Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,295, Phineas Alvord, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn.s Alvord, Phineas S. 18,295
carded
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6976
Vermont
Phineas Alvord of the state of Vermonts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miles of the Reg commanded by Col. Canfield in the Conn line for 2 years Private $80.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. S. Hughes Pens
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   40.00
[Total]  $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 4 Page 44

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Dead
Letter to Hon. W. Slade Esq.
Audited 28 March 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of [illegible] to April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to the 14th May 1836, the day of his death. Agt. notified 6 April 1840.
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[illegible]
Phineas Alvord
Declaration for 24 months service
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State of Vermont}
Windsor County } ss At Rochester and said County and State the 18th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Isaiah Reymond judge of the Court of probated for the district of Hartford in the county of Windsor aforesaid now sitting Phineas Alvord a resident of Rochester in said county and district 7th August 1832 sixty seven 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 in April 1781 & enlisted in the Connecticut state troops as a private for one year in a small squad of horse commanded by a Sargent whose name I do not recollect, our commanding officers that I can recollect were  Major Aviel and General Watterbury. We were marched to the [illegible] our principal duty was to attend the general when he rode out where we were stationed at horseneck not far from the White Plaines. The duty of the troops on the station was to guard the lines; we were marched on to some point of the lines and encamped and in the morning return to our old station.  We were all marched down to the White Plains & were encamped in the vicinity of the encampment of Washington & that of the french where we did guard Washington, went to the south to meet ?? where we returned to horseneck. While at the White Plains we were one Saturday ordered to ?? days & ?? to march at nine o'clock in the morning. We were marched & at the hour in the morning marched east to Chester where we found a detachment of continental troops consisting of horse & artillery, we the militia were ordered to cross a salt march (our horses were left behind)  on to a point we were under the Command of Gen Watterbury. The regular troops passed down to guard the ford way when we [illegible] frog point we found the expedition was to dislodge some Torries who had there a place of rendezvous we drove them off and took from them about three hundred head in all consisting of cattle, sheep, horses & hogs & drove them over the marsh and delivered them to the continentals. We lay to frog point for five days while there General Washington came on to the point & after conversations went with our officers returned &
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in a day or two from this march we returned to White Plains where we got back that was the night we marched & with ?? frog point Genl Washington [illegible] down [illegible] and the french down to Morrissines which [illegible] in we [illegible] & [illegible] intended to induce the British to believe Washington instead was [illegible] north to four days after this Washington marched to the north to meet Cornwallis & we returned to our old ground & while at the White Plains & never went to the lines either of the finish at when continentals & if I ever knew the [illegible] of the officers in either how regular warriors I have served forgotten. Those [illegible] I have names & Gen. Washington. I served out this year enlistment and in April the next year I enlisted in a Company of troops as a private in the Connecticut state troops for one year under Capt. ?? our general officer that I recollect were Major [illegible] or [illegible] and Col. Crossfield we were again stationed at horseneck; our duty was to guard the lines and go out scouting [illegible] to detect the regiment, or torries pulled frequently by low boys & frequently had to [illegible] battle & which it was [illegible] they had [illegible] & on one occasion I was one of a  scout of eight when which came across horses & cattle drove by boys, the boys informed that back at the [illegible] the low boys had around them, with threats if they refused, to drive the cattle to Morrisson, we took the cattle but were [illegible] & by the low boys & were surrounded by about forty of them, we surrendered & after we were disarmed they shot one of four & large credit I think [illegible] Whiting our Lieutenant  was badly wounded & I was knocked down twice with a pistol and wounded in my biceps with a bayonet, two of the party were admitted to go and escaped and four of us were carried to New York the Lieutenant was first into the hospital & myself & the other two were taken into the prison house and after laying four weeks all four were exchanged. I served out this last service & I was exchanged & about the time hostilities ceased. I have no documentary evidence of my above service. Nor do I know of any person now living that knows of my rendering the service in the town, nor do I now know anyone who knows any documentation that would. However, light on the subject of my services, I received a discharge from my first enlistment as well as from my second both after I had served out my time. Both of my discharges were by payroll.
Questions propounded by the Court.
1st Where and in what year was your birth.
Answer in the year 1765 on the 7th August in [illegible] Connecticut
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2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer I have none & there more was one I never heard of.
3rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? Answer [illegible] from there to New Haven Vermont [illegible] lived in Rochester all last 4 years in Vt.
4th  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom? Answer I enlisted voluntarily. never served as a substitute.
5th 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 service. Answer I know of no particulars on this [illegible] further than I have noted in my declaration save I know a company all of the [illegible] in service whose [illegible]
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the  service & if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it. Answer I never received a written discharge but [illegible]
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution. Answer Col. Martin, E. D. Briggs Esq., Kimber Harvy

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
[signed] Phineas Alvord
Isa Raymond Esq.
Certificate of E.D. Briggs, Daniel Martin
We E.D. Briggs & Daniel Martin residing in Rochester aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phineas Alvord who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age as he states; 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] Daniel Martin E.D. Briggs
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court before me. Isa Raymond Judge
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And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [illegible] the interrogatories proscribed by the war department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated and the Court further certifies that it appears to him that E. D. Biggs and Daniel Martin who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Rochester aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit the [illegible] of the Justice having lived but a short time in the vicinity is provisional by the Court not to the particularity acquainted with the general reputation of the revolutionary services of the sd [said]Alvord and the sd Court further certifies that the signers of the above certificate testify to a long acquaintance with applicant & that they that have never doubted his rendering & revolutionary services.
[signed] Isa Raymond Judge

I L. A. marsh clerk & register of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford in the County of Windsor do hereby certify that foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phineas Alvord for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed seal of the sd [said]probate office this 18th day of July 1832.
[signed] L. A. Marsh
Register
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Admd [admitted]
2 yrs
$80.
Hon S. Haight
[illegible]
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11.459

BRIEF in the case of Phineas Alvorde [sic] of Rochester in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 67 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table of Period, Duration of Service, Rank, and Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

[Entry 1] In 1781, 1 [year], [as a] Private, {Gen. Waterbury, Major Webb, cavalry} Cont. State troops, enlisted
[Entry 2] April "next year", 1 [year], [as a] Prv, {Capt. Miles, Conl. Canfield, Major Denney} State troops enlisted 

5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated

6. Where did re reside when he entered the service? Middletown, Connt.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Only by traditionary evidence of two witnesses, certified by the court to be credible.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signed] E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 31st, 1840.
Sir: Under the act of 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," The widow of Phineas Alvord, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and  Cents [The words "and Cents" crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836, to the 14th May 1836, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
[signed] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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In reply to your request of ____, received ________ for a statement of the military history of Phineas Alvord a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [the words "(or his widow's) crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 18295

[There are two entries in the table in the form.]
[Entry 1 - Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.] Apt. 1781
[Length of Service] 1 year
[Rank] Pri.
[Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered.]
[Captain] of Cavalry under Gen. Waterbury
[State] Conn.

[Entry 2 - Dates of Enlistment or Appointment.] Apt. 1782
[Length of Service] To end of war
[Rank] Pri.
[Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered.  Captain] Miel [Colonel]  Canfield
[State] Conn.

Battles engaged in, received bayonet wound of breast in eng. [engagement] with Conboys in which captured & conf. [confined] 4 weeks
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Middletown, Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 18, 1832.
Residence at date of application. Rochester, Windsor Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, B. Aug. 7, 1765, Middletown, Conn. He died May 14, 1836
Remarks: Leaving a widow name not stated. [Other remarks are crossed out.]
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18295
INVALID.
File No. 18, 295
Phineas Alvord
Priv. Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 425

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1907 June 11 Hist to S. M Alvord
1922 Dec 5 History to Elizabeth Meadows [illegible]
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[This is a post card with multiple postmarks on it.]
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.

[1 st Postmark] HARTFORD, CONN JUN 1 12 -PM 1907
[2nd Postmark] WASHINGTON DC JUN 2 4-PM 1907
[3rd Postmark] HARTFORD, CONN. JUN 1 [illegible] PM 1907

[1st Date & time stamp] 
PENSION 
U. JUN 3 1907  S.
OFFICE

[2nd Date stamp]
W. & N. DIVISION
JUN 3 1907
RECEIVED
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254 Ashley t. Hartford, Conn. June 1, 1907

Gentlemen; 
Will you kindly give me the records of service and any collateral information you may have on file with reference to Phineas Alvord. Rev. Soldier in Conn. Militia received a pension in 1833, then a resident of Windsor Co. Vermont. (See Senate Documents, Pension Rolls. Vol. XII, 1st Sess, 23rd Cong, Page 145-Vermont). I desire above to complete record of soldier for genealogy of Alvord family to be printed next year. Respectfully, S. M. Alvord.
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[This is a post card]
Pension Bureau
Old War & Navy Depart.
Washington
D.C.

[Overlapping postmarks from Hartford CT and Washington DC dated Jan 14 1908]

[Date stamp] RECORDS DIVISION JAN 15 1908
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254 Ashley St. Hartford, Conn. Jan. 14, '08
Gentlemen;
May I ask if you would kindly furnish me whatever information you may possess concerning Nancy A. Alvord, pensioner widow of Phineas Alvord, soldier from Conn. in Rev. War. Gen. Waterbury's Suite, Col Canfield reg.
He died at Rochester, Vermont, May 14, 1836, where she was then living. Especially I should like to know if she continued to reside in Rochester, Vt.
Information desired for a history & genealogy of Alvord family to be printed.
Resp. S. M. Alvord
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[illegible] S.1.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Gill
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant Nancy A. Alvord
Soldier Phineas Alvord
Service Conn Service
Additional Service Rev. War

No__Claim, State records___, 190_
No claim, combination records __, 190_
REMARKS:
No widow's claim
See Inv. 18295
Jan 15, 1908
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Clarence, MO
Nov. 11, 1922
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.
Please send me the record of Phineas Alvord born at Middleton Conn. Aug 7, 1763. Married Nancy An Wood Martin at Rochester Vt. 1812.
Died at Rochester Vt. May 14, 1836. He was a Rev. soldier from Conn. & a pensioner. Was a prisoner for 4 months at the Old Sugar House in New York.
After the Rev, he lived at New Haven Vt, ?? Vt, and Rochester Vt.
Elizabeth Meadows
Clarance Mo

[Date time stamp] PENSION OFFICE
U NOV 9 1922 S
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Record Division.
January 17, 1908.
Mr. S. M. Alvord,
254 Ashley St.,
Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 14" and received the 15" inst., you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim for pension was filed by Nancy, widow of Phineas Alvord of Connecticut.
The name and residence of the widow of Phineas Alvord, Surv. File 18,295, are not stated, nor is there any data in regard to family in said claim.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.