Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23437, for Levi Stockwell, Vermont
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SERVICE Vt
Stockwell, Levi
NUMBER S23437

CONTENTS
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New York 240

Levi Stockwell of Clinton Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain [illegible] of the Regt commanded by Col. Warner in the Vt
line for 18 months

inscribed the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence 
the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March 1834 and sent to D Woodward
Plattsburg N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March 36 $180.00
Semi anl allowance ending 4 Sep 34 30.00
$210.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832

Recorded by Eli Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol 4 Page 122,

[right column]D
J.D. Woodward
Jany 6 1842
Same Aug 18. 12
J. H. Boyd, April 6/54
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Levi Stockwell Claim Pension 23 months as a Private in the Army of the Revolution

28.395

Pension certificate to be sent to
[illegible]
Plattsburgh NY
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I, Wyman Averill of Shelbourne in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont of lawful age being duly sworn do depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with Levi Stockwell of Pownel Vermont, now of Grover in the state of New York in 1780 & 1781. in the first year he enlisted in the Vermont State troops and served with me at Fort Vengeance in Pittsford Vt under Captain Hutchins and was dismissed at the end
of ten months. at the time I was. And in 1781 he also served with me at Pittsford aforesaid Nine Month in Capt Daniel Comstock's Company of State troops, Col Saml Hutchins Regt and was with me dismissed at the end of sd term And further I say not
Wyman Averill [signature]

State of Vermont
Chittenden County 
Shelbourne July 29th 1833 then Wyman Averill of Shelbourne in sd Chittenden County Personally appearing and after being fully examined and and duly caution made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me
Levi Comstock Justice Peace

I also certify that the above Deponent is a credible witness
Levi Comstock Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan Braswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Levi
Comstock Esg before whom and at the time when the foregoing deposition was taken was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State
and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 30th day of July AD 1833
Nathan Braswell
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of New York
County of Clinton Ss. 
On this second day of October 1833 personally appeared Levi Stockwell in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton & State aforesaid the same being a Court of record

Levi Stockwell a resident of Mooers in the County of Clinton and State of New York aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order 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

I was born in Sheffield Massachusetts. January 4. 1762 I have no record of my age. I had one in my family Bible made by Father which was burnt with my house in 1811. I resided at Sheffield Mass and enlisted as a volunteer private at Pownal Vt in February 1780 in Capt Hutchins Company Col Seth Warners Regt of Vermont State Troops for ten months. (Dimick of Pownal Vt was our Lieut) I marched from Pownal Vt through Bennington, Shaftsbury
Arlington. Sunderland Manchester, Danby ,Rutland to Pittsford Vt and there we built a Picket fort called Fort Vengeance. And Ebenezer Allen Commanded there that person and he named the fort. I served my whole time as a private in said Company having enlisted as such at said fort and was engaged in actual service as such private at said fort during said ten months. I was discharged at Fort Vengeance with the rest of our company when the time for
which we enlisted expired) in December 1780 and received a written and honorable  discharge signed by Maj Ebenezer Allen Commandant of said Fort, I then returned to Pownal at and enlisted again at that place as a volunteer private in the forepart
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I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure to testify to my service except Frederick Perrigo, Nathan Beeman, Levi Comstock & Wyman Averill whose affidavits or the affidavits of some or one of them I hope to procure. The names of persons in my present neighborhood to whom I am known and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution are Frederick Scriver, James Fisher, John Shedden, James S Sheder, Zetus Sewell, D. Fitch and others

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not the Pension Roll of the agency of any State 
Levi X Stockwell his mark [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed to the day & year aforesaid & I certify that Deponent is a credible
person & cannot write his name having never learned line to write
Nathan Taylor Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 Frederick Perrigo & Wyman Averill who signed & swore to the annexed affidavit are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit. 

I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing
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contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Stockwell for a Pension I also certify that Thomas D Gilson before whom the annexed affidavit of Frederick Perrigo was taken & sworn on the 25th day of September 1833. was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine I being acquainted with it. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed or attached said affidavits & declaration together with a piece of red tape passing under my official seal which is also affixed the second day of October 1833
Nathan Taylor Clerk &c
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L Stockwell

Admitted 18 months

J.D. Woodman
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

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.
1780
81
77

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years months days
10 months
11 months
3 months

Rank of the claimant.
pri

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Hutchins  Col. Warner
Capt Comstock Col. Fletcher
Mass militia

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service.
[no info]

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[no info]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance , 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. State, Territory District of County of On this ---day of --- personally appeared (a) before ----- A. B. a resident (b) of ----- in the county of ---- and State, Territory or District of ----- aged (c) --- years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ----, with ---- and served in the ---- (e) regiment of the ---- line, under the following named officers (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I -------------------- of the Court of ----------------------------- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --------------- for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ------- day of ------------------ & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. E
very 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 ------------- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---------------- , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be -------- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ------ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ------- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, -----------Clerk of the Court of ---------------- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- 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


[brackets around bottom paragraphs, below is handwritten]
Warner Reg was continental & it is very doubled from the [illegible] stated whether claimant served in it.  Fletcher was Vt militia whether men were enlisted into it for 10 mo should be more [illegible] in detail. Rolls are in the line of Secretary of Massachusetts
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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. 6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their 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 a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court 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. {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 rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were he resides. If he should fail to do so he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] the declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served [e] Every Continental officer or soldier must give the name of the colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----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 grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &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 was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit, [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which in 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 once, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 credibly of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. the notes [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of militia men, volunteers, and state troops The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensible in militia cases [l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration

[handwritten at bottom]
on them. Service in1777 cannot be brand unless officers are
at which their service in those troops
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Revolution
23437
INVALID.
File No. 23, 437
Levi Stockwell
Pri Rev War
---
Act: June 6 32
Index: -- Vol. 2 Page 392
Arrangement of 1870.
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J. D. Woodward Esq.
Plattsburg, New York
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Boston, Nov 4th 1841

Sir, 
By direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (John P Bigelow Esq,) I have examined the Revolutionary Records remaining in his department, which  I presume you are aware are very imperfect. There is no person of the name borne on any of the Rolls or Army books showing service in 1777 but the name of Levi Stockwell appears on an account of cash paid to the 6 months services in the Lt Col Compy" 6th Regt who served 4 months & 12 days from the 1st of August to Decr 17th 1780, the date of his discharge, but the document does not state the place from which he enlisted, or where he belonged. This is the only instance in which the name occurs on any of the records bearing date at any period of the war
Respectfully,
Your obedt Servt
N. S. Durivage
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Aug 15 42
[illegible]
Mrs. Stockwell
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Plattsburg N.Y. Augt 8 1842
James L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pens

Dr Sir
Will you favor me with an answer to my letter of Decr 16. 1841 in the case of Mrs Stockwell widow of Levi Stockwell & give such instructions as you deem proper
Yours Respectfully
J.D. Woodward
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James L Edwards Esq
Comr
Washington
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Plattsburg NY Decr 16. 1841.
James L Edwards Esq
Comr &c

Dr Sir
I enclose a letter from the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, and will thank you to inform me whether his official certificate of the facts therein stated will be sufficient to authorize is a further allowance in the case of Levi Stockwell late a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832

He was placed on the Roll in 1834 for other services than those mentioned in the letter and died in 1840 leaving a widow. His marriage having taken place after 1794, she is not his widow is not embraced by the act of July 7. 1838. but supposes herself entitled to an allowance for arrearages due to her late husband, and submits her case for consideration-
Yours Respectfully
J D Woodward
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Free
H Barber P M
Queensbury NY

J D Woodward Esqr
Plattsburgh
Clinton Co Ny
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NY
Levi Stockwell

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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State of New York
County of Clinton

I, Frederick Perrigo of Peru in said County being duly sworn says in addition to an affidavit made by him before Thomas D Gilson on the 25th September 1833. that he may have been
mistaken as to the period of enlistments into Capt Comstock Company & he is inclined to believe (though he is not entirely certain) that the period of Stockwell's enlistment was nine months, but deponent knows that said Stockwell served ten months in said company because Deponent served with him and enlisted at the same time with him & Esquire Jewett administered the oath to each of us in Pownal it & we entered the service according to my best recollection in March 1781, & left it in January 1782.

On reflection I believe that some of our company were discharged before Stockwell was
& I am quite sure that such is the fact because I recollect that there was a complaint that we did not receive our discharges as soon as we supposed ourselves entitled to them. Said Stockwell was in actual service either in the field or in the Garrison during the time before mentioned & engaged in no civil pursuit whatever. I may be mistaken about the said time of our enlistment , & I am partly inclined now to think was ten months but I am clear that said Stockwell served as private in said company for ten months-
Frederick Perrigo [signature]

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 16th day of January 1834 & I certify that Deponent is
a credible person & witness.
Wm F Haile a Judge of Clinton County Court
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State of New York
County of Clinton 
I Levi Stockwell of Mooes in said County, being duly sworn says in addition to my declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas of said County in the second day of October 1833 in order to obtain a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832. That I enlisted as a private in February 1780 in Capt Hutchins Company Col. Seth Warner's Regt Vermont State Troops or Continental Troops (we were called Green Mountain Rangers) for ten months. Dimick of Pownal at Brookins from over the mountain was our Lieutenant. I signed an enlistment at Pownal Vt. and took the usual oath at that place and rec'd a bounty of twenty dollars. I marched with said company to Pittsford Vt. taking the route mentioned in my declaration. We arrived at Pittsford Vt. in the month of January 1780 and encamped therein such buildings as we could obtain and we also built a long barracks &  stone house for our provisions and military stores, and established a guard which we kept up night and day, and some of our company were occasionally sent as scouts. When the spring opened we commenced building a fort at that place I think we began to collect the timbers for the fort the latter part of April. There were other Troops stationed at that place, under Maj. Ebenezer Allen commanded the Troops and we completed the fort the same season in which we commenced it, think in August of the same year, when it was finished Maj Ebenezer took a bottle of rum and threw it against the gate at the same time & claiming I name this Fort Vengeance about three four hundred troops were present at the ceremony, I served in said company & Regt for ten months and was honorably discharged At Fort Vengeance in December 1780. during the time was stationed at Pittsford Vt I was engaged in
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building Fort Vengeance, upon scouts, and in the performance of Garrison duty. The first time I went from Pittsford it on duty was in February 1780. I went with the most of our company from Pittsford to Mount Independence from thence to Ticonderoga N.Y. and there we encamped one night, and the next morning we marched on the ice to Isle aux noix. Failing to over take the
Enemy and owing to a scarcity of Provisions we returned to Pittsford  In the month of May of the same year I went on a scout to Split Rock NY. Rufus Perrigo & one Coffee went with me & we were absent from the fort, six days. I once went to Hubbardton on a scout, & was absent five or six days. The British had the command of Lake Champlain during the years 1780 & 81 and it was necessary to send out scouts from our fort to watch the movements of the Enemy - From the time I entered to the time I left the said ten months service and during that time engaged in no civil pursuit whatever, but was in actual service as a private either in the field on fatigue in building said fort or in performing garrison duty

On reflection I believe I enlisted for nine months into Capt Daniel Comstock Company Col Fletcher Reg instead of ten months as stated in my former declaration but I served one month longer than the time for which I enlisted as stated by Daniel Baker and Frederick Perrigo whose affidavits are annexed, whether I received & discharge at the end of nine or ten months I do not recollect. I am 
confident however that I served ten months as a private in Capt Comstock Company as stated in my declaration-

Rufus Perrigo served with me during the whole of my service in Colo. Warner & Fletcher Regt and last autumn I went to Georgia Vt. at the place of his, Perrigo's residence in order to obtain his testimony. On arriving at his house I was informed that he died only three weeks before my arrival
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obtain his testimony, on arriving at his house I was informed that he died only three weeks before my arrival.

During my service in Capt Comstock Company from March 1781 to January 1782. I was stationed at Fort Vengeance and performed Garrison duty at that place and also what several times upon scouts. It was our business to guard the northern frontier and on duty in this respect was similar to that of my service during the previous year. From the time I entered to the time I left said Captain Comstock Company. I was in actual service either in the field or Garrison and engaged in no civil pursuit whatever-

I now claim a pension for ten months service as private in Capt Hutchins Company Col Warners Regt and for nine months service as a private in Capt Comstocks company as above stated and reserve to myself the right to an increase of pension for one months additional service in Capt Comstock Company, and three months service as a Private in the  Massachusetts Militia in case I should hereafter be able to procure the necessary proof of such service. The evidence produced by me of the service for which now I claim a pension is 
the only evidence in my power to obtain -

During my service at Fort Vengeance in the year 1781 Major Ormsby & Ausby commanded the fort
Levi X Stockwell his mark [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed to me this 3d day of February 1834 and I certify the said Levi Stockwell 
cannot write his name . I further certify that I have carefully read over the foregoing  declaration to the said Levi Stockwell before he swore to the same. I also certify that he is a credible person and I believe his statement is entitled to credit
Caleb Nichols
Court Commissioner in and for the County of Clinton in the State of New York
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State of New York County of Clinton 
I the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas of said County & hereby certify that William F Haile before whom the annexed affidavit of Frederick Perrigo & Daniel B Baker were respectively sworn on the sixteenth and Eighteenth day of January 1834, was at the said times respectively a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid and that his signature to the Jurats of such affidavits is in his genuine hand writing I being acquainted with it.

I further certify that Caleb Nichols before whom the foregoing declaration of Levi Stockwell was taken and sworn on the fourth day of February instant was at the time a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the County of Clinton in the State of New York and that his
signature to the Jurat or Certificate following said declaration or affidavit is genuine I being well
acquainted with his hand writing

Witness my hand & official seal at Plattsburg in said County this 4th day of February 1834. I have attached these Papers together with a piece of red tape which passes under my official seal the day & year last aforesaid

Nathan Taylor Clerk &c

Levi Stockwell additional declaration offered in support of the services 28.395

Certificate to be directed to J.D. Woodward Plattsburg N.Y.