Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10846, Innett Hollister, Conn. Vt.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                            NUMBER
Conn.    Hollister, Innett    S10846
Vt.
Carded
Contents
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Vermont  18.895
Innett Hollister
of Rutland, Co in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. [privateer] in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Regt commanded by Col Swift in the Connecticut* Militia

13 Mo 25ds Pr $46
Conn. and Vt.* Mch 23/05
Records completed. [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 46 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of October 1833 and Sent to [illegible] [illegible] Clk of the Co. Rutland Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833   115.00
[illegible] -anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 1834. 23.00
138.00 [total]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J.T Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 70

[illegible] to H Hollister [words are crossed out] 
May 10 1850, [words are crossed out] Letter
in Rev. War [illegible] of Asahel Hollister - No. 7803

Date of death not on A.B.
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Departmen of War
Regulations for the heirs of Officers + soldiers of the revolutionary army who were slain by the Enemy, who have died since the war and have not received land from the United States
State of Vermont }
Rutland County } Pawlet April 13. 1850
I Amos Hollister heir at law of Innett Hollister deceased do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the [illegible] Innett Hollister did enter as a private in the revolutionary war for proof of whose services I hereby [illegible] to the declaration of an accompanying proofs of the [illegible] Innett now on file in the war office. I further declare I never received a warrant for the Bounty land promised to the soldiers and heirs of revolutionary soldiers on the part of the United States nor do I believe the [illegible] Innett ever received it or transferred his claim to it to any person whatsoever signed Amos Hollister
We the subscribed hereby witness that we believe Amos Hollister to be a lawful heir of Innett Hollister deceased signed Artemus Wilcox [illegible]
Know all men by these presents that I Amos Hollister heir at law as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Hiel Hollister to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary at war of the United States or any other officer a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorney under him for the special purposes above expressed
Amos Hollister
Witnessed by
Artimus Wilcox
[illegible]
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State of Vermont }
Rutland County ss} Personally appeared the within named Amos Hollister subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto interjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned this 13th day of April A.D. 1850
Ossian H. Simonds Justice peace

I do hereby certify that the within named witnesses are credible witnesses
Ossian H. Simonds Justice Peace 

Amos Hollister
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State of Vermont, }  Rutland, .....S.S.
County Clerk's Office
[seal]   I, FREDERICK W. HOPKINS, Clerk of the COUNTY COURT for the County of Rutland, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that
Ossian H. Simonds Esquire, was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated the thirtieth day of November, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and expires the thirtieth day of November next: _: that his signature to the foregoing jurat and certificate is genuine; and that the said paper writings are executed according to the law of this State, and are in due form.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal fo Court, at Rutland, this Fifteenth day of April Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
F.W. Hopkins, CLERK

Amos Hollister
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20.581
Innet Hollister

Admit
13 mos 25 D

[illegible] of Harper East [illegible] Vermont
claimant care of the Clerk of the County _ Rutland Vermont
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
June 5, 1833

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 necessary to be done. These 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.

A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Innit Hollister of Rutland County, Vermont

Period when the service was rendered| Duration of the claimant's service- Years| Months.| Days.| Rank of the claimant.| Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.| Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.| Battles in which the applicant was engaged.| Country through which he marched.| Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.| Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|

[illegible] 1777 | | 2| | Private| Capt Wright| Col Newbury | | From Hartford Conn. to Peekskill N.Y. to Red Hook | Hartford County Connec.| Living Witnesses|

May 1778 | | 6| | minute man| "| Enos | None

[illegible] Apl. 1779| | 1| 14| Private| aged 71

End June 1780| | 7| | " | Grover| Swift| years +

Oct 1780 |||21|"| Stark| upwards

On roles of Swift regiment
Enlisted Augt 25 '80
Discharged Dec. 15.-
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, made 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 provion made by the act of Congress passed June 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 the officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing hand symbol] 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 applicant who claims a pension by virture 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 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 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 Continential and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{ To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a 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 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.
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 acquaintenance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that 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 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 or 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 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 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 applican 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 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 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 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 [underline] of the witnesses), and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[pointed finger symbol] 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 [illegible] 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.

He must state his actual service while minuteman [handwritten note at bottom of typed page]
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss
On this 14th day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of the District of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland afsd now sitting Innit Hollister a resident in the County of Rutland + State of Vermont aged seventy one years last March who being 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.
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That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers + served as herein stated. That he was drafted for two months in the latter part of September 1777. + immediately entered the service in a regiment commanded by Col Newbury of Windsos Connecticut. in the company of Capt Wright from Weathersfield. The Ensigns name was Elisha Treat from Glostenbury That he marched to Peekskill New York + there remained until the Brittish ascended North River to meet Gen Burgoin when he with his regiment pursued them as far as Red Hook. the enemy hearing of Burgoins defeat + Capture returned + he followed them back to Fishkill. From this place he + a part of the regiment crossed the river to New Windsor where they assisted some regular troops in erecting a large Fort which was abandoned without ever being completed; West Point being considered the most favourable place for such a work - that he was discharged at New Windsor in November haveing served two months. In the year 1778. in the 
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month of May he enlisted in a Regiment raised by the State of Connecticut called the "minuit men" for one year being liable to perform duty three months at a time. That under this enlistment in the month of June of the same year he was called into service in a Regiment commanded by Col. Enos + marched from Glostenbury to White Plains where he remained three of four weeks + then marched to West Point + was discharged in the month of September- That under the enlistment above stated in the month of December in the same year he with the regiment were again called into service + marched from Glostenbury afsd to Horse Neck where
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he remained three months + was then discharged the Cols name was Roger Enos + the Captain Elijah Wright Lieut Isaac Goodrich Ensign not remembered, having served in this enlistment six months. That in the month of April 1779. he was drafted + marched again from Glastonbury to New London + during his stay there assisted in creating a Fort served six weeks + was discharged.
7 mos
That in the year 1780 in the month of June he enlisted into the Continential army for nine months in a Regiment commanded by Col Swift the Majors name was Woodbridge the Adjutant Wilcox. The Captains Grover the Orderly Serjants Finney That he joined the army in New Jersey + remained in that State until he returned to Winter quarters at the highlands. that he was discharged in the month of January 1781 haveing served under this enlistment seven months. That on the 2d day of October 1780 he was present at the execution of Majr Andre Sewall recollects that the Gallows on which he was hung was built of white oak not hewn
That he was brought to the place of Execution in as one horses eastward that a black boy rode the horse. That afterwards he removed from Glastonbury to Pawlett in the County of Rutland Vermont and in the month of October 1781 he was called out in the Militia in that place + marched from Pawlett to Castleton in the same State. he went in the first place to a small Fort near where the Village now is but soon went to Blanchards [?] Mills at the outlet of the Ponds. That his company was commanded by Capt Stark of Pawlet; Liuetenants name was Comstock. Ensign Samuel Willard. That he served three weeks + was dismissed
Being interrogated agreeably to the direction of the Hon. Secretary - The Declarant saith that he was born as he always understood from his parents in Glastonbury in the County of Hartford + State of Connecticut on the 16th day of March 1761 
Has no record of his age but supposes it is recorded in the town clerks office in Glastonbury where he was born
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That he continued to reside in Glastonbury afsd until September 1781 when he removed to Pawlet Vermont where he has resided ever since. He never received any discharge in writing at the ends of every term of service. He mentions several persons to whom he has long been known in his neighbourhood who can testify to his character for verasity + to their belief or knowledge of his revolutionary services, such as Josiah Foley Peter Stevens + Elijah Brown - and that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Ashbel Hollister + Peter Stevens whose testimony is hereunto affixed.
 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
Innett Hollister 
Sworn to and subscribed the day + year afsd

I Peter Stevens of Pawlett in the County of Rutland  + State of Vermont being duly sworn testify + say that I was drafted in the same company with Innit Hollister then of Glastonbury now of Pawlet afsd in September 1777 + know that he served as he has stated in his declarations. And further that I lived in the same neighbourhood with him in the year 1780 in the months of June in the same year I understood that he enlisted in the Continental army for nine months + know that he was absent + understood + believe he was in duty in the army Peter Stevens 

I Ashbel Hollister of Pawlet in the County of Rutland + State of Vermont being duly sworn testify + say that I understood in the month of September 1777 that Innit Hollister who made the above declaration was drafted + know that he was absent from Glastonbury & then understood + believe he was doing duty in the army - And further I [illegiible] in the year 1780 that he enlisted for nine months in the continental army for
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+ know he was absent from home and believe that he was on duty under that enlistment
Sworn + subscribed the day + year afsd. Ashbel Hollister

We John Griswold a clergyman residing in Pawlet and Phineas Strong residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Innit Hollister who has suscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn + subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
John Griswold
P. Strong

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 John Griswold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Pawlet afsd County and that Phineas Strong who has also signed the same is a resident in said Pawlet and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Selah H. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Innett Hollister for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14. day of August A.D. 1832.
S.H. Merrill
Innit Hollister
20581
Declaration
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} On this 27th day of June AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven in the County of Rutland afsd. now sitting Innit Hollister a resident of Pawlet in the County of Rutland afs. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration made on the 14th day of August 1832
That under his enlistment as a "minute man" he served from June to September in the year 1778 the full term of three months as a private under Col Enos after he was dismissed + returned home + remained until December of the same year when he again commenced service in the same Regiment + marched to Horse Neck where he remained as a guard + served three months at this time + was discharged in March 1779 Making the whole time which he served as a minute man six months
Sworn + subscribed the day + year afsd } Innett Hollister

And the said Court certifies that it appears to them that Peter Stevens and Ashbel Hollister who have signed the preceding certificates are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I S.H. Merrill clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Fairhavven do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the  the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Innett Hollister for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 27 day of June AD 1833.
S.H. Merrill
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August 22, 1932
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INNETT HOLLISTER
S.10846
Miss Selma E. Moulton
Burchard
Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Innit Hollister, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 10846, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Innett Hollister. His personal signature was Innett Hollister.

Innett Hollister was born March 16, 1761, in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

While living in Glastonbury, Connecticut, he entered the service the latter part of September, 1777, served as private in Captain Wright's company, Colonel Newbury's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged in November, 1777, having served two months. He enlisted and served from June, 1778, as a private in Captain Elijah Wright's company of minutemen, Colonel Roger Enos' Connecticut regiment, and was discharged in September, 1778; was again called into service in the same regiment in December, 1778, and served until March, 1779, having served in these enlistments six months. He again entered the service in April, 1779, served six weeks and assisted in building a fort at New London, names of officers not stated. He enlisted in June, 1780, in New Jersey, served in Captain Grover's company, Colonel Swift's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged in January, 1781, having served seven months. He was again called out in October, 1781, while living in Pawlet, Vermont, and served as private in Captain Stark's Vermont company, served three weeks and was discharged.

The soldier continued to live in Glastonbury, Connecticut, until September, 1781, when he moved to Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont.
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innett Hollister was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was residing in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont. 

It is not stated in the claim whether soldier was married.

In 1832, one Ashbel Hollister was living in Pawlet, Vermont; in 1850, Amos Hollister made affidavit in Pawlet, Vermont, that he was heir-at-law of Innett Hollister, and in the same year one Hiel Hollister was referred to as an attorney, the relationship of those three persons to the soldier is not shown.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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10846
INVALID
Rev War

File No. 10,846
Innett Hollister
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: - Vol. A, Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1918. June 24. History to Mrs. Frank W. Berkshire

1924 May 27. Copies mailed to Oscar T. Barck 748 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. (see receipt for payment in Hezekieh Fay, W21101) AW.

1932 Aug 22 - Hist to Miss Selma E. Moulton - MLB
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Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate) 
M6
Ex. AW
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 915     Date May 17 24
Subject Innett Hollister, S10846. Rev.
1 (No.) copies of 1 (No. )pieces consisting of 3 (No.) pages to be forwarded when completed to the REV. WAR SECTION Division 
Remarks: copies mailed see receipt for payment in Hezekiah Fay W21101 sent to Oscar T. Barck, 748 St Johns Place, Brooklyn NY.
Approved:
WE Wilson
Chief Div. REV WAR SECTION    Cheif Clerk.
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Pension Bureau - 
Will you please tell me if Innett Hollister, who served in the war of the revolution as sergeant from Glastonbury. Conn. and who lived in Pawlet, Vermont from 1781 to his death [crossed out] [illegible] of
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his death in 1844 (or his widow), drew a pension for such services - 
Thanking you. I am, very sincerely yours, 
Mrs. Frank W. Berkshire
1509 Upsau Ave
El Paso. Texas
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Bunchard, Nebr.
Aug 2, 1932.
The Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
I should like to make inquiry if Innit Hollister made application for a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War. His home was at Glastonbury Connecticut.
Thanking you for any information, I am
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Selma E. Moulton.

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Aug 6 1932
RECEIPT STATION
PENSION FILES SUBSTATION