Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10628, Joel Emery, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Emery, Joel

NUMBER
S. 10628.

Carded.

CONTENTS
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1887  T.S Hopkins with history  Privt

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Vermont  18,891
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Joel Emery
of Grange co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pr in the Company commanded
by Captain Richards of the Regt commanded
by Col Starks in the Newhampshire
line for Militia--
10 Mo. Private  $33.34
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Inscribed on the Roll of [checkmark] Vermont
at the rate of 33. Dollars 34. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 21st day of Oct'r 1833  and Sent to--
J.W. Smith, Chelsea, Vt
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833................   83.35
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34..... 16.67
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..............................................................................$100.02
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(Revolutionary Claim,   )
(Act June 7, 1832.         )

Recorded by J.T. Sprague--Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 3   Page 63
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Joel Emery

Declaration
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State of Vermont,
ORANGE COUNTY SS.
At Chelsea in said County on this 20th day of June A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Hon. Titus Hutchinson
Daniel Cobb & Thomas Jones Esqs Justices of the County Court of said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Joel Emery a resident of Tunbridge in the County of Orange
and State of Vermont, aged 80 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 acres home at Goffstown in the County of Hillsboro & State of New Hampshire on 28th day of April 1853 and then resided till after the Revolution any [wear?] and resided since that time in Fishersfield Newhampshire 12 years & since then in Tunbridge (Vermont) where he now resides -- that he has no record of his age
that in the year 1775, about the 25th of April a few days after the battle of Lexington {six or eight days according to his best recollection) he enlisted in the service of the United States in the Militia of New Hampshire or State troops at Goffstown in the Company commanded by Capt Saml Richards, Lt Moses Little & Ensign Carr in Col John Starks Regiment in Gen [Joel Leacius?] Brigade, & marched forthwith to Mistic (now Medford) Massachusetts & was then mustered [,] that he enlisted & was mustered for eight months as a private that he was there employed on fatigue duty & on guard -- that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill in June of that year. that after said battle he & his company was stationed on Winter hill so called, and then remained in active service till the expiration of his 8 months which was on or about the 25th December 1775 & was then & there discharged verbally. and that immediately on being discharged and while at Winter hill he again enlisted in the ┃
Service of the United States in the Company of which our Robinson was Ensign in the Regiment of Col Starks but cannot recollect the Captains name in the Newhampshire Militia or State troops for the term of
two months and entered the service forthwith at said Winter hill and there continued at Winter hill aforesaid on fatigue & as guard till the expiration of his two months service which was nearly the close of February 1776 -- as near  as he can recollect -- that a number of Regiments were stationed at Cambridge during the full & winter aforesaid but cannot recollect the names of the officers as he once knew them.   that his memory is  greatly impaired but according to his best recollection he served as a private aforesaid not less than ten months, as above stated & was verbally discharged at the expiration of each term of service & never had a written discharge
[illegible] he has no documentary evidence to prove his services and that he cannot find any living witnesses to prove his services 
except Elijah Blake & Daniel Hackett & can obtain no proof of his two
months service --  that he is acquainted with Nathaniel King George Hackett Josiah Dana
H E G  McLaughlen  & many others who are acquainted with him as to his truth & veracity & know of my reputation & a soldier of
the Revolutionary - that his ages such and his memory so impaired that he cannot recollect with absolute certainty about the time of entering the service as aforesaid   that it might have been as late as the first of May, 1775, but he stated according to his best recollection & that he was in said service not less than ten months-
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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 [illegible - any agency in] any State
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Joel Emery
Atte, [signed] Harry Hale, Clerk

We Nathaniel King clergyman residing in Tunbridge in said County of Orange and Josiah Dana residing in [the said, crossed out] Chelsea hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Emery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 80 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.
[signed] Nathaniel King   Josiah Dana
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Atte [signed]Harry Hale Clerk

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 certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel King who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Tunbridge in said County, and that Josiah Dana who has also signed the same, is a resident in Chelsea, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. [signed] Harry Hale, Clerk

Harry Hale, Clerk of the County Court of Orange County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joel Emory for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Office, this 20th day of June A.D. 1833. 
[signed] Harry Hale  CLERK.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Apl. 1921
S.10628
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Joel Emery a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Apl. 1775 - 8 mos. - Pvt. - Captain Saml Richards - Colonel John Stark - N.H..

Dec. 1776 - 2 mos. - Pvt - Capt. Saml Richards - Col John Stark

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Goffstown, N. H.
Date of application for pension, June 20, 1832, cl al
Residence at date of application, Tunbidge, Orange Co. Vt
Age at date of application, b Apl 28 1753 in Goffstown, Hillsboro Co. N.H.
Remarks:  No Fam Data

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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RECORDS DIVISION

MAR 3 1921
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Incl stamped envelope enclosed

Randolph, Vermont
Mch 1, 1921
To the Pension Dept, Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs -- [note on side--Rev Sec/cw]
I would like the Revolutionary War History of Joel Emery (Seignor) a soldier of the Revolutionary war Also the Genealogy of his son Joel Emery (Jr) soldier of the War of 1812 & 1814 who was born in [Tops?]field N. H. Oct 10 1787 and married Lucy Goddard in 1814 of Royalton, Vt and lived in Tunbridge Vermont.
Respectfully, Mrs. Ellen Emery Lattimer
Randolph, Vt

[stamp:]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 3 1921
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10628

INVALID.

[along side]  Rev War

File No. 10,628

Joel Emery

Pri. [private] Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index:--Vol. [I?], Page 114

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870


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Apl  9 - 1902
Mrs. J A Crocker
New Haven Conn

1921  Apl 19  hist to Mrs Ellen E. Lattimer - Ew
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6318
Joel Emery

Admit
10 Mos

[ink blot--illegible]

J W Smith
H. E. G. McLaughlen [crossed out]
Chelsea
Orange Co
Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 April 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 shew what is
necessary 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered 
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years
Months 
Days
Rank of
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present and. place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is ported.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Joel Emery
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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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate Tro
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
line, under the following named officers:
and
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. 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.
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, thisday

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
Declaration not correct.
no troops were as
stated
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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
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
6.
en, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Officer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons 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
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
ed (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.
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.
The age of the claimant
must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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
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, anddays
, I served as a . For months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grate of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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 certify
ed by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
actual service at so early a period at that
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Elijah Blake's
Affidavit
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I Elijah Blake of Chelsea in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged 76 years, depose and say that In April 1775 I became acquainted with Joel Emery then of Goffstown in the State of New Hampshire but now of Chelsea in the State of Vermont he then was then a private solder in Capt Samuel Richards Company in Col John Starks Regiment of New Hampshire Militia and Enlisted for the Term of Eight months and served the term of his enlistment out, in the same Regiment same company and in the same [illegible] with me. I understood I verily believe, he was in the battle at Bunker Hill but being in the main guard was not present I did not see him there and further this deponent saith not. 
Chelsea August 16th 1832 [signed] Elijah Blake present H. E. G. McLaughlen 

State of Vermont Orange County ss } Chelsea August 16th 1832 then the above named Elijah Blake personally appeared and made solemn oath that above [illegible] contained the whole truth & Nothing but the truth before me.
[signed] H.E.G. Mclaughlen J. Peace and Notary Public

I further certify that [that, repeated] the above named Elijah Blake is to me well Known to be a Man of Truth & Veracity 
[signed] HEG McLaughlen Justice Peace and Notary Public
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Joel Emory's
Testimony
Two affidavits
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I Daniel Hackett of Tunbridge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I am Seventy nine last May that I was born in Newbury new town I moved from their [there]to Goffstown and from their [there] to Dunbarton that I was well acquainted with Joel Emery that he inlisted [enlisted] as as a Soldier in the revolutionary war in Captain Richard's Company in Colonel Starkes Regiment that in 1775 I think in August the same year I went to winter to winter Hill and took his place two week while he went home and see his friends. then he came again and I went home and that I understood he served eight months at that time in the militia in said Company the said Joel Emery then resided in Goffstown in the State of New Hampshire that in 1790 I the said Daniel Hackett moved to Tunbridge in the State of Vermont where I have  lived ever since and that soon after I moved to Tunbridge the said Joel Emery moved to the same place and I have been acquainted with him ever since.
Tunbridge August 21th 1832  [signed] Daniel Hekett

State of Vermont Orange County ss } Personally appeared the above named Daniel Hackett and maid Solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. 
Before me [signed] Ebenezer Hackett Justice Peace

I further certify that the above named Daniel Hackett is a credible witness. 
[signed] Ebenezer Hackett Justice Peace 

State of Vermont Orange County Clerks Office August 21st 1832
I H.E.G. McLaughlen Clerk of Orange County Court do certify that Ebenezer Hackett before whom the above affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the above signature purporting to be his is Genuine, 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the day & year above written 
H.E.G. McLaughlen Clerk
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No. 1318    2
Joel Emory
Declaration
P.6,


Return to be made to H. E. G. McLaughlen
Chelsea  Orange County
Vermont
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State of Vermont
Orange County SS.}  At Chelsea in said County on this 21 day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Titus Hutchinson Daniel Cobb & Thomas Jones County Court of said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Joel Emery a resident of Tunbridge in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 79 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. passes June 7, 1832, that he enlisted on the first of April 1775 in Goffstown in the county of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire into Capt Samuel Richards Company and Col John Starks Regiment in Gen Sulavens Brigade in the New Hampshire [unknown] for the term of Eight months, was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and after my term of eight months had expired I enlisted for the term of two months in the same regiment, Capts name not recollected[.]  The Ensign's name was Robinson when I enlisted I was marched to Mistic [Mystic] now called Medford from there to Winter Hill where I remained until the last of January 1776, when I was discharged but received no written discharge.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 of any State.
Affirmed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  
[signed] Joel Emery
H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk

We Nathaniel King Clergyman residing in Tunbridge in said County of Orange and George Hackett residing in the said Tunbridge[Clergyman?] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Emery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 79 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
[signed] Nathaniel King  George Hackett
Affirmed to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  [signed] H. E. C. McLaughlen  Clerk

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 certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel King who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Tunbridge in said County, and that George Hackett who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] H. E. G. McLaughlen  Clerk

H. E. G. McLaughlen Clerk of the Court of Orange County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joel Emory [sic] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Office, this 25th day of August A.D. 1832.
[signed] H. E. G. McLaughlen  CLERK.