Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,013, John Blanchard, N.H.
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Service
N. H.
Blanchard, John
Number
S.29,013
Contents
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Michigan Territory 26,965
John Blanchard of Oakland Cty in the State of Michigan who was a Pri in the company commanded by Captain Burnham of the Regt commanded by Col Scammel in the New Hampshire line for [illegible]
[illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan Ty. at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jany [illegible and [illegible] Henry Chipman District
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible]
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible]
[total] [blank]
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C. Vol 8 Page 92
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Territory of Michigan
County of Oakland ss.
On this ninth day of July 1834 personally appeared before the Judges of the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland in the said Territory John Blanchard a resident of the Town of Farmington in the County of Oakland aforesaid aged Seventy one 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 in 1778 the deponent being only fifteen years of age & a resident of the the town of Dunbarton in the State of  New Hampshire, performed my first services in the revolutionary war; by volunteering under Captain Burnham of that town, who raised about twenty men, of whom I made one, Lieut. Mills & Sergt Caldwell & Sergeant were officers in the same company. I marched with the rest of the company to Rhode Island & joined the army under Gen. Sullivan &
was engaged with the enemy on the retreat of our army from that Island & returned to Dunbarton in less than two months.
In July 1779 I was enlisted as a private for one year by the town Committee of Dunbarton, & rendezvoused at Amherst. In the same month I was conducted with about twenty others under a Sergeant to Fishkill barracks. I remained there with the New Hampshire recruits under the command of some Connecticut officers, a Major, Captain & two or three subalterns (whose names I do not recollect from the short time I remained there) till the latter part of November following, when we were relieved by some Rhode Island troops. Lieut Cass of the New Hampshire line  came there at the same time, & took command of the New Hampshire recruits then at Fishkill barracks & marched them, (me with the rest) to Newtown in Connecticut, where we arrived the first part of December & were attached to the third New Hampshire Regiment said to have been commanded by Col Scammel, but he was not present that winter. In his absence Major Morrell, & part of the time, Capt Livermore commanded the third Regiment. The first & second N. Hampshire
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Regiment commanded by Col Cilley & Read were also at Newtown, having returned from Sullivans Indian expedition. We remained there till about the month of March 1780, when we broke up & the three Regiments were marched to West Point. During that summer the three N Hampshire Regiments were reduced to two & part of the officers dismissed. At Newtown I was attached to Capt Ebenezer Frye's company, who was absent & his company commanded by Lieut. Penniman, the name of the Ensign was Wiers.
After the reduction of the N. Hampshire Regiment I was attached to the second, commanded during the rest of my period of service by Daniel Livermore, the senior officer, but whether Captain or Major I cannot now say, & that under the new organization he was the Captain of the company I served in under the command of Lieut Penniman. I served out my year & received a regular discharge signed by Lieut. Penniman & countersigned by Gen. Poor; Capt, or Major Livermore being, at that time at Springfield Massachusetts on some state's business.
I remained at home till May 1782 when I enlisted again in Concord N. H. (as a private for three years,) with the town Committee, as also did five others viz. Stevens, Moulton, Eastman, Badger & one other; & were sent on to join the 2d N. H. Regiment, at Saratoga, then commanded by Col Dearborn. I belonged to the light infantry company commanded by Capt Munroe of Amherst N. H. The Lieutenant's name was Howe. The 2d Regt remained that summer at Saratoga & the 1st N. H. Regt was stationed at Johnstown. In the fall both Regt repaired, for winter quarters into the neighborhood of Newburgh N.Y. On the 4th of June, as near as I can recollect, the troops enlisted during the war were discharged, & I went with the other N. H. troops whose term of service had not expired to West Point. We were employed here during the summer in guarding the stores & collecting the war utensials from the neighbouring redoubts & taking up the chain across the river &c. I remained at West Point doing duty as a private until the last of November or first of December following, when my father sent a man
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who was [sent - crossed out] received as my substitute & I obtained a passport & returned home having served on this enlistment one year
& six or seven months.
After I left the army I resided in Concord N.H. about five years, when I removed to Vermont where I lived about ten years. I then went into the Province of Lower Canada where I resided
nineteen years. My next removal was to the town of Lockport Niagara Co. N.Y. where I lived till about two years since  hen I removed to Farmington in the Territory of Michigan where
I now reside. From my frequent change of residence I have been separated from & [have - crossed out] lost sight of my companions in arms, & [can- crossed out] not tell who of them survived. After leaving New Hampshire I never saw [illegible - crossed out] any of my old army associates, excepting one whom I casually met in Canada. In March last I wrote to the P Master in Lebanon N. H. enclosing a letter to Beriah Abbott who served in the same Regt with me, & was informed that he died about two years since. I then knew of no one that I could address who personally knew of my revolutionary services, excepting Luther Smith whose affidavit I have procured, as also that of Jonathan Uran of Concord N. H. & Benja Powell of Enfield N. H.
The whole period of my services, exclusive of my first tour of two months in the militia was not less than two years & a half I served in the capacity of a private soldier. I had but one regular discharge, mentioned above, which I have lost. I have never been in such reduced circumstances since my return to the United States as to authorize my applying for the assistance of my country, before the passage of the act of 1832. But the infirmities of age would now render such assistance acceptable to me during my few remaining years.
I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity excepting the present, & I declare that my name is not on the pension roll [of - crossed out] in any state or territory.
[signed] John Blanchard
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Elias Comstock Clerk
We Eric Prince a Clergyman residing in the town of Farmington in the County of Oakland & Territory aforesaid, & Amos Mead residing in same Town
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[illegible sentence - crossed out] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Blanchard who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy
one years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolutution & that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Eric Prince
[signed] Amos Mead
Sworn to & subscribed the day & hear first aforesaid.
[illegible - crossed out]
[signed] Elias Comstock Clerk
hereby certify that we are well
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served
as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eric Prince, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Farmington in the said County of Oakland & Territory aforesaid that Amos Mead, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Judges of said Circuit Court
Wm A. Fletcher
Daniel Le Roy
Amasa Bagley
Circuit Court
I Elias Comstock Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Oakland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Blanchard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four.
[signed] Elias Comstock Clerk
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Interrogatories propounded to John Blanchard an applicant for a pension for services in the militia and State troops of New Hampshire
1 When and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in the Town of Concord NH
Sept 11th AD 1763
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer. I have a record of my age furnished
by my father from his family bible now in my possession
3 Where were were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
Answer. I lived in the town of Dunbarton in the State of N Hampshire when I was first called into service. Since the Revolution I have lived a part of the time in Concord NH, a part of the time in Vermont, a part of the time in the Province of Lower Canada and a part of the time in Lockport in the State of N York and I now live in the Town of Farmington in the County of Oakland in the Territory of Michigan as stated in my declaration
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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. By voluntary enlistments at different times
5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with [you  -crossed out] the troops when you served, such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. In the expedition on Rhode Island I served under Genl Sullivan in Capt Burnhams company of the N. Hampshire Militia. Lieutenant Mills belonged to the same company in the year 1778. At Fishkill barracks in 1779 - 80, I served under some officers of the Connecticut core whose names I do not recollect. I afterwards served in the 3d N Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col Scammel in the company of Capt Ebenezer Frye, Col. Cilly, Major Scott, Capt. Livermore, Capt. Cherry, Capt Isaac Frye, Capt. Monroe, Lieut Penniman [Capt - crossed out] Lieut Hoyt, Lieut Bell doing duty as adjut. Cass, all belonged to the New Hampshire troops during my services. I never was engaged with the enemy except on Rhode Island my service was for the most part [was - crossed out] performed in the State of New York up & down the Hudson river and vicinity.
6th Did you ever receive discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
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Answer to question 6. I never received but one regular discharge from the service, which was given by Leiut Penniman countersigned by Genl Poor at the end of my years service in the latter part of July in the year 1780 which discharge I have lost.
7th 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 Revolutionary Soldier.
Answer Read Eric Prince & Amos Mead
The undersigned Judges of the Circuit Court of the County of Oakland and Territory of Michigan do hereby certify that the foregoing answers were given by the said John Blanchard to the interrogatories propounded by us to him on the day & year in his declaration first above written, and that in our opinion [opinion - crossed out] the Statements therein contained are true.
[signed] Wm A. Fletcher
[signed] Daniel Le Roy
[signed] Amasa Bagley
Judges of said Circuit Court
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RECORD DIVISION.
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,.........., 19....
29013

In reply to your request of.......,
received ............. for 
a statement of the military history of John Blanchard 
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.
[Table of five column, headed:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF
SERVICE. || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || STATE
1778 || 2 months || Private || CAPTAIN Dearborn || Colonel [illegible] || New Hampshire.
July 1779 || 1 year || __ || Lieutenant Cass, Ebenezer Frys || Colonel Scannell __.
May 178[illegible] || [illegible] 6 or 7 months ||__|| Munroe, Lincoln || Colonel Dearborn || __.
Battles engaged in, General Sullivans expedition to Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dunbarton N.H.
Date of application for pension, July 9 1834 [illegible] [illegible] allowed
Residence at date of application, Farmington Oakland county Michigan
Age at date of application,Born at Concord New Hampshire  September 11, 1763
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[Left side:]
29013
Revolutionary Invalid
File Number 29,013
John Blanchard Private Revolutionary War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: [blank] Volume 2, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right side:]
May 7, 1904 History Mrs. Emogene Lector
Duluth Minnesota
1912 June 24 History to Mrs. A.B. Avery
VLM
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27,323
John Blanchard
Michigan Pen for 1781 pri
2 yrs $80
Return J. [crossed out]

Henry Chipman
Detroit
M. S.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
4th Feby 1834
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
Period when the
A Statement, showing the service of
Period when the service was recorded.
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  when he entered
the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
[all fields are blank]
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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, muscicians 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 ss.
On this [blank] day 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 (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.
(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 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 {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 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, 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
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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?
6. 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 inquiry 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 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 claim ant 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 can
not, 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 sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the 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 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 militia, &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 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.
(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) Clerk must fix his seal, and if it is a device or inscription by which it 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 officer, so as to prevent any paper form 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 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.
(2) The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule ih note (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 interrogator must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of New York
County of Niagara ss.
Luther Smith of Lewiston in the said County of Niagara [illegible - crossed out] aged seventy years and over being from according to law doth depose and say that during the year s1781 & 1782 he this deponent belonged to the first New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel Scammels that during part of those years he became acquainted with a soldier of the same Regiment by the name of Blanchard whose christian name this deponent can not now recollect. He understood that the said Blanchard was a native of Concord in New Hampshire and according to the best recollection of this deponent he belonged to Capt Monroe's Company of said Regiment this deponent further
saith that he served a portion of the time on detachments and is unable to state how long he knew said Blanchand to be in service but is of opinion that it was nearly two years from his first acquaintance with him until he can last recollect him to have been in service he knew him at Saratoga, near New Windsor and at other places along the Hudson River this deponent does not know how much longer said Blanchard served than the period of time he knew him. This deponent further saith that he did not to his recollection again see said Blanchard until a few years past, nor did he then recognize him as the same individual whom he had known in the Revolutionary war only from circumstances which he narrated of occurrences which took place in the service which induced this deponent to believe he was the same individual whom he had known in service by the name of Blanchard - this deponent is informed and believes said Blanchard now lives at Farmington, Michigan Territory, further that the term of enlistment in the above named Regiment
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in the years 1781 & 1782 was for three years or for during the war from which fact this deponent thinks he must have served three years. The above named Colonel Scammel was appointed adjutant General and killed at the taking of Cornwallis and Col. Dearborn succeeded to the command of the Regiment
[signed] Luther Smith
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 day of May 1834. And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above Deponent and that he is a credible witness & entitled to full belief.
[signed] Baty Corke
Public Notary
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State of New York
County of Niagara ss. 
Joel Bixley and Elijah Woodworth of the town of Royalton in said county being sworn according to law, do hereby [illegible] depose and say they have been acquainted with John Blanchard for thirty five years, they have heard him often tell that he had been in the Revolutionary war as a Soldier; these deponents further say that the said Blanchard has always been an industrious man, a good citizen and a man of truth and veracity, according to the best of their knowledge and belief these Deponents further State, separately that Joel Bixby is of the age of 66 years and that Elijah Woodworth is of the age of 56 years, and these deponents further state that in the course of their lives they have known the above named
John Blanchard the number of years as above Stated.
[signed] X his mark Joel Bixby
[signed] X his mark Elijah Woodworth

I hereby certify that the above affidavit was subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of May in the year 1834.
[state] John Garnsey J. P.

State of New York
County of Niagara ss
I do hereby certify that the [illegible - crossed out] witnesses aforesaid are persons of truth
and veracity.
[signed] John Garnsay J. P.
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State New York
Niagara County ss.
Clerk office
I Henry Catten Clerk of said County do hereby  certify that John Garnsay Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn and also before whom the to whom the preceding certificate was certified to was on the date & the same a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly elected and qualified to act as such and that the named subscribed to the said affidavit and also to the said certificate is his own  proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Lockport this Nineteenth day of May AD 1834.
Henry Catten Clerk as above
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I Benjamin Powell of Enfield in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire aged seventy years depose & say that in July 1779 John Blanchard formerly of Concord in the County
to of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire but now a resident of Farmington Oakland County in the territory of Michigan and myself Marched for Fishkill Barracks in the Regt. commanded by Col. Scammel. We remained there till the latter part of November when we were relieved by some of  he Rhode Island troops, we then marched to Connecticut for winter quarters remained then till Month March or April 1780 we marched to Soldiers Fortune was inoculated for the small pox we then marched to West Point. Mr. Blanchard served out his year, was discharged & returned home. Mr Blanchard then joined the army in May 1782 at Saratoga in the Regt. commanded by Col. Dearborn in Capt Morrils company of Amherst N.H. that he remained in the army until I was discharged at Newburgh June 7, 1780. I left him in the army at that time doing the duty of a private soldier.
[signed] Benja Powell

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
Enfield June 18, 1834
Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Powell and made oath that the above affidavit by him is signed is true.
Before me. [signed] Convers Goodhue Notary Publick
I hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Powell is a man of truth & is entitled to full credit.
[signed] Convers Goodhue Notary Publick
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I Jonathan Uran of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, aged seventy years & upwards, depose & say that I personally knew John Blanchard formerly of said
Concord, but now residing in Farmington Oakland County Michigan Teritory, that I enlisted in 1779. & he joined the army at Fishkill in July the same year, commanded by Col. Sammell, he remained in the service until his year's service ended In 1782 In May he joined the army at Saratoga under Gen. Nichols in Col Dearbourns Regt. & Capt Morrils Company in November the same year we were relieved by the Rhode Island troops. We went to Stillwater & to winter quarters about five miles from Stillwater at West Borough, he served in the company commanded by Capt. Livermore a part of the time & in other companies the rest & I served on Capt. [illegible - crossed out] Farwells company I was discharged at the close of the war [in - crossed out] at New Borough about the first of February 1781 & left him in the service at that time.
[signed] X his mark Jonathan Uran

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss.  Concord June 11, 1834
Personally appeared the above named Jonathan Uran & made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true.
Before me [signed] George Abbot, Justice of
the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Jonathan
Uran is a man of truth & is entitled to full credit.[signed] George Abbot, Jus Peace
Interlined before signed
Attest [signed] George Abbot, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Niagara ss.  
Roger Avery of the town of Royalton in said County being duly sworn according to Law,  Deposes & says he has been acquainted with John Blanchard about fourteen years - during which time this Deponent has been much in the company of said John Blanchard. Has often heard him tell of being in the Revolutionary service as a Soldier and from his statements of the movements & officers that commanded, I am satisfied the said Blanchard was in the war for two or three years previous to the year 1783. That he belonged to the said way Colonel Scammels Regiment & that he was in the taking of Cornwallis that he took his discharge at now Windsor on the North River.
This deponent further states that he believes the said John Blanchard now lives in Farmington Michigan Territory that he is a good citizen & a man of truth & veracity.
This deponent further states that he is Seventy three years of age & upward & further saith not.
[signed] Roger Avery
Subscribed & sworn this 17th day of May 1834. 
before me [signed] Ethan Fenn
State of New York.
County of Niagara ss.
I do hereby certify that the above named Roger Avery is a man of truth & veracity.
[signed] Ethan Fenn J Peace
The word the said Avery interlined after signing
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State of New York ss.
State of New York
Niagara County ss.
Clerks office
I Henry Catten Clerk of said County Martin Clerk of said County Do hereby Certify that Ethan Fenn
before the preceding affidavit purports to have
been sworn seventh date of the same a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County duly Elected and qualified to act as such. Whose Commission is dated the 1st day of January 1833 and will expire the last day of December A.D. 1836. And that his name subscribed to the above is within affidavit genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Lockport
this nineteenth day of May A.D. 1834
Henry Catten Clerk as above
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Detroit 16th July 1834
Sir
I herewith enclose the revised Declaration of John Blanchard made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, & also the evidence which he has been able to procure in support of his claim. I hope evidence will be found sufficient & that no objection now exists to allowing him his pension. If any thing is still deficient please to inform me. I earnestly request the immediate attention of the department to this claim, & that the result should be communicated to me or Mr Blanchard.
I am respectfully
Yours &c.
Henry Chipman

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
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U. S. Pension Office. A Apr 28 1904
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war
26764
Duluth, Minn
[stamp] APR 30 1930 Files
Apr. 27

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Sir,
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary record of John Bouchard died in White Lake,
Mich - 1841?
yours truly
Mrs. Eugene Lecture
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29013
3-068
(old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions
Jno. Blanchard
July 8, 1834 71
Farmington Mich
78 Dunbarton N. H.
Capt Barnham
Col - 
pvt. 2 m
July 79 St Cass
Col Scammel
pvt - 1 yr
May 82 Capt Munger
Col Dearborn
pvt 18 m
Born Sept 11 1763 at Concord N. H.
No Bat
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[stamp]
U. S. Pension Office D Jun 20 1912
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 Lawrence St
Pontiac Mich.
June 13, 1912.
Pension Bureau
Washington D. C.
In the list of Pensioners of the Revolutionary war published in 1840, are "Zadoc Wellman of Troy, Oakland Co. Mich. aged 79, lived with Joel Wellman and John Blanchard, ae 77, of White Lake Oakland Co. Mich. Later he lived in 
Farmington Mich.
If you can give me any further information of these men it would be greatly appreciated.
Yours Respectfully
William D. Avery
Mrs A. B. Avery