Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,489, for Edmund Lamb, Vermont
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(8-1776) 

Service
Continental, Vt.)

Lamb, Edmund
Rebecca

Number 
W.24.489

Contents
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Vermont - 3,421 
Rebecca Lamb widow of Edmund Lamb who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 and who died on the 3 March 1837 of Franklin in the State of Vermont who was a Pri in the company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Rgt commanded by Warner in the Vt line for of 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th March 1837 [4th day of March, 1836 crossed out] Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July ‘39 and sent to Wm Bridges St Albans, Vt.  

Arrears to the 4th of March - $40.00 
Semi-annual allowance ending $10.00
$50.00
{ Act July 7, 1838 }
 
Recorded by Book R Burdine Clerk Book A Vol. 2 - Page 43
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Vermont No. 18,971 

Edmund Lamb of Franklin Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regt commanded by Col. Warner in the Vermont Troops line for 6 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to Wm Bridges St. Albans Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 50.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834 10.00 
$60.00 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 75
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State of Massachusetts Berkshire County p. Williamstown January 3, 1839 

I Sumner Southworth Town Clerk of Williamstown in the state of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I find recorded in a book purporting to be the records of said Town, the record of the marriage of Edmond [Edmund] Lamb to Rebeckah [Rebecca] McMaster as follows viz - “These may certify that the persons named in the sequel were married at the time specified, by me Seth Swift Minister of the Gospel in Williamstown 

Edmond Lamb to Rebeckah [Rebecca] McMaster March Second, Seventeen hundred & ninety [1790]

“Recorded by me by Lewis Stebbins Town Clerk” And I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the state which is expected on the record in fair legible figures as follows "March 2d 1790" 

Sumner Southworth Town Clerk of Williamstown

I Sumner Southworth above named depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Williamstown aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of the exception above named as certified by me 
Summer Southworth Town Clerk of Williamstown

Berkshire p. January third, 1839 -
Sworn to before me Daniel N. Dewey Justice of Peace

I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common of Pleas for said County of Berkshire do certify that Daniel N. Dewey Esq before whom the foregoing Deposition of Sumner Southworth was taken was then & is now a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court thirteenth day of January 1839 

Cha. [Chadwick] Sedgwick Clerk.
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Mr. Sumner Southworth
Williamstown Masstts [Massachusetts]

Charles Sedgiwick Esq [crossed out]
Williamstown Ma. JAN 4 [black circle stamp; crossed out]

Lenox Mass. Jan 31 [black circle stamp]

The Clk [clerk] will please make certified a new paper & change [illegible] return by Mail addressed to Sumner Southworth Williamstown - 
[illegible]
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Dear Sir as my expenses have been considerable my living 30 miles from the County Clerks you may send me one dollar more and Law will oblige yeas 
Sumner Southworth 
Town Clerk of Williamstown 
January 12 1838
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Edmund Lamb 
[illegible] 27971 
for a Pension 

Admit [illegible] $20.00 

Wm Bridges Esq 
St Albans
[illegible]

Sworn and
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 27th, 1832.

STATE OF VERMONT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ss.

ON this 3 day of September 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Edmund Lamb, a resident of Georgia in the county of Franklin, and the State of Vermont, age 72 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.

He was born in Springfield State of Mass [Massachusetts] on the first day of March 1761. Has a record of his age. Whom he entered the service of the United States, he was a resident of Stanford Vt [Vermont] where he resided till after the close of the war, removed from thence to Williamstown and from thence to Georgia, where he has lived more than forty years -
That in the year 1777 in the month of March, he was drafted at Stanford, ^Vt [Vermont] for six months marched from thence under the command of Captain Samuel Robinson Lient [Lieutenant] Hutchins in Col [Colonel] Seth Warner’s Regt, to Hubbardton, and from thence to Manchester Vt [Vermont] there stationed a short time, and from thence to Arlington Vt and there a short time, and after the retreat of the American troops from Ticonderoga he marched to Stillwater and was there stationed during camp duty till his six months expired, which was in the month of September ‘77. That after his time was out, his officers request that the company would stay untill [until] something
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desicive between the two Armies took place, then stationed at Stillwater and Saratoga; the officers, having calld [called] for volunteers, and the whole company, to which he belongd [belonged] turned out and stayed with the officers (as near as he can recollect) till the 9 or 10th of October, a few days after the last general engagement with Burgoyne’s Army; was discharged at Still-Water [Stillwater] having served at least six months and twenty days; did not receive any written discharge at the close of his campaign.

He has no documentary evidence whatever and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. 

Is personally acquainted with the following named persons resident in Georgia who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief, as to his Revolutionary services viz [underlined]
D. R. Bogue Esqr. Town Clerk

Joshua Doane Esqr, Ira Hinkley, Thomas Northrop, Stephen Davis, Doct Jonathan Taylor and Jonah Loomis, Rev George W. Henslow, Gen Samuel Fairbanks 

Sworn to, an inscribed the day and year aforesd [aforesaid] [crossed out]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year of } Edmund Lamb 

We Ebon H. Dorman a Clergyman, formerly of Georgia, George W. Renslow a Clergyman and Decius R. Bogue residing in said Georgia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmond [Edmund misspelled] Lamb, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we belive [believe] him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed & 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 of George W Ranslow
Decius R. Bogue 
Eben H Dorman 

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 is was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Eben H. Dorman and George W. Renslow are both Clergyman, the Rev
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M Dorman has formerly been a settled Minister in the town of Georgia and personally acquainted with the applicant, several years. The Rev M Renslow is now a settled minister in sd [said] town of Georgia. M Bogue who has also signed the same is a resident in Georgia afsd [aforesaid] and is a credible person, and that the statement is entitled to credit. 

Stephen S. Brown Judge 

J Aaron S. Beeman Clerk of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd [said] court in the matter of the application of Edmond Lamb for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seals of office at St. Albans in said District this 3d day of September AD 1833- Aaron S Beeman Clerk
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4899
Rebecca Lamb

Vt. [Vermont]
Act 7, July 38

Admd 6 mo. For 20$

Died 3 March 37
Pen: com: 4 March 37

Wm Bridges
St. Albans Vt
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows;

State of Vermont
Georgia Districts 

On this 23d day of Novem [November], AD 1838, personally appeared before me William Bridges Judge of the court of Probate for the district afsd [aforesaid] Rebecca Lamb a resident of Georgia in the county of Franklin & State of Vermont aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows;

That she is the widow of Edmond [Edmund] Lamb who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and served in the Vermont Militia, but under whom he served she does not now recollect. She believes his service was performed at the taking of Burgoyne at the Saratoga. when he entered the service he was a resident of Stanford Vermont. For the service aforesaid her said husband received a pension under the act of June 7th 1832, which was paid to him by the agent for paying pensioners in Vermont, to the time of his death. 

She further declares that she was married to the said Edmond [Edmund] Lamb on the 2d day of March seventeen hundred and ninety [1790]
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that her husband the aforesaid Edmund Lamb, died on the third day of March 1837; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four [1794], vis at the time above stated.

Sworn to & subscribed, on the date & year above written }
Rebecca Lamb X
her mark

Before me Wm Bridges Judge

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office at St Albans in sd [said] district this 23d day of Nov AD 1838.

W Bridges Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont
Franklin County
St Albans March 2d 1839

Hon J.L. Edwards

Sir
I herewith transmit the declaration of Mrs Lamb widow of Edmund Lamb you will please examine the same and return an answer to the subscriber

Yours with Respect
W Bridges
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[illegible] WIDOW, &c.

File No. 24.489
Rebecca Lamb Wid of Edmund Lamb Priv Rev War

Act: July 7th 1838
Index: - Vol. A, Page 421

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Edmond [Edmund] Lamb. Vt (Burlington) act 7 June when [illegible]?
G.W.C.

6 July 39 - 

[penciled in] Died 3d March 1837 p to the period
JH
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

NAME Lamb, Frederick
GRADE Private
LINE South Carolina

WARRANT NUMBERS 12337 and 13321
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED June 27, 1795 to - not shown -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issues to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in the General Land Office records in the National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

NAME Lamb, George 
GRAD Private
LINE Hazen’s Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER 13354 
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED March 29, 179? (torn) to - not shown- 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.