Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 593, for Jesse Soper, Vermont
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Service VT
Soper, Jesse
Martha
Number 
W.593
B.L.Wt. 2088-160-55
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2282. New York
Jesse Soper
Granville in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Comstock of the Regt. Commanded by Col Fletcher in the Vermont time for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars -cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of November 1832 and sent to JC Parker North Granville NY

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 ---         $45.00
Semisant Allowance ending 4 Mar 33 15
                                                            $60.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by John Cromwell clerk
Book D          Vol. 5           Page 204
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let. Agent disputing [?] payment and [illegible] to pensioner Soper 1835

Sec let. to 
Pension Agt. at Albany N. Y., Sept. 17. 1838.
let. to J. C. Parker 22. April 1839
Same person of 3rd auditor 15 Aug 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1835 to 4th Sept 1838.  Agt. notified 10. Sept 1839
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2142
New York
Albany
Martha Soper
[Wi]dow of Jesse Soper
who served in the Revolutionary war, Vt, as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Septr. 1853 and sent to
O. F. Thompson
Granville
Washtn County, N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Page 85 Vol. A 
Feby. 3, 1853
1832
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16282 March 26/53
Act" 3"
Martha Soper Widow of Jesse Soper Priv in the Revolutionary War that she is now a Pensioner under the Act of 3 Feby 1853
Capt. Danl Comstock
Lt Col Saml Fletcher 
(?)
(?)
(?)
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[illegible]
1830
Jesse Soper
admitted
14761
J. C. Parker Agt
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1850
BRIEF in the case of Jesse Soper of Granville County of Washington in the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
70 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. 
In 1782
Duration of Service.
Months, 9
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Col. Hatchers Regt.
5, In what battles was he engaged?
none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Danby Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
2 living witnesses & traditionary Evidence
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Affidavit of Wm. Bromley not authenticated under Seal 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord Examining Clerk.
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Jesse Soper
+'d To be sent to John C. Parker.
North Granville Wash. Co. N. York from War Department
1851
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State of New York
Washington County
On this twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington aforesaid now sitting Jesse Soper a resident of the town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York aged seventy years on the 26th day of February last past 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 stated.
That Lewis Soper his brother enlisted in the latter part of the winter of 1782 in Capt. Comstocks Company in Col. Fletchers Regiment in the Vermont State troops he supposes for the term of nine months, and on that occasion it was tho't best by the family of his father that this Declarant should take the place of his brother and join the said Company in his stead they both then living with their father in Danby Vermont now in Rutland County this declarant is unable to state the month, that he  early in the spring joined the said Company commanded by Captain Comstock, Lieut Dimmick & Lewis in said regiment and was received by the officers instead of his brother aforesaid. that this said Company was Stationed at Pittsford in the state of Vermont to guard against the enemy that frequent scouts were sent out to the mouth of Otter Creek and to Lake Champlain from the Fort at Pittsford aforesaid that he served at that station until the fifteenth of December in the year of his enlistment when he was dismissed. that he so took the place of his brother without any reward from him and during this Campaign he knew of no other regiment being there than that of Col Fletchers. That Major Ormsbee of Manchester Vermont was the Major in Said Regiment whom he remembers and remembers Capt Whites Company there - that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than that hereto annexed
And he further saith that it is inconvenient for him & too expensive to get the witnesses to attend Court. William Bromley living out of this State and Jesse Averil being a pensioner and to infirm to attend Court and this declarant being also too poor to pay their expenses if they could themselves go.
To the Questions put to him by the Court he answers as follows
1) That he was born in Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts on 26 February 1762
2) that he had a record[?] of his age in his bible at home
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3. That at the time he entered the service he was living in Danby Vermont
4. That he went into the service as a Substitute for his Brother who shortly after he took his place enlisted at another Station
5. That the names of the Officers Company & Regiment I cannot state other than I have above
6. That I never received a written Discharge
7. That he's known in his neighborhood by Samuel Standish Jr Postmaster Rev Samuel C. Dillaway, Byron Baker Charles  Chantly [?] John C. Parker and others who can testify to my character for truth and veracity
He hereby reliquishes 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 or Territory whatever
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jesse Soper
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. S. Leigh Clerk

State of New York
Washington County
I Samuel C,. Dillaway a Clergyman residing in North Granville in the County and State aforesaid Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jesse Soper the Declarant in the above Declaration named that I believe him to be Seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that I concur in that opinion--and that I cannot conveniently attend the Court at Salum [?] to testify to the above certificate
S. C. Dillaway
Affirmed and Subscribed this 22 August 1832
Before me J. C. Parker Peace
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And the said Court Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [illegible] the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated--and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel C. Dillaway who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in Granville in this County and that Jesse Averill who has signed the annexed affidavit is a resident of Granville aforesaid and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit--
And the Court further certify that in their opinion the applicant cannot without too much expense & [illegible] produced in Court the said Samuel C., Dillaway and Jesse Averill to state on oath to the certificate affidavit
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington aforesaid Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Soper for a pension.  And that John C. Parker before whom the foregoing certificate of Samuel C. Dillaway and affidavit of Jesse Averill  was taken, affirmed & Sworn was at the several dates thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County duly authorized to administer oaths and I am acquainted with his handwriting and I verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate & affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the[illegible] ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two--
J. S. Leigh Clerk
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The Affidavit of William Bromley of Clarendon in the County of Rutland State of Vermont aged Sixty Six testify and say that in the Spring of the year, (I think in the month of May) one thousand seven hundred and eighty two or 1783 and I think in the year 1782 I enlisted into Capt. Comstocks Company for six months at Danby in said County of Rutland and repaired to Pittsford in said County to Join the Army That I was acquainted with Jesse Soper at said Danby previous to my Enlistment and Knew of said Jesse being in the Service of the Country that he was in the same Mess Tent [?] this deponent while at Pittsford during the Campaign that the same Jesse Soper belonged to said Comstocks Company and done duty faithfully in said Company until the Campaign Closed when we were dismissed at Pittsford our Lieutenants were David Dimick and James Lewis our paymaster was Thomas Tolman this deponent further saith that he has known the said Jesse Soper since the war and that he has seen him often since and that I understand he now resides at Granville State of New York and further saith not Clarendon
August 1st, 1832 Wm. Bromley
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County
August 1st 1832
Clarendon 
Personally appeared Wm. Bromley to me well known and subscribed and made oath to the within affidavit before me
Henry Hodges [illegible] 
Judge Rutland County Court
I hereby certify that William Bromley the aforesaid deponent is a person whose testimony is every way entitled to belief
Henry Hodges [illegible]
Judge of R. C. Court

The written deposition of William Bromley was taken and sealed up by Mr. H. Hodges [illegible] Judge Rutland C. Court
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State of New York
Washington County
I Jesse Averill of Granville in said County being duly sworn according to Law, saith he was a soldier in Col. Warners Regiment of Continental troops and was discharged therefrom on or about the 4th day of October 1779 and in that fall or the next fall after he enlisted for the campaign of 1780 or of 1781 and which he cannot remember in Capt David Comstock's Company to go to Pittsford in Vermont on Otter Creek where he went pursuant to his enlistment where they built a Picket fort and Barracks and continued to the twenty sixth of December of that year--and he further saith that in the next spring he went to Pittsford aforesaid in the same Company under Capt Comstock and served there until in December of that year and from the best of his remembrance this last service was in the year 1782 he is sure it was not after that year though it might be in the year 1781.  and he well remembers Jesse Soper named in the annexed Declaration served in the same Company with this Deponent in the said Last Service that the said Jesse Soper served from the Commencement of the Campaign last mentioned until in December of that year in Capt Comstocks Company in Col Fletchers Regiment of which Gideon Ormsbee was Major  Commander of the North during the Last year above named--and this Deponent saith he was a Sergeant in said Company the Last year and well knows said Jesse Soper served there in the same Company with this [illegible] and he further saith he has [illegible] within [illegible] mises [?] of the said Jesse Soper for about forty years and has known him all that time and can say he the said Jesse Soper is an honest and industrious but poor man--and this Deponent further saith his health is poor and he is verry [sic] infirm and unable to go to Court to testify in the premises above named that he is himself  a pensioner having served his Country in the Revolution that he is Seventy three years of age on the 18th April 1832
Jesse Averill
Subscribed & Sworn this 14th day of August 1832
Before me
John C. Parker Just. Peace 
in & fir Washington County
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State of New York
County of Washington
On this Second day of May A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Supreme Court of the State of New York Martha Soper a resident of the town of Granville in the county of Washington and State aforesaid aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the widow of Jesse Soper who was a private in the Revolutionary army that he said husband Jesse Soper received a Pension in his lifetime for his service in said War at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum under the act of 7th June 1832 that his pension certificate was dated the 22nd November 1832 a copy of which she now has that she referred the department to the evidence of his Service filed in the Department of Washington to prove the service of her said husband. that she is unable to State particularly when or where he entered the service nor particularly the names of the officers under whom he served but she refers to the evidence on file to prove those particulars.  she further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Soper on the eighth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty three that her said husband Jesse Soper died on the fifth day of January last (A.D. 1853) that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above Stated she further declares that she further declares that she is now a widow & is the widow of said Jesse Soper 
Martha Soper
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me in open Court 
NB Milliman Clerk of Wash Co and of the Supreme Court
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State of New York
County of Washington
David Burdick and Julia Burdick his wife of the town of Granville County & State aforesaid being severally duly sworn do severally depose & say that they were severally well acquainted with Jesse Soper in his life time and with the within named Martha Soper who was his wife and is now his widow. these deponents further say that the said Jesse Soper died on the 5th day of January last (1853) at the house of these deponents where he then resided that these deponents were present at the time of his death and had personal Knowledge of his death & burial at the time aforesaid that the said Jesse Soper at the time of his death was a United States pensioner at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum that he the said Jesse Soper died leaving the within named Martha Soper his widow him surviving and who is still living at the town of Granville aforesaid that as these deponents were severally informed by the neighbors & friends of said Soper the said Jesse Soper was Lawfully married to the said Martha Soper (whose name before such marriage was Marth Burdick) at the town of Granville aforesaid and such marriage was solemnized by one Rev. S. C. Dilloway a minister of the Gospel on the 8th day of June 1833 (eighteen hundred and thirty three) that these deponents pesonally knew that the said Jesse Soper and Martha Soper his wife ever since about that time (8 June 1833) until the death of said Jesse as above stated lived together as husband and wife and regarded and acknowledged each other as husband and wife and were so regarded and acknowledged by these deponents and by all their neighbors and acquaintance and were reputed & believed to be husband and wife and although deponents were not present at their marriage  they never had any doubt but that
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they were legally married at the time aforesaid, that the said S. C. Dillaway is dead & his family who survive him now reside in one of the western States but where they know not that they do not know whether there was any Record made of such marriage but deponents say that if there was any such Record they believe it would be impossible to find or produce it, that the only record they can find or know of is that they find a minute of a marriage in the family bible of said Martha Soper which states "married to Jesse Soper June 8, 1833, but it does not state who was married to him although they believe it was intended as a Record or memorandum of the marriage of said Martha Soper, that these deponents have each been personally well acquainted with the said Jesse Soper and with the said Martha Soper for upwards of forty years.
David Burdick
Julia Burdick
Subscribed and Sworn to by the said David Burdick & Julia Burdick his wife beforeme this first day of July A.D. 1853
A. S. Burdick Justice of the Peace
I, Albert S. Burdick the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavits were taken do certify that the above named David & Julia Burdick are credible reputable witnesses and that I verily believe the several matters stated in the foregoing affidavit are true that most of matters therein stated are true to my own Knowledge and that I was personally acquainted with said Jesse Soper & Martha his wife for upwards of fifteen years & knew them to live together as husband and wife up to 5 Jany 1853, when said Jesse Soper died & that I was at his funeral & assisted to bury him at the time aforesaid
Given under my hand this 1st day of July 1853
A. S. Burdick  Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Washington
I Nathaniel B. Milliman clerk of said County do hereby certify that Albert S. Burdick before whom the above affidavits of David & Julia Burdick were Sworn & taken was at the time of taking the same court on the 1st day of July 1853 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized by law to take affidavits for general purposes and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that each of the above signatures the signature to the above affidavit & to the certificate following below the same is the genuine signature of the said Albert S. Burdick said Justice of the peace. I also certify that the within declaration of Martha Soper was made & Sworn to before the Supreme Court in & for County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County being my official Seal and Subscribed my name this 12th day of July A.D. 1853
N. B. Milliman Clerk of Washington Co of the Supreme & County Courts
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Martha Soper claim to said Bounty under act of 3rd March 1853 as the widow of Jesse Soper a Revolutionary Soldier the applicant received a Pension under act 3rd February 1853.
O. F. Thompson
Atty
Granville 
Wash Co
N.Y
Hon L. P. Waldo Com. Pensions, will please send the warrant or any communication in regard to this claim to me as the atty of the claimant
O. F. Thompson
Granville
Wash Co
N. Y.
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State of New York
Washington County
Be it Known that on this nineteenth day of March AD one thousand eight hundred & fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within & for the County & State aforesaid Martha Soper aged Eighty three years a resident of the town of Granville in the County of Washington in the State of New York who being duly Sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Jesse Soper who was a private in the Revolutionary war that She now has in her possession a Certificate of Pension dated September 24, 1853, signed by R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior and countersigned by L. P. Waldo, commissioner of Pensions certifying that she the said Martha Soper is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum paid in conformity to the 2nd section of the act of February 3rd, 1853. She further declares that she is the identical Martha Soper in said certificate named and that she has drawn her pension at different times according to said certificate.  She further declares that she is still a widow & has never intermarried since the death of said Jesse Soper but is still his widow. That as she believes the widow of her marriage to and after death of her said husband the said Jesse Soper is filed as she believes with the Pension office of Washington and was made when her application for Pension under the act of 3rd February 1853 above mentioned. She asks that said Proofs may be examined and referred to in support of this claim.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. She further declares that she has never received or before applied for any military land warrant neither did her said husband to her knowledge or beliefs
Martha Soper
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We Asa Reynolds and David Burdick residents of Granville in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Soper in our presence that we are personally well acquainted with her and we personally know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be
Asa Reynolds
David Burdick
The foregoing or within declaration and affidavit were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants [?] to be credible persons that I am personally well acquainted with said Martha Soper and Know the said Martha Soper the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that she has a pension certificate & is a pensioner as stated in her within declaration that I personally know much of the matters stated in said declaration to be true and that I have no interest in this claim.
A.S. Burdick Justice of the Peace
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16.282
STATE OF NEW YORK
WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE

I do hereby certify that A S Burdick Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Declaration & affidavits hereto annexed, was on the 19 day of March 1855, the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and qualified by law to act as such Justice and that the signature of said A.S. Burdick subscribed thereto is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County this 22 day of March A.D. 1855
Geo. B. Strow Dep. Clerk
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Information as contained in {illegible] widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau
Jesse Soper 
W. F. 3-93
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Spring 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE
9 mos. ending Dec. 15th, 1782
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.
Daniel Comstock
COLONEL.
Fletcher
STATE.
Vt
Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danby Vt.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Granville, Washington Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. Feb. 26, 1762 at Sheffield Mass
died Jany 4th or 5th 1853 at Granville N. Y. 
It is not stated that the soldier served in the war of 1812.
Very respectfully,
31793b5m1e-97
by other Chance [?]
Commissioner.
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3515 No, 17th St.
Philadelphia, Pa
12th July, 1911
The Hon. Com. Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I am referred to your Dep't respecting one JESSE Soper. He was we think, a soldier in both the Revolutionary Army and that of 1812. And possibly a pensioner,
Will you kindly advise me if his name occurs in your rolls?
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He lived and died in town of Granville, Wash. Co. N.Y. His death was about year 1850 I think.
Thanking you in advance, I remain, respectfully,
Frank H. Burdick.
US Pension Office July 12 1911
Ans Aug. 17
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2088
[illegible]
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1911 July 18 Hist. to F. H. Burdick V. L. Ne
593
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 593
Martha Soper, 
Widow
Jesse Soper, 
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:--Vol. M., Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 16282
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar. 26th, 1855
Martha Soper wid. of Jesse Soper
Rev. War, pt.
Capt. Danl. Comstock
Lt. Col. Saml. Fletcher
Va. Mil.
Warrant 2088 
-160
-55
O. F. Thompson
Granville
Washington Co.
N.Y.
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Pension Office
Sept. 21, 1853
Sir, 
Please certify the time in which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death.
Very respectfully
Your obt Sevt.
 L. P. Waldo
Commissioner
F. Burt Esq
3rd Auditor
Present
(See other side.)
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Jesse Soper, act of 10 June 1832, $30. p. annum.
Died 4th January 1853, Paid to his death.
F. Burt
Auditor.
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[illegible]
Boynton
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Jesse Soper
Pension applicant for a continuance
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State of New York
Washington County
William Bromley of Clarendon in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont now on a visit to Granville Washington County above named aged Seventy years [illegible] being duly sworn saith that in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one or Eighty two he believes in the year eighty two he knew Jesse Soper then of Danby Vermont but now of Granville in the county of Washington and State of New York and knew of his serving as a Soldier for the term of nine months in Captain Daniel Comstocks Company of the Vermont State troops in Col. Samuel Fletchers Regiment that the said Jesse Soper entered the said Company early in the spring of the year aforesaid and continued in said Company until in the month of December of that year that this Deponent served in the same Company and that the said Jesse Soper and this Deponent were discharged and went home together in December aforesaid, this Deponent serving wit said Jesse Soper in said Company the said Term of nine months. This Deponent having been acquainted with said Jesse Soper can since the Revolutionary War--further saith
Wm. Bromley
Subscribed and Sworn this 7th July 1836 before me
John C. Parker JPeace
Washington County 
Thomas J. Underwood of Clarendon in the County of Rutland, State of Vermont being duly sworn saith he is well acquainted with William Bromley the above Deponent and saith the said William Bromley is a man of truth and veracity and esteemed a credible Witness. this Deponent having been acquainted with him more than twenty years and never heard any thing against him as a man of truth & veracity and his reputation has always been good.
Tho J. Underwood
Subscribed & Sworn this 7th July 1836 before me
John C. Parker, JPeace and I certify that the said Tho. J. Underwood the above affidavit is as far as I can learn a credible witness not being personally acquainted with him cannot speak from my own knowledge
J C Parker J. Peace
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State of New York
Washington County
Samuel Standish Jr. Postmaster of North Granville  in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Jesse Soper within named and has been acquainted with him more than twenty years last past that the said Jesse Soper resides about a mile from this deponent and is still alive, That he has known of his having drawn a pension and has learned it has been suspended by the Department and has had several conversations with him in relation to an application for its reversal. And he further saith that the said Jesse Soper is an honest and Industrious man and this Deponent has no doubt of his having served in the Revolutionary War at Pittsford in Vermont as he alleges that he is poor & needs the bounty of his Country and he has understood the reason why the annexed affidavits were not sooner sent, is, the said Soper has been waiting in hope to obtain further proof, and also to Learn whether others who served in the same company, succeeded in obtaining their pension & Especially William Bromley a fellow soldier.  That this deponent has this day been the said Jesse Soper at his this Deponents office
Saml. Standish Jr.
Subscribed & Sworn this 8th day of August 1838 before me
John C. Parker J. Peace and I certify that the above Samuel Standish Jr. is a credible witness in any Court
J.C. Parker
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State of New York
Washington County
Jesse Averill of Granville in said County being duly sworn saith that he is in the seventy Eighth year of his age and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war that he was a Sergeant in Captain Comstocks Company in Col. Fletcher's Regiment and he believes in General Eno's 
Brigade that the said Company was Stationed at Pittsford on Otter Creek in the State of Vermont in the year 1782 he verily believes and that the said Company and Regiment were recognized as State Troops of the State of Vermont and that Lands were granted to the soldiers and this Deponent had three shares granted to him And he further saith he well knew Jesse Soper then of Danby Vermont and has known him ever since that he now resides in Granville and has drawn a pension but he understands it has been stopped and he further saith that the said Jesse Soper served in the Company and Regiment aforesaid as a private for the period of nine months in the year 1782, that he entered the said Company early in the spring of that year and was discharged in December following a few days before this Deponent and he further saith that the said Jesse Soper served in said Company faithfully as a soldier and this Deponent well recollects the said Jesse Soper's service aforesaid and has been well acquainted with him ever since that period that he has lived in Granville Washington County New York for the last thirty years and more not far from this Deponent further saith not.
Jesse Averill
Subscribed & Sworn on this 18th day of August 1836
Before me
John C. Parker J. Peace and I certify that the said Jesse Averill is a credible witness and well esteemed as an honest man by his neighbors & acquaintances having been acquainted with him for more than twenty years
J. C. Parker J. Peace
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Martha Soper
widow of Jesse Soper private in Revolutionary War, 
Pension Claims
under act of 3rd Feb. 1853
Declaration of widow also proof of marriage to & death of her husband Jesse Soper
O. F. Thompson
atty for Claimant
Granville Wash Co
N. Y.
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Granville Wash Co. N.Y.
July 12, 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir
Enclosed I send the claim of Martha Soper widow for a pension under act of Feb. 3, 1853. I believe the papers are all right. I know she is entitled to the pension Please send to me the certificate of pension or any communication on the subject as her atty.
Yours truly.
O. F. Thompson
Atty for claimant
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Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Brief in the case of Martha Soper, widow of Jesse Soper Washington County and State of New York
act 3rd February 1853
Claim, ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832
Parol [?] proof of Marriage witnesses certified to be credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
O. F. Thompson Esqr
Granville
Washington Co. N.Y.
Examining Clerk
R. Geddes
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 31st, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse Soper, a Pensioner on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of March 1835, to the 4th Sept., 1838, 3 1/2 years.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of Vermont
Treasurer's Office Windsor August 27, 1838
Sir
In compliance with your request dated 22nd I have examined the Rolls of Cap.' Danl Comstock's company for 1781 with reference to the services of Jesse Soper, Wm. Bromley & Jesse Averill, & I find paid to them for services performed in 1781 previous to 1st July viz.
To Jesse Soper 4.8.0 [four pounds, eight shillings].
1.24
Wm. Bromley 3.10 8
Jesse Averill 2.4 0
Length of service not stated the Pay Roll being an abstract of names & sums due, only taken from the original Roll in the PayMasters office Reg. not named
I further find in Roll of Capt. Comstock's company in Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. Sam.l Fletcher, service allowed to those men as follows
To Jesse Soper private 147 days from 1st July to 24th Nov, 1781
Wm. Bromley " " " "
Jesse Averill Corporal " " "
M.4.27 or 6:21
There are no Rolls of Cap.t Comstock's company for 1782 known to exist in this office
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt. servt
A. Wardner, Treasurer of State of Vermont
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com.r of Pensions
Washington
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N. Y.
Jesse Soper
see let. to J. W. Olcott, Esqr.
Pension Agent
Sept. 17, 1838
Act. 7th June 1832.
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State of New York
Washington County
North-Granville August 11th 1838
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Inclosed I send you affts in behalf of Jesse Soper for the revival of his pension which was suspended as per your letter of 7th April 1835. the inclosed were taken some time since and he hoped to have been able to have procured additional ones but has not been able, as he is poor and aged he stands in need of the little with which his Country he thinks is bound to supply him as well as others he having faithfully served nine months.  There can be no doubt of his services. he has the testimony of Jesse Averill who was a Sergeant in the same Compy and who is a pensioner under the act of 1818 and the service by virtue of which he draws his pension, was the same as that of Soper and Mr. Soper has heard that Bromley one of the affidavits has been suspended in the reception of his Pension which has since been revived and restored to him.  Averill & Bromley both served in the same Company and at the same time and place  Soper is poor, and is an Honest man, and above telling a falsehood in relation to his service all his acquaintances & neighbors believe his story of having served as a soldier of the Revolution.  Soper will be all anxiety until he hears the result of his present application
Your very humble Servant
J. C. Parker
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N. Granville N. Y.
April 5 1839
[illegible]
Jan 2? Eliz van Bogert
Ruth van Gilder
Jesse Soper
Hon James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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North Granville Wash Co N.Y. April 15th 1839
Ans. April 20th 1839
Hon James S. Edwards
Sir
Not far from first Jany last I sent to your department an application for a pension by  Elizabeth Van Bogert widow of Minard Van Bogert deceased and also another application in behalf of Ruth Van Gilder both under the same cover to your direction as Commissioner of Pensions Since which I have not heard from them  whether they reached you or what has become of them I remain in ignorance and as I have been frequently called upon in relation thereto I am induced to trouble you for an answer. The applications were both under the act of July 1838.  they are both poor and live on the Charity of their relatives who are also poor.  The applicants much need the provisions of Government in such cases if these come within the provisions will you have the goodness to give any information in your power of the fate of their several applications and oblige the applicants and myself I have the honor to be yours very respectfully 
John C.  Parker
N. B.
Jesse Soper whose pension under the act of 1832 was some two or three years since suspended has frequently applied to me on the subject and last Summer I sent on two affidavits of his service, he has now again called on me to know something about his case Jesse Averill who is a pensioner under the act of 1818 and its amendments was in the same service with Soper and his is continued. they both served in Pittsford Vermont and Soper cant see any reason why he is not entitled as well as Averill Averill and others prove his service  Soper is poor and needs it as much as any pensioner on the Roll. can you consistently give me information in his behalf on this subject I am Sir your very Obedt Servant
John C. Parker