Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25069, for Isaac Spaulding, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Spaulding, Isaac
                  Lucy

NUMBER
W 25069

CONTENTS
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8 6
Vermont
Isaac Spaulding
of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Jewell of the Regt: commanded
by Col Cushing in the Mass Mia
for 8 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Apl
1833 and sent to
R. Temple
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 13.33
$66.65
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 90.
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Deced. See letter to J Gove,
May 1.1835
let J Gove & Agent 1 July 1835
Abijah Cole August 17! 1842
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11700
Vermont Burlington
Lucy Spaulding, decd,
widow of Isaac
who died on the
of [blank] in the State of Vermont,
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution,
for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
August 1854 and sent to
Arad Joy
Ovid
N.York
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk.
Book D Vol 1 Page 141
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No 2898
Isaac Spaulding
aomd
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BRIEF in the case of Isaac Spaulding
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Table headings] Period. | Duration of Service. (subheadings-Years, Months, Days.) | Rank. (subheading-As a) | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. |
In 1777 | " about 2 " | Private | Gen. Lincoln Capt. Jewell, Col. Cushing
In 1781 June 1 | "  6  2| " | " Williams, " Vose, Mass. troops (enlisted)
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Townsend, Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown Examining Clerk.
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11783
Lucy Spaulding
Declaration
Rd March 18, 1845.
Vt
Act 7 July 38
service aomd h.d.35
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State of Vermont
Rutland County Ss.}
On this first day of July, 1839, personally appeared before the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, Lucy Spaulding, a resident of Mount holley in said District, aged 73 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Isaac Spaulding, late of Mount holley aforesaid, deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, inscribed on the Vermont List, under date of the 17th of April, 1833, at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty cents per annum; for proof of whose services she refers to the application and accompanying documents of the said Isaac, now on file in the War Office of the United States.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Isaac Spaulding on the tenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Spaulding died on the 26th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Lucy [her X mark] Spaulding
Witness to the signing
A L Brown
Jesse Gove
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, on the day and year above written, before me.
A.L. Brown
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State of Vermont,
Rutland County Ss} I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify, that the Hon Ambrose L. Brown is Judge of said Court; that as such, he is authorized by law to take acknowledgments of affidavits, as in the annexed affidavit of Ethan Priest; and that the several signatures of the said Judge, annexed to the said affidavit, and to the foregoing declaration of Mrs Lucy Spaulding, purporting to be his, are, severally, genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name, at Rutland in said District, this first day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1839.
F.W. Hopkins
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I, Ethan Priest of Mountholly in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 37 years & upwards, do depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with the said Isaac Spaulding whose name is mentioned in the annexed declaration of Lucy Spaulding who was a pensioner as therein stated; and that he died at Shrewsbury in said County on the twenty sixth day of January, in the year 1835. I further depose and say that the said Lucy Spaulding was the reputed lawful wife of the said Isaac Spaulding and that she hath not intermarried since his said decease.
Ethan Priest
State of Vermont
Rutland County Ss} Be it known that on this first day of July 1839, before me, Ambrose L. Brown, Judge of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, personally appeared Ethan Priest, who hath subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I do hereby certify that the said affiant is a credible witness.
A.L. Brown
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Polly Crawleys
affidavit in
Lucy Spaulding
case
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I, Polly Crowly of Mountholly in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged Sixty Six years and upwards, do depose, testify and say, that Mrs Lucy Spaulding, of Mountholly, aforesaid, is my sister; that her maiden name was Lucy Harris; that I was present in the town of Acton in Massachusetts in the month of January, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, and saw my sister lawfully joined in marriage to Isaac Spaulding, late of Shrewsbury in said County of Rutland, deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of 26 dollars & 66 cents per annum, and died at said Shrewsbury, on the 26th day of January 1835. And I further depose and say that the said Lucy Spaulding hath not intermarried since the decease of her said husband.
Polly Crowley
State of Vermont
Rutland County Ss} Be it known that on the fourteenth day of October, 1840, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Polly Crowly, to me well known, who hath signed the preceding affidavit in my presence, and made oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth: and I do hereby certify, that the said affiant is a credible
John Crowley Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.}
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that John Crowley Junior 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 thirteenth day of March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
F.W. Hopkins
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8 mo
No 2,898
on Roll of Vose's Regt
for 6 mo
aomd
8 mo pri
$26.66
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STATE OF VERMONT
RUTLAND COUNTY, ss.}
On this 9th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Rutland Dist
now sitting, Isaac Spaulding a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 71 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 state. In 1777 he lived in Townsend, Massachusetts & stood as a minute man, & when the news of Burgoyne invading the cercuit reached there, he turned out in alarm & marched through Bennington to Half Moon Point, & when the detachment from Burgoyne went to Bennington he marched back, but did not arrive in time to engage in the battle. he served in Capt. Jewell's company in Col Cushing's Regt. he was one of the guard over the prisoners taken in Bennington battle he was taken sick & carried home before the capture of Burgoyne, which is the reason he did not proceed to  Saratoga. he served about two months at this time. Genl Lincoln commanded the detachment that marched from Half Moon. In 1780, the first of June he enlisted in the army of the U. States & served in the 1st Massachusetts Regiment under the following officers, vis, Col Vose, Lt. Col. Elijah Vose, in the Lt. Col. company, Capt William & was discharged at West Point the 3d day of Dece 1780. His discharge accompanies this. He was born at Townsend aforesd. the 1 Jany 1761, but has no record of his age. he enlisted at Townsend where he resided and has resided there until about 30 years ago when he removed to Cavendish Vermont & resided there & in Plymouth, Windsor County, until about a year & a half ago when he moved to Mt. Holly, where he now resides There is no clergyman residing nearer than five miles of him, but he is known to Royall Crowley & others in Mt Holly
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.} Isaac Spaulding
R.C. Royce Reg
We Royall Crowley residing in Mount Holly and Danl Packer a Clergyman residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Spaulding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.} Royal Crowley
Daniel Packer
R.C. Royce Reg
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 that Daniel Packer who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in Mt. Holly and that Royal Crowley who has also signed the same, is a resident in Mt. Holly and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce Reg of the Court of Probate do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Spaulding for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of July A.D. 1832
R.C. Royce Reg
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Isaac Spaulding
Pensioner of Vt
Law 1832
widow Lucy applied
Law of 1838 of Vt
from Arad Joy
[upside down at bottom of page-Power of Attorney]
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STATE OF Vermont
County of Rutland} ss Obadiah Spaulding being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is an heir of Lucy Spaulding deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, that this deponent is directly interested in said claim.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 day March 1853 and (I do hereby certify that the said Obadiah Spaulding is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him as being directly interested in said claim.)
John Johnson Justice Peace
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Obadiah Spaulding of Bridgewater Son of the deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N.Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension
Witness my hand and seal, this 14th day of March 1853
Obadiah Spaulding
Sealed and delivered in the presence of }
B. Maxham
Ransom Maxham
STATE OF Vermont
County of Rutland} Be it known that on the 14 day of March 1853 before the subscriber, n Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Obadiah Spaulding above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affiadvit to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
John Johnson Justice peace
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State of Vermont
County of Rutland} I Harvey Button Judge of Probate in and for said county & district do hereby certify that at a Probate court holden before me in my office in Wallingford in said County, that satisfactory evidence was then & there exhibited of the fact, that Isaac Spaulding late a pensioner & the late husband of Lucy Spaulding herself an applicant for a pension, died on the 26th day of January 1835 leaving his widow Lucy Spaulding who remained his widow till her death, & died his widow on the 25th December 1843 leaving at her death, & who still survives her the following named children, being her only children her surviving and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit Obadiah Spaulding, Isaac Spaulding Roxana Pratt, Silvia Mudge, & Lucy Sanderson
The proof which was satisfactory to the court was the attached affidavits of Royal Crowley & Hannah Crowley who are respectable persons, & residents of Mount Holly
I have no part or hand in the agency of this case
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand, and affixed my official seal this 28 day of July 1854
Harvey Button Judge
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State of Vermont
County of Rutland} ss Personally appeared before me Royal Crowley & Hannah Crowley and after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that they were personally acquainted with Isaac Spaulding deceased late a pensioner & the late husband of Lucy Spaulding, who was herself an applicant for a pension, that the said Isaac Spaulding died on the 26th day of January 1835 leaving his widow Lucy Spaulding, who remained his widow, & died his widow on the 25th day of December 1843 leaving the following married children who still survive her, being her only children now surviving her and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years to wit Obadiah Spaulding, Isaac Spaulding, Lucy Sanderson, Roxanna Pratt & Silvia Mudge
These deponents are residents of Mount holly in said County } Royal Crowley
Hannah Crowley
Sworn & Subscribed before me
this 25 day of July 1854
Abijah Cole Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Royal Crowley & Hannah Crowley are respectable persons & worthy witnesses. I further certify that I have no part in the agency of this case.
Abijah Cole Justice of the Peace
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
W.F. 25069 Washington, D.C., [blank], 19[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Isaac Spaulding a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[table headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (subheadings) CAPTAIN. COLONEL. | STATE. |
1777 | 2 mos | Pvt | Jewell | Cushing | Mass.
June 1, 1780 |  Dec 3. 1780 |  | Williams | Vose
Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Townsend, Mass.
Date of application for pension July 9 1832 His [illegible] was al.
Residence at date of application, Rutland Co Vt
Age at date of application, born at Townsend Mass Jan 7, 1761
died at Shrewsbury Vt. Jan 26, 1835
He mar Jany 10 1786 at Acton Mass Lucy Harris She was al pension on app ex. July 1, 1839 while a resident of Mount Holly Rutland Co. Vt. aged 73 years. She died Dec. 25, 1843. Obadiah, Isaac, Roxanna Pratt, Silvia Mudge and Lucy Sanderson were the only surviving children in 1854. No other name stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
6 children
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Plymouth Vt
June 25 } free M. Pollard Jr
P.M.
Jesse Gove Esq
Rutland
Vt.
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Plymouth June 25.1855
Sir, I was well acquainted with Mr. Isaac Spaulding for many years & knew him to be a very honest upright respectable gentleman. This was the character he bore wherever he was known. He removed to Shrewsbury about three years since & died in January past.
Yours &c.
Moses Pollard Jr.
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Lucy Spaulding, decd
widow of Isaac
Vermont
Act July 7.1838 & 1843
Admitted
at $26.66/100 per
annum from March 4.1836
to 25th December 1843, when
she died
Certificate payable to Obadiah Spaulding
Isaac Spaulding
Roxana Pratt
Silvia Mudge &
Lucy Sanderson
her only surviving children
atty
Arad Joy 
Ovid
New York
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Breif in the case of Lucy Spaulding, decd. widow of Isaac
Rutland County and State of Vermont
act July 7. 1838
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage-Parol and record proof
Widowhood
death & names
of children} Parol and Certified
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Isaac was pensioner at $26.66
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Lucy Spaulding
Vt sns 38
[crossed out-Anderson]
[written vertically-free
Hon L.P. Waldo
Com of Pensions 
Washington]
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11783
Lucy Spauldingt
J A.T.
AR
Let to R.R. Thrall May 13 '45
Same Jany 11.'47.
Let to Hon J Meacham
dated September 12/50
Let Arad Joy Sept 24/51
HJ Paul Octo 9 1852
Roxanna Pratt Jany 20/53
Arad Joy June 28 1853
same Feby 13 1854
Joy
act July 8 1838
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March 31/53
Rel: to case of
Lucy Spaulding
Vt
Act 7 July 1838
[stamp-FREE]
Arad Joy
Ovid
NY
[stamp- OVID N.Y.]
[written vertically-Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pens
Washington
DC
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HJ Paul Octo 9 1852
Mrs Roxanna Pratt
Jany 20/53
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25069
Isaac Spaulding
July 9-1832
Mt Holly
Rutland Vt. of 1
1777-Townsend Mass
Capt Jewell
Mass
Col Cushing
2 m
Jan 1.80
Capt Williams
Col Vose
6 mo 2 days
Nv 12 at
married Lucy Harris
Jany 10, 1786
He died Jany 26, 1835
She died Dec 25, 1843.
She applied July 1, 1839
1832
1761 
71