
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this_______ of & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
{To a Soldier: {Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
{To an Officer{ . Did 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
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 be
fore 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
[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
[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.very
[e]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 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 Pease A. H.
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service; but, at
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-
It is important, in all cases in determine with precision the period of service I claim a pension."
the pension which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
that his service. The use of the phrase about three 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 name of the officers and other planter
form of a declaration is
the totals in the
as the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that 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 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.
[i] 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.
===The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the case of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [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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Declaration of
Lemuel Hubbel

J, O. W.
18069

Henry Sill
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York}
County of Otsego ⎬ss. 
On this 15 day of October 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the courts of Common pleas in and for the County of Otsego & State of New York now sitting.
Lemuel Hubbel a resident of the town of Burlington in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged Seventy seven 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated that during the time of the Revolutionary war his place of ┃
residence was in the town and County of Bennington in the State of Vermont.
That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he enlisted into Captain Benjamin Hopkins company of minute men in Colonel Nathaniel Brushes regiment of Vermont militia. That about the month of January 1776 he was called out in Colonel Brushes to go to Johnstown in
the State of New York to take some Cannon from Sir William Johnson, the Cannon were taken, and he was in this service 1/4 mos} the term of one week, and was disqualified.
About the 20th June 1776 he was called out under Captain Hopkins to go to Onion River in Vermont on the frontiers to guard the frontier and to move off the inhabitants he went to 
1/2 mos} Onion River, and continued in this service the term of seven weeks and was disqualified about the 14th August 1776 on our return at Bennington
He was again called out about the 1st of October 1776 under Captain Joseph Safford in Colonel Robison's regiment to go to Ticonderoga, and marched there and was sta
tioned on Mount Independence, while in this service the British under General Carleton took Crown Point and it was expected that they would attack Ticonderoga remained in this service till after it was ascertained that British were retiring into winter quarters in Canada and that there would be no more fighting there that season when he was discharged about the middle of November 1776 having served at this 1 1/2 mos} term one month and an half
3 1/2
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About the 18 of July 1777 and about the time that Ticonderoga was surrendered to the British under Burgoyne he was called out in Captain Joseph Safford's Company in Col. Robison's
Castleton in VermontRegiment to go to
to guard the frontiers and was marched to Castleton and continued there till the lines
were drawn in to Manchester when he was stationed at Manchester till about the time of the Battle of Bennington when he was taken sick with the Camp Distemper and got
a furlough for about a fortnight, when he was ordered to Saratoga, and he was there when Burgoyne surrendered soon after which he was discharged being about the 20th October 1777, having at this term served full three and an half months, including the time he was sick.

He was again ordered out about the 1st October 1778 and went to Rutland in Vermont to guard the fronting under Captain Joseph Briggs in Colonel Robins Regiment, and was promoted to the part of an orderly Sergeant and continued there in this service the 3 term of two months when he was dismissed.

 Again about the 30th September 1779 he was called out under Captain Samuel Robison in Col Robison's Regiment, and was ordered to and stationed at Blanchard Mills in Castletown to guard the mills and frontiers and he continued in the service there the term of one month and was dismissed about the 30th Oct. 1779. After which he was called out some short terms of one, two or three days at a time which he cannot particularly enumerate.

That he has no documentary evidence except his Sergeant warrant which is hereto annexed, and that he knows of person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                        Lemuel Hubbell

Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Mr. Hawkins Jenks
Burlington in the County of Otsego
residing in the town of
residing in the same place
and Joseph Cushman hereby certify that we
will acquainted with Lemuel Hubbel, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Horace Lathrop, Court Clerk,
Hawkins Jenks
Joseph Cushman

Are 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 Hawkins
Jenks and Joseph Cushman that was subscribe
and sworn to the above certificate
are credible persons and entitled to full credit in their statements
J. O. Moses}
J. C. Smith}Justice of Peace
S. Page-}
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State of New York}
Otsego County}ss
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Lemuel Hubbel for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19th day of Oct 1832

Horace Lathrop
By J A. Cory, Deputy
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In reply to your request of __________, received __________
for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Hubbell 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his [crossed out](or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. 
Only Lemuel Hubbell  S. File 5.591

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
 | | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |          
Jany 1776 | 1 wk. | Minuteman | Benj Hopkins [check mark] |  Nathaniel Brusher " | VT
June 20, 76 | 7wks | | Hopkins | [check mark] | 
Oct. 1, 76 | 1 1/2 mos. | | Joseph Safford | Robinson | 
July 1, 77 to Oct. 20 77 | | | " | " | 
Oct 1, 78 | 2 Mos. | Only Sergt | Joseph Briggs | " | 
Sept. 30, 79 | 1 Mo. | | Samuel Robinson | |       

Battles engaged in, Sur of Genl. Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bennington, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Burlington Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 77 yrs
Remarks:
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Rev. War 5591
INVALID
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File No. 5591

Lemuel Hubbell*
Pri. Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32

Index:--Vol. M, Page 184

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Lemuel Hubbell*
Records corrected May 9, 1904
1909 June 18. Hist. to Mrs. W. T. Remington,
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3-871.
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RECORD DIVISION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by L. D. L.-------------
Claim No.-----------------------
Certificate No.-----------------
Claimant: ----------------------
Soldier  Lemuel Hubbell
Service: ----------------
Additional Service:  Rev War
No claim, State records
190
No---- claim-----State records-------190---
No claim, combination records.......190....
                        REMARKS:
No Claim Except........
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S. FILE 5591 Lemuel Hubbell Vt
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By Joseph  Briggs Captain of Militia of aged for the Defense of American State
Greeting to  Lemuel Hubbel-
Reposing special trust and confidence in your Loyalty and good Conduct do constitute of appoint you the said Lemuel Hubbel-
of My Company to be the Just Sergant in my Company your therefore lawfully & diligently to obey and observe such Order and Directions from time to time as you shall reserve from me
or any other of your superior Officers according to the rules and duties of War in Poisutence  of the trust reposed in you for which this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand and this 1 of October 7781
Joseph Briggs Capt.
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Rev.
Sonia Mich June 7, 09
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Have you a record of the application for pension
made by a soldier of the Revolution Lemuel Hubbell  if so will you kindly send
me a copy.

Yours Truly
Mrs. W. T. Remington
167.E. Washington St
Sonia Mich