Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18864, Daniel Hulett, Conn. Vt.
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(3‒1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
Vt.

Hulett, Daniel

NUMBER
S.18864

carded

CONTENTS
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Vermont 28.496
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Daniel Hulett 
of Rutland in the State of Vt. 
who was a pri. in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the Rgt commanded 
by Col. Sage in the Ct. 
line for 17 mo: 14 days - 
Conn. & Vt.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont 
at the rate of 58. Dollars 21 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of July 34,
 and sent to G. W. Harman, Pawlett, Vt.
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 174.63
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep't 29.10
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$203.73
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 72

[right side]
Let. 1. April 1837. - E. T. Englen Pen Agent
G. W. Harman 1. April 1837. 
D. [Deceased] Aug 28 1838
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I Aaron Hulet of Shaftsbury in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont do testify & say that I am acquainted with Daniel Hulet of Pawlet in the County of Rutland & that I  knew him to belong to the Company of Captain Crosby said Company being under the Command of Colonel Sage in the summer & fall of 1776, that he served in said company from some time in the spring of said year until the 25th of December, at which time his term of service expired - that he served at least seven months - according to my best recollection. 
The christian names of the Colonel & Captain aforesaid I do not recollect - The Colonel resided in Middletown (Con.) & the Captain in Killingsly, now, Thompson (Con.) I was, during the summer & fall of 1776 in the service also, under the command of Col. Tyler, & I several times saw the above mentioned Daniel Hulet & believe that he served faithfully, the full term of his enlistment, & further this deponent saith not.
/s/Aaron Hulet
State of Vermont
County of Bennington ss.} Shaftsbury 17th August 1833.
Sworn to before me.
/s/Nathan H. Bottum, Judge County Court 
I certify that the above named Aaron Hulett is a person of credit & veracity
/s/Nathan H. Bottum - Judge County Court
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's office - Montpelier, Dec. 7, 1833. 
I hereby certify that Nathan H. Bottum, Esq. was, on the seventeenth day of August A.D. 1833, Judge of the County Court, within and for the county of Bennington, in said State, duly constituted and commissioned - and that to his acts and attestations, as such full faith and credit are, and ought to be given - and that I believe the within to be his signature. - 
[state seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of this office, this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord Christ, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three - 
/s/Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State.
Daniel Hulett
Aaron Hulett Aff't
State of Vermont
Bennington County ss} I, Henry Robinson, clerk of the County Court for the County of Bennington do certify, that Nathan H. Bottum, before whom the within written affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof, one of the Judges of s'd Court duly commissioned & that his signature within written is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said Court & subscribe my name, at Manchester this 5th day of October 1833. 
/s/Henry Robinson Clerk County Court
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Declaration
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} On this 4th day of October AD 1833, personally appeared before the Probate Court, for the district of Fairhaven, in the county of Rutland af'd, Daniel Hulett, of Pawlet, in the county af'd aged eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on this oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. 
1.2. weeks That he marched in the Connecticut Militia in the year 1775, in April in a company commanded by Capt Ephraim Warren, from Killingsley, in the state of Connecticut to Roxbury, near Boston, and served two weeks, as a private soldier. 
And he remembers none other of the officers except General Putnam. He resided at Killingsley, Windham Co. Ct. He knows of no surviving witness who can testify to this service.
2.7 mo. That he enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops (as he thinks they were called) in April or May 1776. and served in the Regiment of Col. Sage, & Lts. Robbins & Buck & Ensign Sylvanus Perry. He resided at that time at Killingsley af'd ['now called Thompson' crossed out] and marched in the company af'd from that place, through Hartford, Wethersfield and other places, to Harlem Heights, where he joined the aforesaid regiment and the American Army. He served chiefly at Harlem Heights, East Chester, West Chester and White Plains, until the 25th day  of December 1776, when he was dismissed, having served seven months as a private soldier. He recollects Brig. Gen. Wadsworth. He refers to the affidavit of Aaron Hulett, which fully proves the service of the declarant as above stated. (And see E. Phelps certificate)
3.6 mo. That he enlisted as a private soldier, in the Connecticut State Troops, (he thinks they were so called) in the Spring of the year 1777. at Killingsley af'd, where he then resided, in the regiment of Col. Latimer & Lt. Col. Abbot; company of Capt Isaac Stone; and marched from thence this part of the State of Connecticut to Greenbush & Albany & onward
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to Stillwater, and was engaged in the first battle at the latter place, in which he was wounded by a bullet, in his mouth. He recollects Gates & Arnold. He was dismissed after the surrender of Burgoyne, having served the full period of his enlistment, which was six months. He refers to the affidavit of Kiles Paul, which proves this service (and see E. Phelps certificate.)
4.1 mo. That he marched in the Vermont Militia in the year 1780. in the fall from Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont where he then & have ever since resided, in the Company of Capt. Samuel Willard to Castleton, Vt. & there joined the regiment of Col. Stephen Pearl, and served at that place, as a private soldier, one month and was then dismissed. He knows of no surviving witness to this service. 
5.1 mo. That he marched in the Vermont Militia in the year 1781 in the winter from Pawlet af'd in the company of Capt. Sam'l Willard to Castleton Vt & there joined the regiment of Col. Stephen Pearl, and served at the latter place, as a private soldier, one month and was then dismissed. He knows of no surviving witness to this service. 
6.2 mo. That he marched in the Vermont Militia in the fall of the year 1781. from Pawlet af'd in the company of Capt Sam'l willard, to Castleton Vt. & there joined the regiment of Col. Stephen Pearl, and served at the latter place as a private soldier, two months, and was then dismissed. He refers to the affidavit of Jedediah Edgerton which fully proves this term of service. 
The three first periods of the declarants service, were performed under the authority of the State of Connecticut; and the three last under that of the State of Vermont; the declarant was in the field the whole of the time, and for the time during which his af'd services were performed, he was not engaged in any civil pursuit.
The declarant was born at Killingsley ['(now Thompson)' crossed out] Windham Co. Ct. on the 22d day of May 1748. - Has not record of his age, but the same is recorded at Killingsley. 
He always enlisted - voluntarily - Has stated officers whom he
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recollects. He never received a discharge.
He mentions Nat'l Harman Esq. & Geo. W. Harman Esq to whom he is known, in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution. But the clergy of Pawlet, being all young men, and having but recently located to Pawlet, are not sufficiently acquainted with the declarant to attest the same facts. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. 
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year first af'said.
/s/Daniel Hulett
We Nath'l Harman Justice Peace, and George W. Harman, residing in Pawlet af'd hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Hulett who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in in that opinion, and that the same is general. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first af'd} 
/s/N. Harman
/s/G. W. Harman. 
And the s'd Court, do hereby declare his 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 him, that Nath'l Harman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Justice of the Peace, & that G. W. Harman, Esq. who has signed the same, is a credible person, both residents of Pawlet af'd & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Selah H. Merrill, Register of the Probate Court for the district of Fairhaven, do hereby certify, that
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the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Hulett, for a Pension. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of s'd Court, this 4th day of Oct. AD 1833. 
/s/S. H. Merrill
Daniel Hulett Declaration 27.961
G. W. Harman Agent
Pawlet 
Rutland Co. Vermont
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[verso]
18864
INVALID. 
File No. 18,864
Daniel Hulett 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1909 Jan. 4. Hist. to Miss Ethel A. Cummins
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Daniel Hulett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 18,864
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Apl. 75|2 wks.|Pri.|(Ephraim Warren| ✓ )|Conn.|
May to Dec. 25 76|7 mos.| " |(Stephen Crosby|Sage)| " |
Spr. 77|6 mos.| " |(Isaac Stone|Latimer)| " |
Fall 80|1 mo.| " |(Samuel Willard|Stephen Pearl)|Vt.|
Winter 81|1 mo.| " |( "  " | "  " )|[blank]|
Fall 81|2 mos.| " |( "  " | "  " )|[blank]|
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, First bat. Stillwater gsw of mouth - 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Killingly Ct. - 1780. Pawlet Vt.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1833 - allowed
Residence at date of application, Pawlet, Vt.
Age at date of application, Born May 22, 1748 at Killingly, Conn. 
Remarks: Died Aug. 28, 1838 (Agency book)
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L.S.W.
[receipt stamp: RECORD DIVISION DEC 19 1908]
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[handwritten letter]
He suffered extreme hardships and after the war was over returned to Pawlet, Vt. He was born in Conn of Scottish parents about 1745. 
My paternal great great grandfather, John Starr Cummins, fought for the Americans from the first to the last of the Revolutionary War. He was from Penn. of Scottish parentage. 
Kindly send me the necessary data & the war record which is required for joining the D.A.R. 
Yours respectfully, 
/s/(Miss) Ethel A. Cummins. 
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A DEC 17 1908]
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[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE. A DEC 17 1908]
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[handwritten letter]
Box 72 R.F.D. 1 Rudley, Calif.
Dec. 11, 1908. 

Dep't of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions. 
I wish to join the Fresno chapter of D.A.R. in January when the State Regent is coming to formally install the new chapter.
My maternal great great grandfather, Daniel Hulett, enlisted in the Rebel Army in the early summer of 1776 and fought at Stony Point, Bennington & other places. He was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-'78.
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[typewritten letter]
COPY
War Department
Pension Office
1st April 1837

Sir
The Pension Agent at Burlington, Vermont has been instructed to pay the amount due Daniel Hulett, a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, provided, he can certify as to the official character and signature of the Magistrate who executed the vouchers. If he has no knowledge of the same, you will conform to the instructions contained in the
2d rule, and in form B of the enclosed regulations.
I am sir Very Respectfully Your obt sert.
( No sig)
G. W. Harman, Esqr.
Pawlet, Vermont
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: 28.496 Mar 15
Dan'l Hulett Vt. Wh]
Pawlet Vt.
March 8 1839 Free
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City
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Send the papers to the Bank of Burlington.
Very Resp'y Yr Obt Serv't
/s/G. W. Harman
Col. J. L. Edwards
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Letter
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[handwritten letter]
Pawlet Dcm. 31, 1833.

To the Comm of Pensions.
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of Daniel Hulett are herewith forwarded to your office. 
I have communicated with the Secretary of State of Vermont, but am informed, that no documents can be found, which will throw any light on the alledged service of Hulett, in that State. He proves his service in 1781 by the oath of a respectable man, but perhaps both may be mistaken as to the year. 
Very respectfully Yr Obt Serv't
/s/G. W. Harman.
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Daniel Hulett
E. Phelps Certificate
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The State records show that Comfort Sage was appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in June 1776, Colonel of one of the six battalions there ordered to be raised to join the continental army at New York, & to serve until the 25th of December 1776. 
It does not appear that Stephen Crosby was then appointed one of the Captains. 
Dec. 19 1833. /s/E. Phelps
Comptroller's Office
Dec. 19. 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of P. Aud. of the State of Connecticut, do certify that a bond is on the files of this office, dated June 27th 1776 & signed by Stephen Crosby as principal & John Green as surety. In which both of them are described as of Killingly in Windham County in this State. In the condition of the bond is the description, viz, "the above bounder Stephen Crosby is appointed pay
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"master to his own company in Col. Comfort Sage's regiment now raising in the Colony to join the continental army in New York, &c."
That under date March 29th 1777, "Capt. Stephen Crosby Col. Sage's Reg't" is credited the amount of inlisting bounters &c; & the same are on that day charged to the United States.
No roll of this company has been found; or any proof of the duration of its service.
On the journal of the Council of Safety under date April 23rd 1777 is this vote, viz;
"Voted that Col. Lattimer (Latimer) commander of two hundred men lately ordered to & for defence at New London &c &c & he is instructed and ordered with the advice of Col. Walen the Engineer to employ such number of said men as are skillful & may be profitably used in blowing rocks to perform that service at Fort Trumbull, & also such number as may be necessary for guards at said Fort, & that the remainder be employed under the proper direction of said
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in carrying on the works at Groton Fort."
Under date ['Dec 24th' crossed out] September 7th 1778, I find charged on the books of the Pay Table to the United States, viz, "To order on Treasurer Charles Kellogg for County Lattimer's (Latimer) Reg't N. Army £1763.1.4." And that I do not any account with Capt. Isaac Stone.
No roll of Col. Lattimer's (Latimer) regiment has been found, or of the companies belonging to it, or any evidence showing how long it was in service. 
/s/E. Phelps
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I Kiles Paul of Rochester in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont being seventy six years of age and duly sworn do depose testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Daniel Hulett (now residing in Pawlett in the county of Rutland) before and during the war of the Revolution that he enlisted in Connecticut in the year 1777. as one of the Connecticut troops and was enrolled and stayed there a few weeks and then marched to Stillwater and stayed there the remainder of the six months for which he enlisted, and that he served in Col. Latimore's (Latimer) Regiment and in Capt Isaac Stone's company I believe and that the said Hulett was wounded in the Stillwater battle - and further I say not
/s/Kiles Paul
State of Vermont
Addison County ss} Hancock September 25th 1833. 
Then personally appeared Kiles Paul and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth
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State of Vermont
['Rutland' crossed out] Addison County ss} I, Sam'l Swift Clerk of the county court for the county of Addison, do certify, that Zerah Barnes, before whom the within written affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace, within & for s'd county, duly commissioned & that I believe his signature, within written to be genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of s'd court, & subscribe my name at this seventy day of October 1833. 
Daniel Hulett
Kiles  Paul Aft.
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I Jedediah Edgerton of Middletown in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, of lawful age being duly sworn do depose testify & say, that I have been acquainted with Daniel Hulet of Pawlet in the county of Rutland, for more than fifty years, in the year 1781 - I was a soldier with him in Capt Samuel Willard's Company, in Colonel Stephen Pearl's Regiment. we were in the service together in the fall of 1781 - stationed at Castleton now in Rutland County State of Vermont - said Hulet was a soldier in said company at that time for ['more than' crossed out] two months - and further this deponent saith not
/s/Jedediah Edgerton
State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} Middletown Sept. 3, 1833
Then personally appeared Jedediah Edgerton the signer of the above deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth before me
/s/Orson Clark Just Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Jedediah Edgerton the signer of the above deposition - he is person of truth and veracity - 
/s/Orson Clark Just Peace
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State of Vermont
Rutland County ss} I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County Court, for the county of Rutland do certify that Orson Clark, before whom the within written affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace, within & for said county, duly commissioned - & that the within signatures are his own. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said court, and subscribe my name, at Rutland this 7th day of October AD 1833. 
/s/R. Pierpoint
Daniel Hulett 
Jedediah Edgerton Affidavit
Jedediah Edgerton - Deposition
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Daniel Hulet
7 Jany 34
Vermont
returned
Admit as a private 17 mo. & 14 days. $58.21
G. W. Harman 
Pawlet Vermont
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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 show 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, shewing the Service of [blank]
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which  declaration is supported.|]
[all columns blank]
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 et 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, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 
[margin note: Col. Sage's Reg't in 1776 was not raised until June. doubtful whether Latimer's Reg't served 6 m'o Proof and explanation as to actual service in Vermont troops in 1781 required hostilities not existing in that State at that period.]
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform; and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is 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 rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most 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 claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of 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 place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.*
[margin note: *this objection is obviated in the declaration.]
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[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 the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable 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.